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| Some rain |
We had 7 Fingerlakers willing to travel the 500+ miles to the Indiana State Fairgrounds for the FMCA 96th International. We managed to get together for dinner a couple times at Golden Coral and Chili's. Most of us parked inside the sulky race track - which meant our campers got muddy trying to cross it to get to the infield.
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| Governing Board meeting |
Weather was in the 80's most of the week. So, generators got a workout if you didn't have electric (we didn't).
There were about 1350 coaches and several hundred vendor coaches.
Barbara Smith was officially sworn in as President of the Northeast Area.
Below is John Pangburn's (ND) summary of the Governing Board Meeting.
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The 2017 Governing Board
meeting was started promptly at 9am. There was a bit of a new twist this time
as we had a workshop on the day before.
It was a very good idea. Although
criticized by some Charlie Adcock took a
straw vote to see if the proposition 3 would likely pass. Proposition 3 was the by-law change to allow
towables in FMCA. It did certainly
appear there were enough votes to pass. The remainder of the workshop was spent
developing a definiton of what recreational vehicles are that we will
admit. The working definition is
“defined as a self-contained, wheeled vehicle that includes permanently
installed cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities”. The definition is subject to review at future
gb meetings. The proposition did receive the necessary 2/3 margin receiving 277
yes votes out of 308 total. Of interest
to us attending was what President Adcock referred to as the roast of the
executive board. The fisrt 2 propositions for by-law amendment put forth as
approved by the executive board; during discussion were obviously not favored
by the executive board..The question was then raised of why the 2 proposals
were even on the agenda which amounted to a waste of time for the governing
board. The discussion was ended there. The decision to add towables is not over
yet. Now the question goes before the
membership. If you all approve the
measure in November, we will begin adding towables in December. This action was the high point of the meeting
in my opinion. The remainder of the
meeting was taken up with the usual housekeeping of updating policies and
procedures. The meeting ended with the
report of the nominating committee. Our new national officers will be
President Jon Walker
Vice President Erretta
Porter 111, Rett
Secretary Gaye Young
Treasurer John Reynolds
There was a nomination from
the floor for vp but the candidate select was as above. I will bring the GB agenda to our meeting in
September should anyone be interested to review the details of the meeting
including my thought as it progressed. I
was really amazed the progress that has been made since the last time the idea
of towables was brought up. Most of
those attending expected a long and very heated meeting, although there was an
oppsition present the measure very easily and swiftly passed. Hopefully if
approved by the total membership FMCA will begin a new concept for the future.
Although brief I believe
this sums up the main points of of the meeting. I am hopeful President
Walker will continue the
practice of workshop prior to the
meeting. I believe this was the reason
the proposal was acted upon so quickly.
In any case Our new president has a tough act to follow.
August brought 12 Fingerlakers' coaches to the New York State Fairgrounds for the Northeast Area 
