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Really nice work Ernie. How many times did you talk bad about the guy who drew it up with somany odd nooks and crannies? Many will not appreciate how complicated what you are showing us is to do well. Bill

I have found it very helpful to run some water out of the campground spicket before hooking up anything.I have often seen big slugs of nasty rust and sediment come out. Better on the ground than in my filters or tanks. Bill

You might benefit from reading the preceding post in a thread. Bill

Lets heare some of your ideas on how to fix the problem. Bill

Ok why pay $10.00 when you can have it done free with just a phone call? Bill

sunlover19, Diesel Kleen as recommended by Cummins. It is the only one recommended by Cummins https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2017/05/10/cummins-inc-officially-recommends-power-service-diesel-kleen-cetane-and Bill

I add Diesel Kleen as recommended by Cummins every time and depending on location and weather add the biocide. https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2017/05/10/cummins-inc-officially-recommends-power-service-diesel-kleen-cetane-and Bill

One of my local clubs The Red River Rovers has it's December get together at a local restaurant. Always lots of fun. Bill

That is true but who at Medicare do you call to move your RV and maybe your toad. Do you travel with any dependents? Do you have any pets? What is the number at Medicare to take care of them? I think you should evaluate your membership next year. Have you joined any of your local chapters or clubs? Have you participated in any local Rallies? Volunteered to help put on a rally? Bill

Thanks Ross. Made me think and realise I have never added biocide to my new to me coach. Lots to do to make shure that all the maintenance items are zeroed out. Bill

I still don't think FMCA has reached 50% of the potential market more like 35%. Prove me wrong. Bill

So you think it is a better plan to pay $209.50 (average for the first 2 years) than pay $159.00 for motorized or $129 for towables from day one. For service I can't see any difference in. I will be watching for more of your astute financial wisdom. Bill

WOW, I must be doing something right. This is your second post and the first one in 10 years. Bill

Yes I bet you have. Bill

True it is also an outsiders opinion and a good segway into the discussion of what is the FMCA doing to fix the problem. Yes the last 4 months are a problem for all of us. This isn't about this time period. Like Herman said we all need to work at promoting FMCA. I always have handouts and membership forms available. Last fall I helped recruit and bring an entire chapter (Lone star Bounders) into the FMCA. Mostly behind the scenes but I like to think I helped. Let's all move forward together. Bill

"I am the CEO. I do not own an RV. " There are people who would say that kind of speaks volumes about your problems. Please point out where I stated anything that was misinformation? " I shared how many members we have from that new segment. Not sure how that is condescending. The point was to show why it has been tough getting those advertisers on board." Yes I actually have a pretty good grasp of the problem. You don't have the market share to warrant spending the advertising dollars. You didn't say what you were doing to correct /improve it. The outher part "Not sure how that is condescending" do you keep class "B" coaches in a separate group or gas coaches or diesel coaches? It is all about perception in the marketplace. What are you doing to correct the problem? Why don't you have your internet person do a little polling on the different forums so you will have an idea of the problem and see what you can do to correct it. "Dealers and manufacturers do not and will not offer a comp membership into FMCA during their sales process. They are trying to close the deal. They do offer the membership after the sale." This entire statement infers they are selling the membership not giving it. Why wouldn't a FMCA membership be a + during the negotiation process. They certainly consider a Thousand Trails membership a bonus item when closing a deal. Why is that? Why not develop a program where campgrounds can sell membership and get rewarded for it. Have contest. "FMCA does have a Youtube channel. We do produce video content." Please go back and read what I said about Youtube. Yes I know about your channel but you A) did not understand what I wrote or B ) chose to ignore or gloss over what I suggested. Let's all move forward together. Bill

Well Herman it appears that what we realey need is for some people to pay attention to the problem. Bill

Ok Smithy, What is your job at FMCA? What RV do you have? "We have 5,500 non-motorhome members." I hate to tell you but that sounds realey condescending towards our fellow RVers. You do know there is a perception in the non-motorhome world that FMCA is a bunch of rich elitist in their fancy coaches. It is more about the person and the journey than the type of RV they have. "It is easy to say selling ads should be a piece of cake to that segment. When you ask them to outlay print ad money, the numbers make it a tough sell." No one said it would be easy. What kind of deals are you offering? "We have partnerships with many dealers and manufacturers to offer comp memberships. We have been doing this for longer than I have been with FMCA." That's interesting because I have been in several major dealers and I have just bought a new to me 2008 Newmar Mountain Aire frome (NIDRVC) and never heard anything about FMCA. Never saw a poster on the wall or any type of promotional material. I can't think of ever seeing anything at any RV dealership. "We have a limited budget on the advertising side" Ok what are you doing to leverage it? "We get great bang for our buck promoting FMCA on Facebook and Google. Our cost per acquisition is excellent." Well that is realey cool but you arn't making your goals for numbers. This goes back to my original questions. What do you think? What do you think can be improved and how? Here's a tip for your "social media" people. Work on some of the Channels on Youtube. Many have thousand of followers Many are full time RVers. Some can get several hundred to show up for a meet and greet. Work on getting benefit packages that will appeal to full timers. Then promote them because they are the ones in touch with those who plan on gong full time or joining the RV lifestyle. Bill

No they don't like me. Bill

Welcome to the forum. I just had that problem. My insurance guy recommended Safelite. They are the number one go to company recommended by most insurance companies. They came out to where I had the RV stored and did the work.There was no charge to me. Bill

Well that's what they told me when I called them. But I have been lied to before. I still maintain you are better off with a dedicated certified RV inspector that reports to you. Bill

Welcome to the forum. There area lot of people who like the Oxygenics. They have several models so you may want to do a little research on them. You made me think I don't know what I have in my new to me coach as I haven't used the shower yet. Now I need to go look. Bill

So what do you think should be done to turn those numbers around? I gave a couple now tell me yours. Here is something else they should work on. being attractive to full timers like docj. There are a growing number of younger full timers out there and we need to actively work to attract them. Bill

Richard, Why are you telling the OP to spend money on a CarFax when they don't cover class A motorhomes? Bill

Interesting statement. We have opened up the club to all towables. That tells me the management that oversees selling advertising for the magazine needs to do a better job. How many hundred dealers and manufactuers did that add to the potential customer list? I also think they need to do a much better job of promoting the club. They also need to do a better job promoting the FMCA image to campgrounds. Why don't I see information about FMCA when I am checking into a campground. Why do the majority of them say they have never heard of FMCA? Why isn't FMCA making deals with all the major dealers to offer a years free membership to people buying a RV? Why can I get a $600.00+ Thousand Trails membership but not a FMCA membership? Bill