January, 2011 Florida Dinner

Merry Christmas !
We have a location for our January dinner in Florida.  This year we will be going to the Golden Corral in Leesburg, Fl. at 1:00 pm on January 29th.  The Golden Corral is a buffet with large variety of foods. Please contact Tom Roule at 585-739-9074 if you are interested in coming.
More details soon.

Blog Information

Our blog is over 2 years old and it's time for a brief review.
The blog is owned by GOOGLE and it's use is FREE.  They use blogs to promote themselves. Their only requirement is to have a GMAIL address. Ours is:

penny.mixers@gmail.com

We do our own development. Our blog has evolved as features were introduced by Google and folks have requested something.

If you wish to look at old posts, the right side has them.  All you have to do is -

• Click on the year.  That will show the months.
• Then click on the month.  The month shows all the posts.  You can then click any of the old posts.
• Our first post was in October 2008.

Recently, we were able to ad tabs at the top of the blog.  Currently, there are tabs for the following:

• HOME - This is the main page with all the old posts.
• Pen-NY Mixers Next Event - Here is all the information we have about our next rally or dinner.
• Upcoming Rallies - We have a list of all the activities planned for the future.  It has preliminary location and contact information for each activity.

JUST CLICK ON EACH PAGE TO VIEW EVENTS.

We have a counter near the bottom of the right side that shows the number of visitors.  It is provided by STATCOUNTER.  It keeps track of visitors and where they visited the site from.  It does NOT indicate who visited the site - maintaining privacy.  We have averaged about 100 visits per month since we turned it on.  We have about 60 folks on our distribution list. So, it seems we get one visit per month from everyone. 

We have list of links to other web sites that we thought might be interesting. They are on the right side.  CLICK on any them will transfer you to them.  We have free software, gas prices and links to FMCA, GOOD SAM and links to RV Sites.

We also have a list of officers and their contact information.

Comments and questions are welcome.  You can email to -

troule@aol.com

or

penny.mixers@gmail.com

September, 2011 Rally update

Lee and Vivian Robbins report they have a rally site for our September Rally:
EAA Hanger and Club Room
Elmira/Corning Airport
Sing Sing Rd.
Horseheads NY


Remember, you may check all events by clicking the tabs at the top of this blog.

Bradford Koshland hired to serve as FMCA Executive Director

Since the resignation of Don Eversmann, FMCA Executive Director, over a year ago operations have been run by a committee from the executive board.  Charlie Schrenkel's resignation as President probably motivated the board to SERIOUSLY consider replacing Don.  So, Below is the note from Judy Czarsty, Senior Vice President naming a new Executive Director, FMCA -


Dear Governing Board Members,
I am pleased to announce that Bradford Koshland has been hired to serve as Family Motor Coach Association’s next executive director. As a motorhome owner and FMCA member, Brad brings to the association great enthusiasm for the RV lifestyle. He also has a variety of management experience. Most recently, he served as bureau chief of enforcement for the real estate division of the State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Prior to that, his career included 28 years in the law enforcement profession. He retired as a lieutenant from the New Jersey State Police.

Brad has a master’s degree in administrative science from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, and a bachelor of arts degree from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. He is a certified public manager and brings with him a broad background in management.

We look forward to welcoming Brad as executive director. Brad is well-qualified to represent the interests of Family Motor Coach Association and motorhome owners in general. He will bring leadership and a fresh perspective to the association as it continues in its mission to promote and enhance the motorhome lifestyle.

Brad will officially begin work as FMCA executive director on January 3, 2011.

Yours in friendship,

Judy Czarsty, National Senior Vice President/
Acting National President