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Singles International April-May 2016

Newsletter for Singles International Chapter of Family Motor Coach Association 2016 page 1

April-May 2016

Volume 32 Issue 3

Singles International

www.fmca-si.com

President’s Message

Inside this issue:

President’s Message 1

Officers/ Treas. Rep 2

Rally Reports 3-4

Upcoming events 5

Application 9

Calendar 11

Scuttlebutt

SI Website:

fmca-

si.com

Greetings S.I. Chapter Members!

The FMCA Family Reunion rally at Perry, GA has just ended and there were over 25 S.I. members who attended and we had several guests at our happy hour. It was a record attendance of 437 who attended the Card Bingo. We also had a good turn-out for the Bean Bag Toss game. There were over 2,600 coaches between FMCA members and vendors. I per-sonally enjoyed the three evenings of entertainment.

The All Singles Dance Rally is going on right now at Bandera, TX and I hope the 90+ people attending are having a good time and their feet don’t get too sore from all that dancing!

The INTO Rally is coming up at Tallahassee, FL with the pre-rally begin-ning on April 11

th; the INTO Rally is April 15-19. There are lots of things to

see and do there. Our chapter has been asked to help with the breakfasts and Card Bingo. We will be having our annual meeting at 1:00 PM on April 14

th. Elections and by-law changes will take place at this meeting.

We need a quorum of 15 members to have the meeting.

I’m expecting someone else has decided to put their name on the ballot for president which means this will be my last “President’s Message.” I’ve en-joyed being your president for the past two years. I have lots and lots of great memories spending time with all of you across this huge and won-derful country of ours and attending the many gatherings I was able to go to. Now is the time for someone else to take over leading the chapter. I had hoped to meet more of our S.I. family members; perhaps down the road I will be able to do that. We have a great group of RVers and I am glad we all get the chance to travel like we do.

On a personal note, just after leaving Perry, I stopped for gas and stupidly tripped over the tow bar and hurt my right leg. A trip to emergency showed no broken bones but at this time, I still can’t walk without crutches let alone drive the rv or car. The FMCA emergency assistance program, 7 Corners, helped me out. They allowed Sue Balmert to drive my rv/car back to Florida and then arranged for her to fly back to Georgia and be driven back to her rv. All at no charge!! I am very grateful for my fellow RVers, Sue Balmert, Carol Klenow, Betty Howard, and Margie Vail, who helped me out in my time of need. THANKS SO MUCH, LADIES!!!!

I look forward to seeing you down the road and please drive carefully!

Margie Rodgers

President

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June 1st

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Officers

President

Margie Rodgers

PO Box 2577 PMB 4921

Pensacola, FL 32513

707-429-2610

[email protected]

Executive VP

Jo Wilson

3268 Wilderness Trail

Kissimmee, FL 34746

352-978-6864

[email protected]

Secretary

Claudia Giddens

125 Blue Heron Blvd.

Haines City, FL 33844

OR 210 Rainbow Dr.

Livingston, TX 77399

270-217-8192

[email protected]

Treasurer

John McBeath

3311 Wilderness Trail Kissimmee, FL 34746 407-433-8586 (cell)

407-846-3724 (home)

[email protected]

Rocky Mountain Area VP

Joanne Harnit

124 Rainbow Dr. #2420

Livingston, TX 77399-7396

307-630-7396

[email protected]

Great Lakes Area VP

Louise Swanner

1220 E. Jones Rd. Howell, MI 48855

517-294-4197

[email protected]

South Central Area VP

Judy Porter

144 Rainbow Dr #4425


214-770-7751

[email protected]

Northeast Area VP Newsletter Editor VP

Bob Burnham Claudia Giddens

PO Box 203 210 Rainbow Dr #11081

Hinsdale, NH 03451 Livingston, TX 77399

663-762-0172 OR

[email protected] 125 Blue Heron Blvd

Haines City, FL

Southeast Area VP 270-217-8192

Jeannine Fontaine [email protected]

231 Hwy 255 South

Cleveland, GA 30528 National Director

706-200-0876 John Hubbard

[email protected] 147 Rainbow Drive #4757


Western Area VP 214-683-9323

Carol Preimesberger [email protected]

120 Rainbow Dr. #2097

Livingston, TX 77399 Alternate National Director

714-231-1414 Joanne Harnit

[email protected] 124 Rainbow Dr/ #2420

Livingston, TX 77399-7396

Vacant: 307-630-7396

Midwest Area VP [email protected]

Northwest Area VP

Eastern Area VP Webmaster:

Bob Kelley

201 Dale Road

Wethersfield, CT 06109

[email protected]

860-563-4259

No Report

Submitted

Treasurer’s Report February 1-March 31, 2016

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING APRIL 14—1 PM

mailto:[email protected]




Rally Reports

Perry Pre-Rally Pre rally was hosted by Jeannine Fontaine with great help from others. Pre rally at Cemetery from March 10 to March 14. We had 20 members at the pre rally at the cemetery. We had 22 members at the pre rally at the Fair-grounds. We had 36 total at our happy hours at the rally-members, & prospective members. For $18.00 each we had the following 8 meals each (Jeannine is extremely economical!!)

MEALS-Donuts & muffins for breakfast - Rod Cross & Betty Kirby picked them up for everyone. Fried Chicken, Potato salad, baked beans & cole slaw for dinner - Pat Moore picked it up for everyone Hobo stew for dinner - everyone contributed - Bobbi Harden cooked Pizza from Pizza Hut for dinner - picked up by Jeannine Fontaine with Pat Moore's help - we had 14 pizzas Sandwiches with Baloney, Salami, Ham, Chicken, Turkey, sliced to-matoes, lettuce, banana peppers, dill pickles, bread & butter pickles, rye bread, French bread, mayo, mustard for dinner - picked up by Jeannine Fontaine Sausage burritos, sausage Mcmuffins, sausage biscuits, hash browns, grill cakes from McDonalds for breakfast - picked up by Jeannine

On March 12 we played Murbles, a game similar to bocce ball but with lighter balls - Jeannine purchased the game at the Passport America rally in Tallahassee just before the Perry GA FMCA rally - We had a ball!! Martha Werre won, Betty Howard came in 2nd and booby prize to Karen Colbert - 1st prize was a Nascar Christmas ornament, Freightliner calculator & Freightliner lanyard, 2nd prize was a Freightliner cup, Freightliner calcula-tor & Freightliner lanyard, booby prize was a Freightliner notepad & Freightliner lanyard - guess who attended a Freightliner rally in January!! Jeannine!! Nascar ornament purchased from Claudia by Jeannine - all prizes were donated by Jeannine. On March 17 we entered our golf cart in the St Patrick’s competition at the FMCA rally - Margie Vail was our leprechaun and we decorated the golf cart & her - we made the finals but didn't win. Jeannine Fontaine, Bobbi Harden & Carol Klenow registered for the RV One party (everyone who registered for the Perry rally received an email invitation & just had to respond to get tickets but no one else did) and I tried to get tickets for everyone but within 1 hour all tickets gone - but the 3 of us went - fabulous party - 650 attendees - gorgeous place, great food, absolutely wonderful band . We attended seminars, looked at new coaches, at-tended the ice cream social, the volunteer dinner, another volunteer hor'deuvres dinner, attended entertain-ment - comedian on the 18th, Country Western singers on the 19th - probably won't go on the 20th On March19 we celebrated the anniversary of the Happy People with subs & cake at Happy Hour - contributed by Happy People Games at the rally also run by Jeannine with great help from other Singles International members. Bob-bi Harden & Carol Klenow were the card bingo callers. Everyone else was running to give candy prizes, deliver water and seating everyone. We had 437 attendees at the Card Bingo & 36 at the Bean Bag toss. I received an umbrella award from Charlie Adcock for running the games at the volunteer dinner andpictures were taken. We caravanned to Fairgrounds at 11:30 on Monday - no problem!!

List of attendees Margie Rodgers, Bob Burnham, Nancy Miller, Trish Hone, Karen Colbert, Betty Howard, Pat Moore, Jeannine Fontaine, Bobbi Harden, Martha Werre, Bob McNichols, Susan Balmert, Betty Kirby, Rod Cross, Betty Buhrkuhl, Margie Vail, Carol Klenow, Don Neville, Dave Enfeld, Iona Duvall, William Brailsford & Edgar Kremer We were joined by the following at the Happy hours at the rally: Donna Lee Cole, Mel Wick, Bob Mills, Lise Gi-guere, Bob Hayes, Wanda Williams, George Showman, Andy Holifield, Dallas Eberth, John McPherson, Ethel Sawyer, Bertha Showman, Bud Case, Cecil Phillips, John Smyrsici. Ken Olson, Bonnie Olson. Dave Kessler, VP also stopped by to talk to us Submitted by Jeannine Fontaine



Rally Reports

Martha Werre’s happy people rally Southeast Happy People held their annual chapter meeting at the rally in Lady Lake March 8, 2016. Martha Werre, president presided, with nine members present. The election of officers was the main topic of the business meeting. 2016 officers are President Martha Were, Vice president Bob McNichols, Secretary Betty Howard, Treasurer Dale Koepka, (absent) and National direc-tor Susan Balmert. Other business: The chapter voted to donate $200 to a local food bank.. President Werre announced the Southeast Happy People chapter would receive a 20 year award ($200) at the SEA regional meeting Sunday March 20 during the family reunion of FMCA in Perry. Other announcements included members will be volunteers in Perry. These volunteers are also invited to a complementary dinner during the rally. The chapter welcomed six visitors Judi Porter, Al Buscher, Karen Colbert, Dave Enfeld, Jo Wilson and John McBeath. Additional Happy People in attendance were Rod Cross, Betty Kirby, and Betty Buhrkuhl, Nancy Miller, Martha Werre and Margie Rodgers. Submitted by Nancy Miller

Rocky Mountain Area Now is the time to remind those who may come West this coming Fall, to consider attending the Rocky Mountain Ramble in Farmington NM. It is scheduled 25-28 September 2016. Registration fee includes elec-tric and water with dump on the grounds. Besides the usual activities, this rally has a noon picnic, brats at the chapter fair and a parking crew that will park any single arrival with other singles!!! Farmington is lo-cated in northern NM some 100 miles NW of Albuquerque via a major highway. The Balloon Fiesta begins Saturday 1 October till 9 Oct--and some of the singles plan to go. Look it up on the internet. There is dry camping for $30/nite without a reservation. Hook-ups if needed are costly and reservations were filled by July 2015. I stayed at Sandia Casino and could see balloons in the distance and with binocs and on the rigs' tv. The Casino allows parking and operates a shuttle to the early am ascensions and the evening balloon glows for a fee. You can volunteer to help crew a balloon--and may even get a ride "up, up, and away"!! I may also be hosting the22017 Western Area Rally at Indio CA. Dates: 11-15 Jan 2017. Indio is the eastern end of the Palm Springs-Coachella line of towns and is a great rally with tremendous entertain-ment and lots a activities, vendors, and exhibitors--and good weather. More info later. hugs joanne

Contact Joanne Harnit for more info at 307-630-7396



Upcoming Events

Into pre-rally April 11 – 14, 2016

Singles International Pre rally North Florida Fairgrounds, 441 E Paul Russell Rd., Tallahassee FL 32301 We are meeting at the Fairgrounds, beginning on April 11

th. The INTO Rally begins on the 15

th. I know several

of you are parking elsewhere but joining us for activities. I have several suggestions of places to visit, espe-

cially the state capitol, plus restaurants.. I have sent a list to all those SI members who have said they are

planning to attend. If you didn’t get an email or phone call from me and are planning to attend, please let me

know ASAP.

Our chapter has been asked to help with the breakfasts and card bingo so names and numbers are needed so I can pass them on to the INTO planners. See you soon! Margie Rodgers

Cost is $30.00 per night for the pre rally & a fee that will be determined to cover the cost of food (won't be much)

Into Rally April 15-19, 2016

FMCA Into Area Rally North Florida Fairgrounds, 441 E Paul Russell Rd, Tallahassee FL 32301 Coach with 1 adult 30 AMP $210.00 includes 4 nights camping, seminars, 3 nights entertainment, ice cream social, hot dog bash, breakfast, etc etc Contact FMCA or Rally Master George Schremp 540 903 3595 [email protected]

Family reunion West Springfield, Mass. Our pre-rally for this FMCA convention will be held on the Eastern States Exposition grounds. begin-ning on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Pre-rally plans are incomplete, but in order to park together we must arrive together. For this reason we will gather off site at a location to be determined in order to caravan into the fairgrounds on Sun-day afternoon. FMCA has already scheduled the Si’s for Card Bingo on Monday night. More details will be published in the next Scuttlebutt, and also emailed to those who have registered with FMCA and who have notified pre-rally host Bob Burnham at [email protected]

Parking at the “Big E” is limited to 1500 motorhomes. It is imperative that you register ASAP with FMCA. Don’t wait, do it now. Remember, there were 2600 family and exhibitor motorhomes at Perry! Full details to follow. Contact SI Northeast Area VP Bob Burnham at [email protected].





Remembering our ill members:

Carole Tibbetts had a lump removed recently due to breast cancer. She then had a bad reaction to the chemo

and just recently got out of the hospital. Bill Molenaar was involved in a car accident in Texas. He is doing

much better as well as his lady friend but the truck got totaled! Please remember both of these members in

your thoughts and prayers.

Perry Rally: Volunteer dinner

Miscellaneous



PROPOSED BY-LAW CHANGES At our annual meeting in Tallahassee on April 14 we will be voting on changes to our by-laws. The proposed revi-sions are shown below. The items in red or underlined and italicized are additions and the strike troughs are dele-tions. In essence, these changes accomplish three things (1) permit absentee balloting (2) change officers terms from one to two years (3) provide coverage in the event an Area VP position is vacant. Please review these prior to our April 14 meeting.

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

.2. TERMS OF OFFICE: B. The elected officers, President, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, National Director, Alternate Na-tional Director, Vice President Newsletter Editor and nine Area Vice Presidents (as outlined in the FMCA Chapter Directory) shall be elected to serve as many one two year terms as they are willing to serve.

ARTICLE VI – CHAPTER ADMINISTRATION 3. CHAPTER MEETINGS: C. OFFICER ELECTION: The voting general membership is to elect chapter officers, including a President, Executive Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a National Director, an Alternate National Director, Vice Presi-dent Newsletter Editor and nine Area Vice Presidents (as outlined in the FMCA Chapter Directory). The election of officers shall be by either written or absentee ballot (mail and/or e-mail). A 51% or greater majori-ty of the votes cast shall be required to elect officers or decide issues. Each member, present and in good standing, shall be entitled to cast one vote D. QUORUM: A quorum for the transaction of business at any duly-called chapter meeting is 25% of the chapter family unit memberships or fifteen family unit memberships, whichever is less. . E. VOTING: Except as specified elsewhere in these bylaws, a simple majority vote of F# and L# members in good standing and voting shall be required to approve or disapprove any matter. (1) Voting will be one vote for each adult member. (2) Balloting by mail absentee ballot may be allowed for all officer elections, and may also be undertaken when a proposed matter is to be voted to be upon is of such importance or urgency that a total membership vote is advisa-ble. (3) All members shall be notified by mail, e-mail or publication in the Chapter newsletter of the upcoming vote when absentee balloting is to be used. Such notification shall include the report of the Nominating Committee (when appropriate), and/or a detailed description of any other matter to be voted upon. Instructions shall be included for casting the ballot. Such notice shall be sent at least 30 days in advance of the voting date. (4) When absentee balloting is used, ALL votes must be cast by this process and submitted prior to any meeting or other deadline where such votes are to be counted. No votes received after the deadline or meeting start shall be counted. (5) If officers are to be elected via absentee balloting, there must be provisions for votes to be cast for write-in candidates. (6) There is no requirement for any or all officers to be voted upon by absentee ballot. One or more positions may employ absentee balloting, while the remainder may be voted upon by written ballot in a meeting of the Mem-bership. 7. AREA VICE PRESIDENT VACANCIES. In the event that a vacant Area Vice President’s position cannot be filled, the President may ask another Area Vice President to temporarily cover the vacant position’s territory.

ARTICLE VII – ELECTIONS 2. NOMINATING COMMITTEE DUTIES: F. The Nominating Committee should report its recommendations to the Executive Board no later than 45 days prior to an election.



FMCA RALLIES: Register with FMCA

INTO Rally Great Lakes Rally NW Area Rally Midwest Rally

April 15-19 June 8-12 June 23-26 July 13-16

Tallahassee, FL Goshen, IN Albany OR Amana, Iowa

Singles International Rallies

SI Dance Rally INTO Pre-rally

April 3-14 April 12-14

Bandera, TX Tallahassee, FL

Singles International

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Images of Perry Rally

April

Dance Rally

April 3-14

Bandera, TX

Host: Judy Porter

INTO Pre-Rally

April12-14

Tallahassee, FL

Host Margie Rodgers

INTO Rally

April 15-19

Tallahassee, FL

August

3-6 Family Reunion

West Springfield, Mass

May

June

8-12 Great Lakes Rally

Goshen, IN

23-26 NW Area Rally

Albany, OR

July

13-16 Midwest Rally

Amana, Iowa

September

12-15 South Central Rally

Shawnee, OK

26-28 Rocky Mountain Rally

Farmington, NM

2015-16 Rally calendar

Next Issue Deadline: June 1

Singles International Claudia Giddens, Scuttlebutt Editor 125 Blue Heron Blvd. Haines City, FL 33844 April-May 2016

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