{"id":7185,"date":"2019-04-28T18:36:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmcws.org\/blog\/?p=7185"},"modified":"2019-06-29T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T18:12:36","slug":"a-message-from-your-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/a-message-from-your-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from your President &#8211; April 28, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First on my agenda, it is my\npleasure to share with you that we had a very successful and enjoyable Spring\nRally.&nbsp; It was so nice to see all of\nyou.&nbsp; Thank you for all the pictures you\u2019ve\n&nbsp;contributed to commemorate the rally and\nthe experience, we will have no lack of pictures to share in the August\nnewsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m working on the Fall Rally\nOct.2-7 2019 at 7 Feathers,RV Park and Casino in southern &nbsp;Oregon and planning&nbsp; some fun and interesting experiences. It will\nbe a great way to usher in the Fall, with all the beautiful array of colors in\nSouthern Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you check in at 7 Feathers, we\nwill have a welcoming site, where you will pick up your welcoming package,\nwater, a pumpkin to decorate with Jodell Banovich at 3pm, to place in the\nclubhouse as centerpieces. &nbsp;Maybe you\u2019ll\nwin the prize for best pumpkin carving. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m asking\nmembers to volunteer to lead programs and events. Armand Minnie is collecting\nrally fee\u2019s and will keep an updated spread sheet on the web-site, where you\nwill be able to check and see who will be attending.&nbsp; Carol Minnie will be co-hosting the ladies\nbrunch with me, 12-2pm Sunday Oct.6<sup>th<\/sup> and will host the coffee and\nbook club 11-12pm, Fri. Oct 4<sup>th <\/sup>&nbsp;in the Club House . The book we have chosen is\n\u201cThe Oregon Trail\u201d by Rinker Buck, such a great book, I think all GMC\u2019ers can\nidentify with driving a modern Journey across the Oregon Trail in a covered\nwagon, especially if your into western American history, woven in with days of\nexploration and peril, it\u2019s your book. Dave de Graffenreid will host the Oregon\nCouples game 8pm Fri. Oct 4<sup>th<\/sup>, in the Clubhouse. George and Ruth\nBeckman will lead our Sunday Church Service, It\u2019s always so inspiring.&nbsp; Sunday Oct 6<sup>th<\/sup> 9:30-10am,\nClubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cascader\u2019s are hosting a\npancake breakfast 8-9am Thursday, Oct.3<sup>rd<\/sup>, Clubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to start with 7 Feathers Oct\nRally going paperless, meaning you bring cutlery, plates, glasses and\nnapkins.&nbsp; It\u2019s an effort to save the\nplanet and the trees it takes to produce the service.&nbsp; I read a plastic fork will outlive me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re leaving May 9<sup>th<\/sup>\nfor 7 Feather\u2019s Oregon to set up and work out the planning.&nbsp; We will drive the tour route and talk with\ncaterers.&nbsp; I will send pictures from the\nroad for your enjoyment.&nbsp; I want to thank\nyou for all the interest and inquires you\u2019ve shown towards Gene.&nbsp; He gets stronger each day and is looking\nforward to panning for gold along with a craft beer from Oregon. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to Jim and Grace Kanomata\nfor hosting a craft beer tasting 5-6pm Fri Oct 4<sup>th<\/sup> Clubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also wanted to thank you for all\nmy Birthday Greeting\u2019s, it was fun hearing from all of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will spend 2 days with Donna\nVentura and Nick Roenick on our way home.&nbsp;\nDonna and I will be reviewing amendments to our by-laws over the last\nfew years. &nbsp;Look for a list in the Aug\nNewsletter along with a list of property Western States has, thank you to Dave\nde Graffenreid our superb Treasurer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Happy\nTrails to you and watch for postings from the road in Oregon.&nbsp; Hope to see all of you soon in Oregon. What\nKey is the hardest to turn? &nbsp;&nbsp;A Donkey.&nbsp;\nBy the way, I\u2019m getting riddles together for the rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobbie Schultz, President <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First on my agenda, it is my pleasure to share with you that we had a very successful and enjoyable Spring Rally.&nbsp; It was so nice to see all of you.&nbsp; Thank you for all the pictures you\u2019ve &nbsp;contributed to commemorate the rally and the experience, we will have no lack of pictures to share <a href='https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/a-message-from-your-president\/' class='excerpt-more'>[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presidentsreport","category-43-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}