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FMCA is in the process of changing to Family RV Association (FRVA). This is part of our expansion to provide resources and benefits to all owners of recreational vehicles and those interested in owning an RV. This is a long term recognition that we are a great resource and the changing RV marketplace (fewer coaches and more towables). The decision was made by the Governing Board back in August. We have been working with a professional branding consultant on a logo and other items since. We are in the process of fully rolling out these changes to our various platforms. In addition, the Governing Board approved increasing the dues. This is the first dues increase in many years. In retrospect, it would have been less of a shock if we had made smaller increases in dues during this time. Why the need for the dues increase? Our membership has been decreasing (part of the reason for the name change) and our expenses have been increasing. We have run in the red for eight of the past ten years. We needed to address this issue before we ran out of reserves. We have substantially decreased expenses including reducing our staffing levels but this did not resolve the issue. We needed to increase revenue as well. I hope this helps you understand what is going on. If you have additional questions, either post them here or email them to me at bobww.fmca@gmail.com

RV Owners Association Announces New Name As Part Of A Rebranding Plan (prweb.com)

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Jim You can help by recruiting other members and doing business with our partners. The COVID money was used to subsidies our operations when we could not operate normally. It helped pay our employees among other things. This was required by the enabling legislation. It is a major part of the reason we operated in the black those two years. I appreciate you being member of FMCA and hope that you will continue to be one in the future. The benefits we provide are the best in the industry. FMCA is a member run organization. All of our meetings are available to our members on Zoom. They are announced on the on line calendar which also provides the link to watch. All of the committees are made up of volunteer members of FMCA. None of them compensation for the time they contribute to these committees. Who am I? A member for over 25 years who has been and is active at all levels of the organization.

I was honored to present the Vixen RV Lovers Chapter with their chapter banner. I look forward to seeing some of these unique RVs at a future rally. Bob Weithofer

There have been a number of inaccurate statements about FMCA's financial situation. Based on data provided to the Governing Board in Redmond by Treasurer Barbara Smith, in the past 10 years, there have been only two years with a positive operating income. They are the covid years of 2020 and 2021. In those years, we laid off almost all of our staff, did not have any rallies and accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Federal government. With the exception of these two very unusual years, we have had only one other positive year in the past 16. Our worst year was 2010 when we lost over 3 million dollars. None of the previous administrations were willing to address these loses. The current administration had focused their efforts on reversing our financial situation. We all want them to be successful and with the assistance of all of our members, we can be. Bob Weithofer

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