Southern California Good Sam Club

SAM-A-GRAM

This is a sampling of our periodic newsletter to our members.

August, 2010

Volume 30 No. 3

JAY’S CORNER Here we are in the middle of summer. Where did the time go? Many of you are traveling, seeing the sights of this great country, visiting family and friends and enjoying the RV Lifestyle. Aren’t you thrilled to have all those opportunities? We all love going places and doing things we’ve never done before. (Thank you, Willie Nelson, for the song lyrics). I’m sure that all of you were saddened with the news of Lucy Huddy’s passing. She was a great lady and a good friend to all she knew. We miss her. An ACC (All Chapter Campout) plus State Committee Meeting is coming up in October. We hope to see all the chapter presidents at both the President’s Forum and the actual meeting on Saturday the 9th at Golden Village Palms. You’ll find a sign up sheet in this publication and on our website www.socalgoodsam.org. We’ve planned a soup dinner for those of you on the grounds Thursday night. Last time we had home made soup everyone loved it. Come and enjoy. We plan a night of games after dinner. Bring your chapter. It’s a great RV Resort with lots of amenities and an easy outing for your Wagonmaster to plan. Our Samboree date next year is April 6th through 10th. The theme is ‘Welcome to Old California”. It’s a 3 day event this time, with Wednesday as an early bird day. We’ll be seeing gold miners, padres, senoritas and all things early California. Friday night will be Fiesta Night with carnival games and fun for all. Early birds (Wednesday night) get a chili dinner at no additional charge…remember those great corn muffins last year? We’ll have them again too. Our April date will always have to miss Easter and Baker to Vegas so it will fall on different weekends but will usually be in April. There is a sign-up sheet in this issue of the Sam-A-Gram. It’s always more fun at an event of any kind if you volunteer for a little something. We can always use the help. Put on a raffle, have a carnival game, help with the Ladies Tea or Men’s “Dog Day Afternoon”. Anywhere you can help will be appreciated. It takes many people to work in the background to make the Samboree successful. Give me a call or send an email; I’ll put you to work! I am very saddened to announce the retirement of Mona & Ernie Celaya from our So Cal staff. They have served wonderfully in the state organization for many years. We are all sorry to see them go but understand their desire to travel on their own schedule. Now with Lucy’s passing and Mona and Ernie’s retirement, we are down by two staff rigs. We were short handed with the ten we had and now with only eight we need to add more staff members. I am accepting volunteers for the open positions of Sam A Gram editor and Door Prize Chairman. If you have questions, or want to be considered, please contact me either via email yetsmail@gte.net or by phone 760-342-9523 (h) or 951-316-6004 (c). Being part of the staff is lots of fun, only requires a bit of your time and you get acquainted with many new people both in So Cal and other organizations. Vern & I are on the road again in September with a stop at the New Mexico Samboree after a visit with family in Texas. Happy and safe travels to all of you. See you in October.

Southern California Good Sam Club

Minutes of State Committee Meeting

Antelope Valley Fairgrounds

April 16, 2010

The meeting was called to order by State Director Yett at 7:30 P.M.

The Flag Salute was made.

Roll Call of Chapters found 19 Chapters present.

There was a Motion made and Seconded and Carried, by Marion Scott and Jim

Strickland, to accept the last meetings minutes as printed in the Sam-a-Gram.

Treasurers Report was made by Dennis Rudd.

Samboree Treasurers partial report was made by Carmela Remsen.

State Store report was made by Flora Strickland.

Sam-a-Gram report was made by Lucy Huddy.

There was a Motion made and Seconded and Carried, by Jerry Russell and

Betty Kennedy to accept all the reports.

Staff expense reports were read.

There was a Motion made and Seconded and Carried, by Marion Scott and Jim

Strickland, to pay the Staff expenses.

This years Samboree suffering low attendance. Time of year change and the

competing Baker to Vegas event cited as factors.

Next year’s Samboree will be April 6 – 10, 2011 here at Antelope Valley

Fairgrounds.

There was a question on three night registration, answered by Director Yett

that Opening Ceremonies on one night and Closing Ceremonies on the next

night is constraining and that the overwhelming majority of attendees are on

the grounds by Thurs. afternoon.

Announcements:

The Whitney Classic Bicycle Ride is the last Weekend in September. For more

info and to volunteer, contact Lucy Huddy.

The San Diego Salvation Army Toy Drive continues on. Contact Dennis Rudd

for more information.

The Rally is in Louisville, KY in July this year. Very fun to attend if in that

area.

There will be caravans to the Nor Cal Samboree, later this month, and to the

Utah and Oregon Samborees in June. Contact JoAnn Yett for more

information.

A request was made to look into the exact Charter Date of the Wandering

Wheels.

A discussion on the use of email addresses of So Cal members, by the State, to

inform members of future State events was initiated by the Secretary, with a

consensus by the Presidents present that there should be no problem with the

idea.

There being no further business before the body, a Motion of adjournment was

made and Seconded by Marion Scott and Jim Strickland. The Motion carried.

The meeting was closed by Director Yett at 8:10 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Steven R. Graves

Secretary

email: pebbles-10@sbcglobal.net

  WHITNEY CLASSIC REMINDER:

The last weekend in Sept. (24-26) will find some of us out in Death Valley as volunteers to support the Whitney Classic Bike Ride. This is a fund raising event for Summit Adventure, a Christian Organization that provides outdoor challenges and counseling to teens at risk , families with relationship problems, recovering drug addicts, etc. We have our rigs stationed at intervals along the main road through Death Valley and provide the supplied food items to the riders along with a place to rest and receive encouragement. There are at least two rigs at each station, one a Ham radio operator to provide communication throughout the ride. No one comes in to our rigs, that is a rule. We are treated to commemorative tee shirts, a pancake breakfast and a pizza party. We volunteer for events because we believe in the cause, however it is nice to receive instant appreciation for our efforts and that really happens with this event. I can’t guarantee that it won’t be hot or that you will not lose some sleep as they ride all night—but I think I can promise that you will have an enjoyable time. Most of us do!! More volunteers are always welcome. If you are interested, contact me at huddyhut@juno.com or at cell phone 714-227-0433 Lucy Huddy, Good Sam Volunteer Coordinator

ATTENTION ALL CRAFTY GOOD SAMMERS

A tradition at our Samborees has been the Craft Show, giving members a chance to show off their creations. This has been declining year by year and that is really disappointing. It doesn’t seem possible that you aren’t still crocheting, needle pointing, plastic canvassing, woodworking, metalworking, quilting or whatever. If that is the case though, it would still be a treat to see some of your past work. Sharing just might give someone an idea about a new past time or provide patterns for their next project and you have a chance to win a ribbon for all your work, compare your efforts to others, or just plain brag a little. We would like to encourage you to start now, making items to display next April at our Samboree. The Editor.

Calendar

SEPTEMBER 24 – 26

WHITNEY CLASSIC

BADWATER TO MT. WHITNEY PORTAL

Contact Howard Remsen  714-521-1076

OCTOBER 7 – 10

SO.CAL ACC/SCM

Golden Village Palms, Hemet

Registration Form attached

2011

JANUARY 13 – 16

SO.CA. ACC/SCM

Golden Village, Hemet

APRIL 6 – 10

SO.CA. SAMBOREE/SCM

“WELCOME TO OLD CALIFORNIA”

Antelope Valley F.G. Lancaster

The passing of Lucy Huddy has left the Sam-a-gram Committee a bit overwhelmed. She was a great Editor and a great “Take Charge” person. Unfortunately Jeanne and I have been in the dark without her. We haven’t been able to find a firm database for the SAGs that were to be posted. Jeanne has been scraping up bits and pieces. One thing we’ve learned is that we should all have access to records and communications. With that in mind we have set up an e-mail account to which we all have access. mailto:samagram1@gmail.com and have vowed to share files. Now we have to keep off of each other’s toes. If you or anyone you know of has a Sam-a-gram subscription and did not receive the August issue, please let us know at the above e-address or contact Jeanne Diederich at 951-658-3040 or 759 Alondra, Hemet, CA 92545. Or Marion Scott at 323-582-9249 or 2937 Olive St. Huntington Park, CA 90255 Also, if you sent in a Chapter News article and it was not published, it’s because we didn’t find it. We sure missed them this month. We have a new member on the committee, Barbara Sullivan. We’ll be putting her to work as soon as we have our heads on straight. Thanks for your patience and please keep the chapter news coming.

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