September, 2015 Rally Highlights

Our September rally was held at Southwoods Resort in Byron, NY. Thanks to Carol Shafer, who had the foresight to plan a year in advance, we had 11 Fingerlakers join 9 Calico Sams there. We were 20 minutes from the casino in Batavia. 

There was plenty to do including good eats supplied by Carol and our members. We were fortunate to have Walt and Beryl Linden, and Bev Brown visit. Walt has a new engine and he reports 1 mile per gallon better. 

We have a complete slate of officers who will take over in October. They are showing to the left of this blog. The officers jobs are not hard as long as folks are willing to help. We need future help with officers and wagon masters.

Our new newsletter editor (the voice of the chapter) is Wes Barager. Starting this month everyone received a “hard copy” of the newsletter. That was decided in May. Of course, everything has a cost. We are raising dues to $15 starting January 1^st. We will also continue the blog and web site.

Below are a few pictures.

They may be viewed by clicking on one.

Northeast Area Organization Change

We received the following from Donna Merlino.

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September 16, 2015

Our Vice President, Thomas Rec has resigned his position with the Northeast Area Executive Board effective August 10, 2015.  Taking his place on the board as a Temporary Vice President will be John Traphagen.  His contact information is as follows:

John Traphagen – F#: 20711D
968 Hill Ave. Pine Bush NY  12566
honeylady@frontiernet.net
(h)  845‐744‐5193 

If you need any further information regarding this change please contact myself, Donna Merlino, NEA Secretary or Tom Ziobrowski, NEA President/National Area VP.  

Sincerely,
Donna Merlino, NEA Secretary
o/b/o The NEA Executive Board

2016 Officer Candidates

The following folks have agreed to run for office in the Fingerlakers. If you are interested in running, election will be at the September Rally at Southwoods.

• President: Tom Roule
• Vice Presdent: Nancy Anten
• Treasurer: Harold Wollaber
• Secretary: Barb Eggleston
• National Director: John Pangburn
• Alternate National Directer:: Jim Anten
• Newsletter Editor: Wes Barager

2016 Rallies

We have dates for 2016 Rallies. Please consider hosting. 

• • February Florida get together.- Roule's
  • May 13,14,15 ^th – Please HELP. It doesn't conflict with Mother's Day!
  • June 10,11,12 – Please HELP
  • July 8,9,10 – Please HELP
  • ????? Aug 3-6 – FMCA International, West Springfield, MA although not official yet.
  • August 12,13,14 – Let's go to the International instead
  • September 9, 10,11- Please HELP
  • October 14, 15 15- OFFICERS Host

Our bylaws allow the change of dates if approved by a majority during a meeting. So, if you find a location that doesn't quite fit our dates, we can discuss.