Hi to all the Vancouver Islanders!

Today Kathie & I went to visit with Laurel & Wayne Macauley at their winter home.  They have volunteered to host a get together at their place.

We are all hoping that anyone in the Yuma area will attend the POT LUCK.  It will be nice to get to visit with you all! 

When:   Sunday March 01, 2009, 2:00pm

Where:  14383 East 51^st Street, Yuma

What to bring:  Your chairs and drinks.  We also ask that you bring either salad, side dish or dessert. Please let Laurel know what you would like to bring when you RSVP, so we don’t have all one type of salad etc.

Laurel will be providing ham and Kathie will bring chicken.

RSVP to Laurel Macauley by phone 928-345-1549 or by email at w.mac@shaw.ca  ASAP.

To all the Vancouver Islanders in other areas, we hope to see you at the Sandown rally on May 15-18.  I, also, hope that some of you will put the Northwest Area rally in Albany, Oregon on your calendar.  It will be held June 04-07, 2009.  You can enter the Linn County Fair & Expo on June 02 or 03, at no additional rally fees and explore the area.

Hope to see you soon!

Andy 

VIFMCA Web Page down

The VIFMCA web page is temporarily down until I return to Victoria March 31st.  Fortunately this blog site is still working.    Ciao  -  Gary

Vancouver Islanders 2009 Update

     To all our members, a warm hello to all of you no matter where you are this spring. For those of you down south I hope the warm weather finds you and your family safe. To those still North, I hope you have not endured more back pain or muscle pain from shovelling the more than unexpected snow this year. I can only say that for once I actually choose the right time to try out retirement and head south. I don’t miss the rain or snow and actually enjoyed calling my sons and asking them to shovel the white stuff from our driveway. I must say that I do now understand why all of you that have been heading south for the winter have done so, there is nothing like waking up to sun and clear skies everyday. We have been away since mid November and I’m not sure where the time has gone, as one seems to be busy everyday with visiting friends from all over and generally just having a great time. Enough about the wonders of the south and on to the business at hand, our secretary Stella Blogg has booked Sandown Raceway in Sidney for our Spring Rally, arrival date will be the 15^th of May 2009 and departing the 18^th of May. At this time we still do not have hosts for this rally and are hoping some of the membership will step forward and give it a try. Please let the executive know if you are interested.

I hope to see as many of you at the Sandown Rally as possible, we will be having our Annual general meeting and holding elections for new officers. The following positions require new members because of term limits:

Office of President, National Director and Alternate National Director

The following positions are completing their first term:

Office of Vice President: Wayne Quesnel (current incumbent)

            Office of Director: Wayne Hardy (current incumbent)

Anyone interested in any of the above positions please let me know.

Any Vancouver Islanders who are in the Yuma area and would like to get together for lunch or dinner, please e-mail me and I will try to set something up before we all head north again. 

Just a reminder, if you haven’t paid your dues ($10.00) for 2009 Stella has asked me to pass on to you all that you please send in your VI dues to her or you can pay at the May Rally. Cheques should be made payable to “Vancouver Islanders”.

In closing, I wish you all good health and safe travels. See you at the May Rally.

Andy Balogh

President, Vancouver Islanders

Notes & Pics on Our fall rally

Our fall rally was very successful.   We had 34 coaches in all and 66 people.  The site proved to be an excellent location complete with small kitchen, fridge and stove. It sure made a huge difference when preparing meals and washing dishes although hot water would have been nice.  We will see if we can get the tank fixed before we go there again.   Many members indicated that they would like to see another rally there so Wayne is negotiating with the Easter Seal Camp manager.  The eggs in a bag on Saturday morning were interesting and we managed to get by without any disasters and the omelets were tasty. Mick Hargreaves volunteered to cook the spaghetti dinner complete with garlic bread, Caesar and coleslaw salads and desserts.  It was a big hit.  Little did Mick know that we were going to keep him in the kitchen all weekend. Saturday turned out to be a nice day and many enjoyed games and visiting during the afternoon.  The entertainment on Saturday evening was great.  The guys name is Andy Mccormack and he lives in Duncan.  There were many who wanted to know how to get in touch with him and hire him for other venues. I now have his phone number for those wanting it. The Ken Williams Memorial draw was held at the party on Saturday night.  Don and Bev Purdy will have free registration at the next rally.  Sunday morning breakfast was continental including the garlic toast left over from Saturday night dinner.  We didn't have any takers for the leftover spaghetti.  Nobody seemed to be in a big hurry to leave on Sunday so we decided to clean out the trailer and re-sort all the bins.  It will be in good order for the hosts for the rally in May.

 

Wayne and I would like to extend a great big thanks to our committee as well as all the other members who stepped in and helped us out.  It was greatly appreciated and made things much easier. 

 

Now we have to find a host for the spring rally.  I'm not going to say it's easy but I will say that any member can do it with the help of others.  It does not have to be the same as this last one and shouldn't be.  Some of the members indicated that they enjoyed the changes we made.  Remember if you are the host it is "your party and you can do what you want to"  Help is just around the corner.  All you have to do is ask. 

 

Submitted by Wayne and Marge

Rally Update

Hi Everyone:

 

We are getting things finalized now so hopefully this will be the last update before the rally.

 

The schedule for the potluck to be held on Friday night is as follows:

 

Main dishes - those with last names starting with B, C, D, G, O, P, Q

 

Salads - those with last names starting with A, I,, R, S, V & W

 

Desserts - those with last names starting with H & M

 

 

Upon arriving at the rally you have to register at our motor home (Marge and Wayne Hendricks) and receive your "goody bag"  Bring your gifts wrapped in newspaper and they will be exchanged for one ticket per gift.

These are to be used on Saturday evening.  A schedule of events will also be in your bag.

 

Don't forget the yard sale on Saturday morning from 10 - noon.  You will need a table to set up in front of your motor home.  This is a great way to get rid of all those items that you haven't used and likely won't use again.  I know some of you like to exchange books so by all means bring your books too.

 

The following are directions to the Easter Seal Camp:

 

Coming from either north or south - turn off at the South Shawnigan Lake turnoff on the Malahat.  There is a flashing light at the turnoff.  You are then on Shawnigan Lake Rd.

Continue on this road for approximately 6 km's.  At this point you can disconnect your tow vehicle on the right.  It is advisable to disconnect before proceeding to the rally which is approximately another 4 km's on East Shawnigan Lake Rd.  Watch for FMCA signs.

 

Do not use other roads to the rally as there is a low overpass (11ft) that most would not get under.

 

PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE BEFORE NOON - at that time there will be parking attendants to direct you to the rally.

 

I will have my cell phone on at all times so please feel free to call if you get lost.......250 701 2074

 

If you have any questions please give me a call at 250 748 3398 or e-mail me.

 

See you at the rally!!!

 

Wayne & Marge

Evelyn & Lorne

Gus & Else