Preliminary Plans for Fingerlakers Volunteers at the 94th International

Fingerlakers' chance to help at the 94^th International Rally

Bob Mills, NEA volunteer coordinator has updated us with plans to help with the FMCA booth in West Springfield, MA. Below is what I currently know.

• Our role is to support FMCA National. We should not need to handle money. We will be answering questions.
• There will be a meeting about 5:00 pm on either Tuesday or Wednesday to lay out assignments.
• We will be supporting the booth from 9 am to 5 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday,(August 3-5).
• We will need 4 folks each shift.
• In an ideal world, 2 hour shifts would be physically easiest for a volunteer. So, we would need 16 volunteers each day. Then, we will need to fill 48 shifts. If everyone could do 2 x 2 hour shifts, we need 24 helpers.
• Currently, we have commitments (verbal or email) from about 12 folks:

Some other information you may need.

• We will be able to arrive in Monday, August 1^st.
• FMCA national organization will set up the booth.
• We will be working on a plan to caravan, if there is interest.

We need at least 12 more to fill all the shifts. Don't worry that we will have too many, that just means less work for each person and Bob Mills is looking for help in other areas.

If you feel like helping, please contact:

Tom Roule

email: troule@aol.com

phone: 585-739-9074

or

Bob Mills, VP Northeast Area

email: fourwindsbob@gmail.com

phone: 813-395-3679

Walt Linden's Update from the 93rd International

Below are a few highlights from Walt Linden after the 93rd FMCA International in Perry, GA

• Rally went well. 
• Weather was great. 
• Entertainment was good.
• 2601 coaches. 2126 Family and 415 commercial.
• Lots of venders
• Attending - Ed and Sandy Miller, Jim and Nancy Anten, Walt and Beryl Linden, Harold Wollaber, John and Sandy Wihlen, Bev Brown, Tom and Joanne Fadele,

Some of our members remember Jean Pryor and Helen Kurthy were also there. There were probably others we missed

News

A couple news notes:
I received the following from John Pangburn:
.....just read from 2 days ago Jerry Yeatts (Executive Director, FMCA) has resigned.  There is no other info except an search committee has been formed to find a replacement.

Jean Pryor reported at the February Florida get together:
The 2017 Southeast Area FMCA rally will be at the Orange County Fairgrounds, Orlando.

Fegruary, Florida Get together highligts

On February 13^th, we had 60 folks visit the Golden Corral in Clermont, FL. They came from Pen-NY Mixers, Fingerlakers and former NY members now in Florida as well as guests. 

Former president of the Northeast Area, Jean Pryor also joined.

Many arrived before 1 pm and stayed past 3. There were lots of stories and the food was great.

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Volunteer Update From the 94th International

We received the following note from Bob Mills, chairman of the volunteers for the 94th International in West Springfield.

We have been asked to help with the FMCA Booth. About 20 folks are needed. If you are interested, please let Bob or I know. We will need about 20 folks. Register early, as there are only 1500 sites in the BIG E. There are plenty of others nearby.

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The registration form for the 2016 Summer Convention in West Springfield, Massachusetts is now available on www.fmca.com. You may also print & complete the attached pdf registration form.

Please urge all of your volunteers to register early since the first approximately 1500 registrants will be parked on the site of the event while latecomers may be parked at a satellite location.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

I will also be attending the event in Perry Georgia, March  17-20 and expect to gather much more information about West Springfield at that time, such as exact date of arrival for various volunteer groups etc.

Bob Mills F273086

Overall Volunteer Captain

FMCA 94th Family Reunion & Motorhome Showcase

August 3rd through 6th, 2016

West Springfield MA

fourwindsbob@gmail.com

813-395-3679

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Press Release for the 94th International in West Springfield, MA

The following was forwarded by Tom Ziobrowski, President of the Northeast Area.
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Hello, all. Below is a link to view a press release about FMCA’s event next year in Massachusetts that was issued today via PRWeb and also sent to RV media.

 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/FMCA/2016convention/prweb13117316.htm

 

Pamela Kay

Director of Communications, Publishing

Family Motor Coaching

8291 Clough Pike

Cincinnati, OH 45244

(513) 474-3622, ext. 234

www.FMCA.com | www.FMCmagazine.com

2016 International News

Bob Mills, NEA Vice President responsible for volunteers has asked if Fingerlakers would man the FMCA Store at the International. It appears that about 20 folks are needed to do a good job and keep the work load for each person down. 
If you are thinking of going, please consider helping.
Below is part of his note.  Contact Bob Mills at the email or phone below or me to volunteer.
Thank you,
Tom

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I have been working on the volunteer assignments for the National Convention in West Springfield MA, August 3-7, 2016.

I was wondering if you would take responsibility for the FMCA Store supported by the Fingerlakers Chapter. 

Please look it over and let me know how you feel about it. You can respond by e-mail to fourwindsbob@gmail.com or phone my US cell at 813-395-3679. There is a lot of enthusiasm about this event from all sources so it very encouraging. I think that it will turn out to be a great success.

Thanks.

Bob Mills

Pen-NY Mixer 2016 Memorial Day Rally

Fingerlakers are invited to attend the Pen-NY Mixer 2016 Memorial Day rally. Below is preliminary information.

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Your FMCA group is welcome to attend the Waterloo, NY Memorial Day rally May 27-30, 2016.  It will be dry camping at the Seneca Fairgrounds for $10.00 per night.  We will have access to a shelter with electric for group gatherings.  The town puts on a several day events program with parades, fireworks, car shows, crafts and a living history program.  If you go to waterloony.com and click on Memorial day at the top of the page, you'll see a list of last year's activities.  The 2016 celebration is going to be a special anniversary and more will be planned.

 

Jim and I are organizing this but it won't be as involved as Harborfest.  Still, it looks to be as interesting.  I hope we get a good sized group to attend.  The people I have talked to are really interested in having us come in.

 

I'll keep you updated as we move along.

Sherry Miller