Lone Cypress Winnitascan Vol. 45 No. 8 November 2017 The Lone Cypress Winnitascans make up a chapter of the Winnebago-International Travelers, the official Traveling Club of Winnebago Industries. December 7-10 Grand Holiday Outing (members only) Casa de Fruta Hollister (officers) 2018 January 25-28 State Meeting Golden Village Palms RV Resort Hemet, CA March 14-18 Betabel RV Resort San Juan Bautista March 25-29 Southwest Regional Indian Waters RV Resort Indio, CA April 19-22 State Meeting Casa de Fruta President: Phil Fortier, PF108@comcast.net; VP: Skip Gottschalk, rskipg@sbcglobal.net; Treasurer: Dee Alcorn,alcornd@comcast.net; Secretary: Dick Wood, pamanddick@comcast.net; Newsletter Editor: Jessie Herr, jessie01@pacbell.net. Sunshine Betty Rausch fr11333@aol.com http://www.lonecyressrv.orgcheck out California WIT info at http://calwit.com/ www.winnebagoind.com. Presidents Notes Gold Strike Village Nov. 11, 2017 Our weekend started out with 17 rigs and ended up with 12 or 13 by Sunday night. But, all in all, we all enjoyed it enough that we re scheduled for next May, so reserve the 3 rd thru the 7 th, and our host will be the Johnsons and Aus ns. A er a happy hour Thursday a ernoon, we caravanned to a nice Mexican restaurant in San Andreas, and feasted on a variety of different choices. As far as I know, everyone enjoyed their meals. Friday morning was free me. A er our lunches, we gathered in the club house for a rowdy auc on put on by Dick Wood and Jerry Brick. There was everything from jewelry, kitchen things to yard art. Our auc oneers embellished the items with their own take, and there were lots of laughs. We ne ed about $250, which will go to the food fund to defray food costs in December. Friday night dinner was our pot luck and once again there was more than enough to eat. (It must be in the Standing Rules that we re required to fill our plates) Saturday was a busy day, with a Con nental breakfast followed by the business mee ng, which was followed by Bob Swanson s tech talk. A er happy hour, our wagon masters prepared an Italian theme dinner with pastas, salads and again remember the standing rules. And, then we had the gi exchange. Each rig brought a wrapped gi, then we went around the room to open and show what was brought. The gi s will be donated to a worthy cause. Sunday started off with the wagon masters variety of biscuits and gravy. I ve had B & G before, but this topped them all. Again a happy hour, then bar-b-qued hamburgers Page 1
with all the fixings and dessert. Standing rules? A big Thank You to the Rauschs, Cabrals and Bricks for a fabulous weekend of food and fun. Your Pres, Phil Lone Cypress Winnitascans Business Mee ng Minutes November 11, 2017 Officers present: President: Phil For er, Treasurer: Dee Alcorn, Secretary: Dick Wood. Membership present at the mee ng: 30. OPENING FORMALITIES The mee ng was called to order by President Phil For er at 10:00 a.m. Phil led the pledge of allegiance and welcomed everyone. Approval of Minutes The minutes had been sent to the membership via email and were approved by consent. Treasurer s report: Dee Alcorn presented the financial report dated November 8, 2017. A printed copy of the report is included in the newsle er. President s Report: Phil thanked this ou ng s wagonmasters; Be y and Frank Rausch, Pat and Jerry Brick, and Fran and John Cabral. Phil called on Jerry to present the slate of nominated officers for 2018: Larry Leave President, Phil Hayden VP, Dee Alcorn Treasurer, Dick Wood Secretary. Official vo ng will take place at the December ou ng. Correspondence: None. Birthdays and anniversaries: Phil read the names and dates of all members with birthdays and anniversaries in November. Old Business: Phil recognized Jessie for the outstanding job she does with the newsle er. Phil reminded everyone of the recogni on LCW received at the State Rally: Chapter of Excellence, top chapter website of all WIT chapters, best table decora ons, raves for the breakfast we hosted. Congratula ons to all who made these possible. Phil circulated the sign-up for the Christmas ou ng. He also circulated a sign-up sheet for 2018 ou ngs. We have several openings, so please find a date or a month where you can take leadership. [Ed. See the next page for results.] New Business: John Cabral suggested we look at next year s holiday ou ng to see if/how the cost of the catered meal can be reduced. Discussion followed, but no specific ac on was taken. Be y said if we are interested in coming back to Gold Strike next year we should make the reserva- on now. Discussion followed. Joe and Maria said they will be wagonmasters, assuming others will join them. The month of May has been reserved for Gold Strike. See below for the specific dates. Dee reported on yesterday s auc on: 38 items were sold for a total of $218.50 which will go into the food fund. Thanks to all who par cipated. Dee announced the annual club dues for 2018 must be in by the end of December. The cost is $12/person. Members are also encouraged to join the state club for an annual fee of $10 per rig. Checks for the total are to be made out to LCW and sent to Dee or brought to the December ou ng. She will send in state club dues. Upcoming local and state ou ngs: December 7-10 Holiday ou ng at Casa de Fruta. 2018 1/25-28 State Golden Village Palms RV Resort, Page 2
Hemet 3/15-18 Betabel St. Patrick s weekend 4/19-22 State Casa de Fruta RV Park 5/3-6 Gold Strike, San Andreas An updated lis ng of all scheduled LCW and State ou ngs may be found in the newsle er and on the LCW website at. CLOSING FORMALITIES The mee ng was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. Respec ully submi ed, Dick Wood, Secretary Dues Reminder Annual club dues can be turned in at the holiday party at Casa de Fruta. If you cannot a end that ou ng, please mail your dues to DeAnne Alcorn by December 15. Dues are $12 per person for LCW and $10 per rig for WIT state dues. $34 total. State dues are not mandatory, but highly encouraged. 2018 Ou ngs At the mee ng, a signup sheet for 2018 ou ngs was circulated. Here is the status: January State ou ng* February -? March Betabel* April State* May Gold Strike Village* June Gilroy Garlic USA* July GNR* August? September State* October John&Jessie November Hayden, Silva, Sommer December Officers *Those in black have wagonmasters and plan, which are detailed on the last page of this newsle er. Those in blue have wagonmasters but no plan (date and place). Those in red are looking for wagonmasters and plan. Page 3
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2017 December 7-10 Grand Holiday Outing (members only) Casa de Fruta Hollister (Officers) 2018 January 25-28 State Meeting Golden Village Palms RV Resort Hemet, CA March 14-18 Betabel RV Park San Juan Bautista (Brick) March 25-29 Southwest Regional Indian Waters RV Resort Indio, CA April 19-22 State Meeting Casa de Fruta RV Resort Hollister, CA May 3-7 Gold Strike Village San Andreas. CA (Johnson, Austin) June 7-10 Gilroy Garlic USA RV Park Gilroy, CA (Leavitt, Campbell2) July 23-28 Grand National Rally Forest City, IA June 7-10 Gilroy Garlic USA RV Park Gilroy September 29-October 3 State Rally Emerald Desert RV Resort Palm Desert Lone Cypress Winnitascans Newsletter J. Herr 137 Orchard Ave #7 Mountain View, Ca 94043 Page 13