Bradford Koshland Resignation

Bradford Koshland is resigning as Executive Director of FMCA,  Please see his note and Charlie Schrenkel's below.

2012 Northeast Area Rally Update

Our Northeast Area 2012 Rally has taken shape.  We have a flier which shows plans for the rally. Please check out the "2012 Northeast Rally" page to the left of this post or click on the link below:

http://nma-fmca.blogspot.com/p/2012-northeast-area-rally.html

Follow our blog for future updates.

Video from Madison

Channel 15 in Madison, Wisconsin has removed the video from their web site showing the FMCA International.  We have a copy and can email it if interested.  Please contact:

troule@aol.com

for a copy.

Address information

Our first attempt to identify chapter contacts was quite successful.  Between FMCA, Cincinatti and many of your websites, our first email had over 85% "hits" of current contacts. In addition, we have received a couple emails with updates - thank you.
Below are the emails and chapters which our data need correction.

• cornford@nbnet.nb.ca, PERFECT CIRCLE
• mycroft@cogeco.net, THOUSAND ISLAND VOYAGERS
• president@yankeetravelers.com,  YANKEE TRAVELERS
• nercpres@neracechasers.com, NEW ENGLAND RACE CHASERS
• btc@pocketmail.com,  SUSQUENANGO
• PAUMANACK Chapter does not have a contact.

If you are a member of one of these chapters, or know a member, please help by emailing corrections to our records.


The blog email is:
fmca.nma@gmail.com


Thank you and happy travels.
Tom Roule, F274304
troule@aol.com

We Need Your Help

We are trying to update our records.  Attempts to use the FMCA master list results in bounce backs.  There are a lot of important issues both on an Area and National front that Paul DuBois feels that members would like to know but are unable to contact them without an up to date e-mail addresses.   
Please send contact information and National Director information to Paul at:
diplomatman2002@yahoo.com. 
or snail mail at:
Paul DuBois
P.O. Box 137
Tribes Hill. NY, 12177


If you check the "Northeast Area Chapters" information link on the left side of our blog, you can see if we have the correct information about your chapter.
If we need to make corrections, please send them to our blog email:
fmca.nma@gmail.com
or
troule@aol.com

Update from Paul Dubois

The following is an excerpt from Paul DuBois from the September 23rd Executive Board meeting about other possible locations for the NEA Rally.


......we were looking to see if there were any feasable locations to hold a rally in NYS, and we were going to ask for a clause in the contract to skip a year at Essex. After checking several locations we were unable to find a location that would both meet our needs and be within our financial means.  We found that this was not possible in the several locations that we contacted so we are presently working to make some changes in the rally at Essex Junction. We need to make changes that will draw the younger crowd.

Northeast Members meet at the FMCA 86th International Rally

The week of August 8th brought members of the Northeast Area to Madison, Wisconsin for the 86th annual FMCA rally.
Almost perfect weather and a warm welcome from Madison made the event a great week.  The event was visited by all the local tv stations.  Northeast was well represented on channel 15, NBC as Ed Smith (Secretary Barb's husband) & Tom Roule were interviewed.  Click on the link below to see the video.

You may need use the "back" on you keyboard to return to this blog after you've viewed the video.

Madison channel 15 FMCA video

NMA chapter members got together twice in open forum discussions led by President, Paul Dubois.
The first one was on Tuesday before the Governing Board meeting on Wednesday where Paul and Ed Hoag led review of the upcoming elections.  While they could not advize area directors how to vote, considerable discussion centered around experiences with national candidates.
Election results from Wednesday, August 10th were as follows:

• National President:  Charlie Schrenkel
• National Senior Vice President: Allen Rein
• National Secretary:  Vicky Ferrari
• National Treasurer:  Wil Young

NMA Governing Board Members

In other business, Hutchinson, Kansas was chosen for the 2013, 50th FMCA anniversary rally.  National Directors will not reimbursed for 2012 87th International.  Consideration is being given to combining one of the winter regional rallies with the winter international.  Currently, the plan is to cancel the 2012 and 2013 winter rallies.
Our second NMA get together was a general discussion led be Paul Dubois, Barb Smith and Lorie Hoag (Ed was under the weather).  Paul was soliciting ideas for improvement within the area.  Some folks expressed interest in moving the rally to different venues.  Essex Junction more than meets our needs with great facilities and reasonable electric, but an occasional alternative would make returning to Essex Junction "new".  The challenge for the area is finding a location that is open to vendors from out of the area.  Paul asked for help finding and securing a location that meets the area's requirements.
Much discussion also centered around how to include trailers and 5th wheels to foster growth of the organization. This topic will be on future agendas.
Finally, we had a brief visit from our new board officers.
Coach count was 1810 family units.  Total coaches exceeded 2200.  The vendor building was loaded with a variety of products and it seemed busy all the way through Saturday.

Introductory Post

Welcome to the Northeast Area blog.
Our goal is to keep the chapters and members informed of our activities and provide a forum for voicing news.
We will try to make monthly posts so you have a reason to visit regularly.