GMCWS General Membership Meeting Mill Casino and RV Resort, Coos Bay/North Bend, OR October 13, 2016 President Nick Roenick called the meeting to order at 9:07 a.m. He thanked the audience for their attendance at this rally. He thanked Gary and Rebecca Bovee for being [read more]
For all GMCWS members who have followed the Jones’ saga of using Seven Corners FMCA assist services to get themselves and their coach home after an accident, the news is good: the check was in the mail when they returned home from the Mill Casino [read more]
Below is a PDF of Sharon’s presentation at the Fall 2016 Rally at Coos Bay, OR.
Below is a PDF of Jerry’s presentation at the Fall 2016 Rally at Coos Bay, OR.
Below is a PDF of Jerry’s presentation at the Fall 2016 Rally at Coos Bay, OR.
FMCA International Convention in the West The FMCA International Convention will be held on the west coast this winter, March 7-10, 2017, in Chandler, AZ. Check your magazine for details because this one is close enough that many of us can plan to attend. This [read more]
This just in from FMCA NW Area VP Kathy Balogh: “FMCAssist has received recent inquiries regarding the return of vehicles over 10 years old. Seven Corners, the insurer, can not find Professional Drivers to transport vehicles over 10 years of age. However, they will pay [read more]
GMC Western States Fall Rally 2016, North Bend (Coos Bay), Oregon The Mill Casino • Hotel & RV Park October 10-14, 2016 This is going to be a great West Coast Rally. So far there are GMCers coming from five Canadian Provinces [read more]
Fellow Travelers Welcome Anywhere Along The Route – Oct. 7-9, 2016 October 7: Friday morning we are departing from Los Gatos-San Jose area at 8:15am. We are taking Hwy 17 to 280 S, which becomes 680 N. Join us in Pleasanton at Stoneridge (Exit 29) [read more]
The Summer 2016 GMCWS newsletter (#102) is now available for viewing and/or printing below. Or, you can click >>HERE<<. It is a large file so be patient.
Save your June copy of the FMCA magazine. Perhaps place it in your GMC. It has the catalog in the back that lists all participating FMCA businesses and is a good resource when you travel or plan a trip. If you are reading your magazine [read more]
Come join the GMCWS Fall Rally October 10-14, 2016 at The Mill Casino • Hotel & RV Park in North Bend (Coos Bay), Oregon. The Rally is set in a tranquil, park-like, waterfront location along the Oregon Coast in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. This is [read more]
The Tentative Fall GMCWS Rally Schedule is now available for viewing and/or printing
GMCWS General Membership Meeting Pechanga RV Resort, Temecula, CA May 5, 2016 Meeting was called to order by President Nick Roenick at 10:02 a.m. Board members present were Nick Roenick, President; Carol Minnie, First Vice President; Gary Bovee, Technical Vice President; Dave de Graffenreid, Treasurer; [read more]
Registration is now open for GMCWS Fall 2016 Rally The Mill Casino • Hotel & RV Park, North Bend, (By Coos Bay) OR. Plan to attend the GMC Western State’s five club Rally (GMCWS, GMC 49ers, GMC Cascaders, GMC Mountaineers and GMC Pacific Cruisers) October [read more]
The Fall GMCWS Rally Registration Form is now available for viewing and/or printing
Five GMCs Were Shown at the Redondo Beach All GM Car Show on April 30th, 2016 For a fun day take your coach to a car show. By offering to reimburse the entry fee for the coach, GMC Western States is encouraging members to show [read more]
Another great rally by Joanne and Phil Hernandez! They picked an ideal venue – the Pechanga Casino Resort in Temecula – and filled it with good food, fun, and plenty of socializing. The non-tech seminars included a Phone seminar by Armand Minnie, two craft sessions [read more]
The slides below are from Armand’s seminar at the Spring 2016 rally at Temecula. Not much useful except maybe the list of APPS that you might find handy:
Rob Mueller presented a seminar based upon the PDF below. The PDF is from a document written by Rob and based upon information from Alex Ferrara who is on a mission to fix the steering on every GMC that has a problem with it. The [read more]
FMCA Northwest area will hold a large rally in Albany, OR, on June 23 to 26. This one will feature 45 vendor booths and 115 show coaches so lots for our GMCers to see and ways to glean new ideas for modernizing our old ladies. [read more]
We have received the good news that Sharon Work has volunteered for the position of our FMCA National Director. She is very familiar with the FMCA organization and its benefits for our members, since her husband Jerry is the FMCA National Director for the Cascaders. [read more]
Eileen Staal has selected a wonderful book for the book discussion at the upcoming Temecula rally. It is called “The Perfume Collector”, by Kathleen Tessaro. Here’s a synopsis: London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young woman. Despite her sheltered upbringing in Oxford, her recent marriage [read more]
The 2016 Roster and March Newsletter should have arrived at your homes. For the first time we have included a list of all GMC Clubs’ rallies in the Western States area in 2016. Putting the list together was exciting to see all the possibilities we [read more]
Hello to GMCWS members from your Treasurer, Dave de Graffenreid. For those of you who aren’t aware of what I do for the GMCWS club: Throughout the year I deposit membership dues (thank you for sending in your dues in a timely fashion), pay the [read more]
