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I am not sure where the “dire financial” statement was raised, but the last I heard FMCA has 7-8 million in reserves. But more members along with more income means that more can be provided to the members. Since many manufacturers have merged product lines, there are fewer manufacturers to advertise in Family Motor Coaching which was a major income source to provide benefits to members. Therefore, other revenue sources needed to be found. I would have preferred that every member get another motor homer to join. I guess we are lazy and created our own problem.

To me it seems that it is up to the members to get involved to get other members to vote. I think FMCA staff has done all they can to stimulate the vote as you have stated above. Maybe there will be a last minute surge of votes.

Thank you for the update. We have encouraged our chapter members to vote, but is there anything else we can do to stimulate voting?

Amen!

USPS has Premium Mail Forwarding Service. It is $20 a week plus a one time setup fee. They will Priority ship anything including magazines and catalogs to your temporary location. For ours they ship one Wednesday afternoon from Indiana and we receive on Friday, two days later. A couple of times it has been Saturday. This service is for one location. You cannot travel to a different location and have the USPS forward to the second location. We just set up ours to put on hold while we are traveling to Arizona, then they ship for 21 weeks, put on hold again while we travel back and resume delivery at our home.

If you use Blue Beacon be sure to go to their website to learn about options that are good for motor homes and some that are not. Before you pay inspect their work. I was satisfied the two times at different locations that I had them wash MH and towed.

You might try http://www.braddandhall.com. They are located in Elkhart, Indiana and have a large selection.

Yes, we use gallon milk jugs to flush and bottles to drink. I have heated bays using the gas furnace. Camp grounds are open. We have three preferred sites that we use. Ozark, MO behind LAMBERT’S Home of Throwed Rolls Resturant. Sayre, OK at their city park. Sky City Casino. There are others that have used that I could recommend if you send a PM to me to answer.

X-2 on tbutler's comments. With the all the weather apps you can have on a smart phone (I like the iPhone), you can avoid bad weather. The route I previously suggested, you can turn south at Indianapolis, Effingham, St Louis, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, and Albuquerque. Any of those southern routes will add 200-280 miles to your trip. 10 of the past 15 years I have traveled the route between Dec 26-Jan 1st. Only once did I have to turn south and that was at Amarillo due to an ice storm in New Mexico. One time the whole trip was 11-14 degrees until Flagstaff where it was 32 and then became higher as we traveled south on I-17.

Try this route: I-69 to Indianapolis I-465 west and then south to I-70 I-70 to I-55 south I-55 to I-275 west around St Louis I-275 to I-44 west I-44 to Kilpatrick Turnpike around Oklahoma City Kilpatrick to I-40 west I-40 to I-17 south I-17 to Phoenix Indianapolis to Phoenix is 1800 miles The Oklahoma turnpike and the Kilpatrick are toll, but going around the toll roads will cost more in fuel than the tolls. I have traveled this route for 15 years

Insignia is an in house Best Buy brand. Each model is made by different companies. Therefore, his particular model would be needed to trace the manufacture.

You don’t need to worry about level. Totally different technology.

Once you get it out, have on hand new window seal gasket. Measure width, add height, multiply by 2 and add 2 feet. You will be surprised how much extra is needed to go around the corners. Be sure weep holes are at the bottom and the butt joint of the new seal is nearly centered at the bottom, also.

Thank you. At least that is a much greater member response than we had on the last vote.

If I remember correctly, the front panel has a 4 wire commiunication cable. The fuse is at the power controller in our bay where the inverter is located. The fuse for the communication is in the other cable the goes to the power controller. There are high current fuses or circuit breakers on the power controller, too. We have never had the high current one blow, but did have the control circuit fuse blow one time. I assume you have the parking brake set, transmission in neutral and the ignition on to do your reset.

Chris, We appreciate your comments to inform us of the facts. Would a weekly tally placed each Friday on the home page on FMCA.com promote and encourage more members to vote? I would like to see yea and nay reported.

Yes. Sky Med has a good plan, but not much different than FMCAssist. FMCAssist is an insurance (Sky Med is not) provided by Seven Corners and underwritten by Lloyd’s of London. Cost of FMCAssist is included in your FMCA dues, so why pay more for another plan since you already have a good one.

I do not remember which ResMed I have and it is in the motor home as a spare. After 5 years I got a Philips that is 12 v dc; therefore, I have the 120 ac power supply and a cigarette lighter male plug and connection directly into the CPAP. In the sticks and bricks I use the 120 v supply and the 12 v dc cord in the motor home.

I wasn’t in favor of the separate towable group. Years ago in FMCA, towables could join as Associate Members. I don’t think we should have gotten away from that concept. My opinion is that family members should own motor homes. Any other RVs or past members that don’t have a motor home or non-rv owners could or should be Associate Members.

You are correct that the ResMed comes with 120v ac to 24 v dc power supply, but you can order a 12 v dc to 24 v dc power supply. I have one of each.

Yes, using the present definition of Associate Member. But if the definition would be changed by the Governing Board, we could accept them.

You probably have a ResMed cpap machine. They have a 12v dc to 24 v dc for the cpap. I suggest you install a standard 12 v dc outlet like those used for cigarette lighters. You will use a little less power since the inverter does have about 10% loss. I found a 12 v dc circuit under our bed that was 20 amp fused, but had less than 1 amp intermittent load.

We have sent in our NO ballot today. I would very much welcome other than motor homes RVs as Associate Members to introduce them to the Family until they have a motor home.

Based on the Indianapolis Governing Board meeting, if the vote approves, the change is immediate and the Bylaws were approved as provisos and they would then be immediate. Therefore, the change could be effective early December.

I disagree with Wild Bill. FMCA is an Association because it is owned by the members. Also, FMCA has offered all the members a secure facility to vote on this issue and counted by a CPA firm.