94th FMCA International help

We have the following note from Tom Ziobrowski, Northeast Area President. 
Please remember, Fingerlakers have been asked to help with the FMCA booth.

• 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 10 families about 20 folks:

Others have indicated they may help, too.

Please let me know if you sign up and want to help.

-------------------Tom's note below--------------------------------

Now the Perry Georgia Convention is over and Easter is over, hope you will all consider in doing some type of volunteering in Springfield Mass come August.

I cannot express my feeling for everyone that can to please show the strength the Northeast Area has as a TEAM of Chapters.

Send your information to Bob Mills, one of your Northeast VP's who is in charge of the volunteers at Springfield.
You will find the information in the April edition of the FMCA magazine. It's best to call your registration in ASAP.

Bob's email: Fourwindsbob@gmail.com
Cell: 813-395-3679

Please email or call him ASAP, he will need your name, a cell number if you have one, and address, as I want to personally acknowledge everyone with a token of appreciation that comes and supports this convention. It may be years before the Northeast Area ever see's another one. Come, volunteer a little, and have fun with all your camping friends.

Respectfully,

Thomas M. Ziobrowski
President & National VP for the Northeast Area of FMCA 

May 2016 Rally Update

Our May, 2016 Rally has been arranged by Wes and Janet Barager. We are going to Elkdale Campground outside Salamanca, NY.

Elkdale RV Resort. 

4768 Route 353 

Salamanca, NY 14779 

716-938-6136 

Web site: elkdalervresort.com

There is a casino, golf, Amish cheese stores, Allegany State Park as well as other things.
Mostly a chance to get together.
There are 2 tabs above with application and more information.

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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