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August 17, 2019 Minot, North Dakota
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING MINUTES
National President
Jon Walker called the Annual Membership Meeting of the Family Motor Coach
Association to order at 9:16 a.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Minot, North
Dakota.
President Walker called on FMCA Chaplain Dane Bailey for the
Invocation. National Secretary Gaye Young led the reciting of the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. Sarah Getto led the
singing of the “Canadian National Anthem” and the “United States National
Anthem.”
National Secretary Gaye Young presented the Secretary’s
report. The reading of the minutes of the July 21, 2018, Annual Membership
Meeting held in Gillette, Wyoming, was waived, and the minutes were approved as
distributed.
National Treasurer John Reynolds presented the Treasurer’s
Report. He reported that revenue is up $106,553 over this time in fiscal year
2018. He also reported that operating expenses are down, and the big saving
continues to be FMCAssist, which is down $375,469.
President Walker accepted the Treasurer’s Report for file. President
Jon Walker presented the President’s report. He noted that the state of our
association is good. He reported that 24 of the last 25 months have had
positive membership growth and that over the last year, FMCA has acquired new
partnerships, which has contributed to an additional $500,000 in revenue. He
shared that the Governing Board approved a balanced budget for fiscal year
2020, which has enough of a surplus to allow FMCA to begin rebuilding the
reserves and investments accounts. He shared that the budget also includes the
funding to continue providing the FMCAssist Medical Emergency and Travel
Assistance Program benefit. He expressed his thanks and appreciation for FMCAs
CEO Chris Smith, and the national office staff in Cincinnati, Ohio, and especially
for his wife, Sondra.
Special Recognition
Awards were presented to outgoing officers: Gaye Young, National Secretary, and
her husband, Jerry; Barbara Smith, Northeast Area National Vice President, and
her husband, Ed; and Jack Mayberry, Rocky Mountain Area National Vice
President, and his wife, Connie.
National officer
attachment plates were presented to the incoming officers: Kathie Balogh,
National Secretary, and her husband Andy; John Traphagen, Northeast Area
National Vice President, and his wife, Sharon; and Jamie Erickson, Rocky
Mountain Area National Vice President, and his wife, Galina.
President Walker presented Jeannie Carey, F384182, of the
Arkansas Travelers Chapter, with FMCA’s Robert L. Richter Award. This award is
presented to an individual who is responsible for communications to and about
an FMCA chapter.
President Walker presented Ross Boyer, F268985, with FMCA’s
Kenneth T. Scott Pipe Dreamer’s Award. The Executive Board bestows this award
on an individual who has earned the gratitude of FMCA by some exceptionally
worthy or beneficial service to FMCA or to family motor coach owners in
general.
Jim and Betty Duncan,
F253901; Jamie and Galina Erickson, F142560S; Jack and Connie Jones, F327809;
and Gary and Glenda Milner, F409834, were recognized with watches for
recruiting 100 FMCA members.
There was no unfinished business or new business.
Dane Bailey conducted the installation of the newly elected
and re-elected national officers as follows: National President Jon Walker and
his wife, Sondra; National Senior Vice President Rett Porter and his wife,
Claire; National Secretary Kathie Balogh and her husband, Andy; National
Treasurer John Reynolds and his wife, Jayne; Midwest Area National Vice
President Gary Milner and his wife, Glenda; Northeast Area National Vice
President John Traphagen and his wife, Sharon; Rocky Mountain Area National
Vice President Jamie Erickson and his wife, Galina; South Central Area National
Vice President Joe Wright and his wife, Nancy; and Southeast Area National Vice
President Betty Duncan and her husband, Jim.
The remaining members of the Executive Board were introduced
as follows: Eastern Area National Vice President Bill Mallory and his wife,
Garnetta; Great Lakes Area Vice President Les Naylor and his wife, Sue;
International Area National Vice President George Schremp and his wife, Maxine;
Northwest Area National Vice President Don Schleuse and his wife, Barbara;
Western Area National Vice President Lon Cross and his wife, Christine; and
Charlie Adcock and his wife Gloria, Immediate Past President, who could not
attend the event.
The members of the
Executive Board agreed to accept the responsibilities of their respective
offices and agreed to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with FMCA’s
Code of Ethics. The existing members of the Executive Board reaffirmed their
commitment.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:51
a.m.
Gaye Young Jon Walker
National Secretary National
President
