Page 10 - Fall 2019 Travelore

Page 10 - DRVC Travelore
Monday, August 5, 2019 • Miles City KOA • Miles City, Montana
Business Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order by President Rod Kenly at 4 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Rod Kenly and Invocation by Ken Carpenter.
Introduction of Chapter Officers: Rod Kenly, President; Ken Carpenter, Treasurer/National Director; Lou Ann Alvarez, VP Rally Coordinator. First Time Attendees were recognized. This is the club’s 15th year and was presented a 15th Year Certificate at the FMCA rally in Perry, GA in March 2019.
The purpose of the annual business meeting is to modify Club Bylaws and Standing Rules, elect officers for those terms expiring this year, and elect a Nominating Committee.
OLD BUSINESS:
The minutes of the July 2018 Business Meeting in Love- land, CO, posted in the club newsletter and on the club’s website, and at this meeting for review, were approved.
OFFICER REPORTS:
• VP Rally Coordinator: The Rally at the Brickyard (March 3 – 8, 2019) had 45 attendees (23 coaches) with six “First Timers”. The Rally on the Range August 4 – 9, 2019 with 14 coaches and 27 attendees with two “First Timers”.
With the Spring 2020 FMCA rally in Tucson, AZ, the DRVC rally will be held at Distant Drums RV Resort, Camp Verde, AZ. Dates to be announced. Ron and Happy Treml have volunteered to be Rally Masters. Looking for Co-Rally Masters at this time. Summer 2020 FMCA rally is planned for Syracuse, NY.
• Treasurer: The report on the findings of the 2018 Audit Committee are posted on the wall. The club converted credit card payments from Paypal to Affinipay, a Wild Apricot affiliate. Current Fund Bal- ance: $59,248.
• Membership: As of 7/10/2019 there are 580 total members with 517 Active and 48 Renewal Overdue. One of the steps taken in 2019 to address member- ship decline was the creation of 1st Year Free Mem- bership open to all FMCA New Members with 300 New Members through 7/10/2019 vs 38 last year.
Referrals were from a wide variety of sources: email, FMCA, RV Dealers, Facebook, other FMCA Clubs.
• Technical Forum: Approximately 1,760,938 page views for the first six months of 2019 vs 1,811,222 for all of 2018 with Forum membership up 7.5% over 2018.Top boards were: e.g. Yahoo Archive, Cool-
ing and Fuel Systems, and Engine Diagnostics. Top Topics by Replies: e.g. Most Economical Cruising Speed and Computer Chip for better mileage.
NEW BUSINESS:
• Election of 2018 – 2020 Officers: Due
to the failure to elect a Nominating
Committee, at the 2017 Business Meeting, the Board of Directors served as that committee.
• The following candidates for office are offered to the membership: Byron Songer, VP Publishing; Rod Kenly, Alternate National Director; Ken Carpenter, Treasurer.
All three candidates were elected.
• The Nominating Committee was not successful in identifying candidates for: Senior Vice President,
VP Technical, and Assistant Treasurer. Nominations were asked for from the floor. Senior Vice President (one year term); VP Technical (one year term), Assis- tant Treasurer (one year term).
Donald “Dee” Blocker volunteered to fill the office of Senior Vice President and was elected.
• Election of 2019 – 2020 Nominating Committee:
Nominations were requested from the floor and
the following individuals were elected: Douglas Savenchenko, John Koenig, and Rod Kenly. The chap- ter offices that will need candidates are: President, VP Rally Coordinator, VP Technical, Secretary, and National Director.
There not being any other new business from the floor, the meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted Judith N. Jackson, Secretary