Secretary's Report, May 2017 Business Meeting
The business meeting for the December Dogwood Rally held at Natural Bridge/Lexington KOA was called to order on 05/07/17 at 9:48 a.m. by President Jim Buelow.
Attendees were: Buelow, Cockrell, Cummings, Greenwood, Greenwood (Stephen), Hill, Phillips, Miller/Fisher, Saul, Schoolar, Sohls and Tilman.
Welcome to our guests: Ron & Andria Lee (guest of the Hill’s)
President Buelow thanked the Greenwoods, Sauls and Tilmans for hosting the rally. The Safari was great!
The Waltham family are doing great, Carol has a good attitude and is walking with a prostatic. Don is doing yard work etc. They welcome visitors.
Vice President, Treasurer, Pat Allen – No report
Vice President Rallies, Donna Hill told members about the upcoming Rallies.
- July12-15th FMCA's 96th International Convention
Indiana State Fair Grounds, Indianapolis, IN - Sept. 8-10th Host: Buchanan’s/Phillips @ Mayberry Campground Mt. Airey NC
- Oct. 4-8th GEAR Rally @ Lewisburg, WV
- Nov. 3-5th Host: Alexander’s @ Ed Fishers / Urbanna Oyster Festival
- Dec. 1-3rd Host: Executive Staff @ Americamps RV Resort
President Buelow suggested having a Winter Rally in Florida for the snowbirds. Everyone thought it was a good idea.
Vice President, Communications, Paul Cummings told members enews will be coming out next month and to please share with him any news you would like reported. Ben Phillips told members that Camping World bought out McGeorge RV, Stafford RV and Gander Mountain.
Old Business:
President Buelow asked members how they felt about the Keurig Coffee maker, Members only concern was the line waiting for the pot to brew. It was suggested that we purchase a carafe for the Keurig. Jim was going to check into the cost and let members know.
President Buelow talked to members about purchasing club tee shirts. The cost for the Dogwood Logo setup would be $25.00. He had samples in several different colors (pink, blue and gray) cost $8-10 each. The members agreed with getting tee shirts. But several members were concerned about the quality and said they would rather pay more to get a better shirt. Also, some of the men asked about a pocket tee shirt. Jim & Susan are going to check with their son and get back to the club with a price and color selection of a better-quality tee.
President, Jim Buelow, told members he had revised the Rally Expense sheet. Since we don’t have a quorum the revised sheet will be emailed to members for a vote. He reminded members that that Rally form goes to the Treasurer, Pat Allen and the Rally input from goes to the VP Communications, Paul Cummings.
New Business:
FMCA Election for Treasurer will be in July, the candidates are:
- John Reynolds
- Frank Tabor
Ed Fisher will be voting in our behalf. Jim Buelow made the motion that we authorize Ed Fisher to vote in his best interest for this position. Motion was seconded by Fairley Schoolar. Motion passed.
FMCA remodel to allow all RV types. FMCA is in trouble and we’ve lost 45% of our members. The average age member is 71. Check out Ed Fishers Director report in the enews/blog site. Please give him your thoughts and input he will be voting by the governing board on July 1. We need to give him our vote of confidence. Several members had a lot of concerns/suggestions etc. For example:
- Increase dues
- Marketing – lack of it
- Need to make it more appealable to younger people
- Some members don’t care if we try allowing towable’s in FMCA
- Some members don’t want towable’s in FMCA
Motion to adjourn by Fairley Schoolar and 2nd by Reid Saul. Motion passed
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 AM
Submitted by Pam Phillips, Secretary
