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GMC Western States |
| Newsletter Number 39 - December 15, 1999 |
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GMC Western States |
| Newsletter Number 39 - December 15, 1999 |
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Greetings and Holiday Good Wishes from your new President to all of you at this Christmas season of the year, although I must confess it seems a little strange to be saying that as I write this at the begin-ning of November. But by the time it arrives in your mailbox, the Christmas season will have rolled around. The months keep flying by faster and faster.
Bill Harvey outlined in the last newsletter the slate of officers chosen by the State Reps. (Nominating Committee), and these were voted in as your new officers by the attendees at the Balloon Fiesta. They are:
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President |
Claude Brousson |
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Non technical Vice President |
Nancy Pettit |
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Technical Vice President |
Chuck Aulgur |
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Secretary |
Frank Condos |
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Treasurer |
Miki Singleton |
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FMCA National Director |
Norm Kasch |
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Alternate National Director |
Bob Blenkinsop |
Our new Web Masters are Billy and Debbie Massey, new GMC WS members hailing from the small, central Texas town of Brownwood. Billy works for the 3M company where he produces the micro-scopic glass beads used on reflective highway signs and license plates. Debbie works as the Computer Admissions and Registration coordinator at the Texas Mental Health Center in Brownwood. They are in the process of doing a complete restoration to their 1976 Palm Beach hoping to make it "like new" so it will never break down! They also enjoy being active in creating web sites, having done several for others, and now are looking forward to working as a team in managing the GMC WS site at " www.gmcws.org ".
As yet I have not been able to confirm all the State and Provincial Reps., but those confirmed are:
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Oregon |
DJ. Eberhart |
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Southern California |
Russell Ellis |
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Arizona and Utah |
John Lamb |
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New Mexico |
Al Chernoff |
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Alberta: Bernie |
Bartko |
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British Columbia |
Denny Allen |
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Colorado |
Paul Burkhart |
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Washington |
Carol Baxter |
Let me make a few comments about myself and what I would like in the near future to see our Club focusing on. Donna and I can claim to being part American, as we purchased our GMC in 1992 down in Arizona, luckily getting it all home in one piece to BC. We can claim a wonderful American son-in-law, and I guess the rest of us is Canuck, so we apologize for that. Now you have to understand Canadians are always apologizing - part of our inferiority complex! We're working real hard in retirement and share our property with 3 ducks on our pond and 3 peacocks to wake us up in the A.M.
For our club, I would like to see us continue what the last executive started to build and strengthen it. This requires us all to be ambassadors of good will encouraging others to join. And we need to continue building up a healthy financial reserve for unforeseen emergencies. Likely that would be in the $ 25,000 to $ 30,000 range.
I see us being in a transition time with more and more of our members using e-mail and the Internet for information. For members with this access, we can keep them informed about club news and technical information without their having to wait until they can get to a roundup. At the same time our newsletter and the rallies are still vital in providing the hands on, face to face meeting ground for friendship, fun, and technical learning which has driven the club for the past 11 years.
Lastly, it's not too soon to start thinking about com-ing to our Spring Roundup in Ukiah, CA and join Roy and Ellamae Platz as our Roundup Masters. This is a beautiful time of year in California; the hills are green, the weather warm and a great time to get out into the out of doors for fun. Mark your calendar - April 24-29, 2000.
Claude Brousson, President
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