MESSAGES FROM STATE DIRECTOR
PLEASE READ BELOW - IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!
From: David Cluett <etno1@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 12:20
Subject: WA Good Sam Director Message
Hello Members – Some of you have snow outside already, some are hoping for a white Christmas while others want nothing to do with the white stuff. Whatever you are experiencing, have a safe and wonderful Holiday.
The registration for the Lynden Good Sam Rally in May has been posted on the website. We will soon have the June, Moses Lake Good Sam Rally registration ready. We sincerely hope your chapter puts these dates on your yearly schedule. We would really like to see more members come to all three rallies. Even if your Chapter chooses not to attend, individual members can still come and enjoy all the activities we have planned. Our State Team puts a lot of effort in the Rallies so that all members can enjoy themselves. Please come.
The three 2022 Rallies are:
Lynden May 6-8, 2022
Moses Lake June 2-5, 2022
Cashmere September 16-18, 2022
(Dates do not include early days)
Also I have signed the contracts with Lynden for 2022, 2023, 2024. Moses Lake has our contract dates for 2022, 2023. Cashmere has our dates reserved as always for the weekend after the County Fair in September.
We had our bimonthly Zoom meeting this past week with Good Sam National Headquarters with Tamara Ward, COO, since Mr. Lemonis was in another meeting. Zoom meeting notes taken from headquarters, Bowling Green, KY, are printed below.
We also talked about the fundraiser, Good Sam watches. We still have some watches if you are interested. We are offering the watches to members for a donation price of $20.00 each. We keep the donated proceeds for our WA State Good Sam organization. This is another way to earn money for our state organization to use for Rally entertainment, door prizes or where ever needed. So if you would like to donate $20 to our State Good Sam Organization and receive a watch, please let me know.
We hope this monthly message finds you healthy and safe. Have a wonderful Holiday season.
Dave & Dee Cluett
WA State Good Sam Director
December Zoom Call Notes – Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Summary: Helping Hands – On Saturday, December 11, Bowling Green, KY was hit hard by two tornados. Areas of the town experienced significant damage. Over 500 individuals have lost their homes and 100 businesses destroyed. If anyone would like to donate, please donate to the Red Cross or below are two local organizations.
Bowling Green City Schools: https://stuffthebusky.com/
Warren County Public School - The WCPS Synergy Center/Family Resource: https://www.gofundme.com/f/warren[1]county-public-schools-disaster-relief-fund?qid=0b8de12077713605bd84737719adf0dd
Business Updates
• New Camping World store in Cape Girardeau, Missouri was just announced – new construction
• New Camping World acquisition in Lloyd Bridges in Michigan
• Upcoming new construction in Cheyenne, WY and Lincoln, Nebraska
• In 2022 – targeted to open 12 to 15 new locations
• In 2022, the Company is placing an additional focus on customer & employee retention/satisfaction
- For above reason, the Store Evaluation program remains paused in 2022 because we are resetting guidelines and expectations
• Retail locations and corporate offices will be closed December 24 & 25 in observance of Christmas. The retail locations will reopen on December 26.
- Corporate offices will be operating on reduced staffing, December 20 - January 3. Therefore, responses might be delayed.
Open Discussion
(Comments in red font are by Dave Cluett, WA State GS Director)
• How do we attract the younger demographic to join Chapters?
▪ Suggestion: Corporate to provide Directors with members mailing lists
- Due to privacy laws, we are unable to do this.
▪ Idea: More advertising within our emails, print ads and in-store.
(I have asked if they could make a generic flyer about State Good Sam Clubs and their Chapters and place them in store just like all of their flyers they display.)
▪ Print Advertising Response: Organization invested a significant amount of dollars into national print advertising in 2021, Chapters have had minimal response. (this refers to the single page State directors information in their magazines and directory of RV Parks)
Moving forward, we are looking to add an events banner to select retail emails that will take individuals to our Events landing page. In order for this to occur, we need information about events from the State Directors for content. (I Have already sent in the required rally information. The events page will be updated sometime in January??)
- Other comments from the Directors:
▪ Younger members want physical type activities while camping.
▪ Current Chapter members do not want many physical activities. They want to focus on visiting with each other and the camaraderie. (this information was obtained through all the Directors input in the Zoom meetings.) Therefore, a disconnect with the younger RVers.
▪ RV’ers are organically coming together via digital and social means based on types of activities. The RV is not their activity but a means for food/sleeping accommodations giving the younger generation time to enjoy other activities.
• Camping World retail store participation at rallies – unable to support at this time due to COVID, limited staffing and we are only participating in a handful of off-site RV shows moving forward that were previously contracted.
As your state director I am still pushing Good Sam Support to modify their website to make it easier to find more information about the State Good Sam Clubs and their Chapters.
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 12:20
Subject: WA Good Sam Director Message
Hello Members – Some of you have snow outside already, some are hoping for a white Christmas while others want nothing to do with the white stuff. Whatever you are experiencing, have a safe and wonderful Holiday.
The registration for the Lynden Good Sam Rally in May has been posted on the website. We will soon have the June, Moses Lake Good Sam Rally registration ready. We sincerely hope your chapter puts these dates on your yearly schedule. We would really like to see more members come to all three rallies. Even if your Chapter chooses not to attend, individual members can still come and enjoy all the activities we have planned. Our State Team puts a lot of effort in the Rallies so that all members can enjoy themselves. Please come.
The three 2022 Rallies are:
Lynden May 6-8, 2022
Moses Lake June 2-5, 2022
Cashmere September 16-18, 2022
(Dates do not include early days)
Also I have signed the contracts with Lynden for 2022, 2023, 2024. Moses Lake has our contract dates for 2022, 2023. Cashmere has our dates reserved as always for the weekend after the County Fair in September.
We had our bimonthly Zoom meeting this past week with Good Sam National Headquarters with Tamara Ward, COO, since Mr. Lemonis was in another meeting. Zoom meeting notes taken from headquarters, Bowling Green, KY, are printed below.
We also talked about the fundraiser, Good Sam watches. We still have some watches if you are interested. We are offering the watches to members for a donation price of $20.00 each. We keep the donated proceeds for our WA State Good Sam organization. This is another way to earn money for our state organization to use for Rally entertainment, door prizes or where ever needed. So if you would like to donate $20 to our State Good Sam Organization and receive a watch, please let me know.
We hope this monthly message finds you healthy and safe. Have a wonderful Holiday season.
Dave & Dee Cluett
WA State Good Sam Director
December Zoom Call Notes – Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Summary: Helping Hands – On Saturday, December 11, Bowling Green, KY was hit hard by two tornados. Areas of the town experienced significant damage. Over 500 individuals have lost their homes and 100 businesses destroyed. If anyone would like to donate, please donate to the Red Cross or below are two local organizations.
Bowling Green City Schools: https://stuffthebusky.com/
Warren County Public School - The WCPS Synergy Center/Family Resource: https://www.gofundme.com/f/warren[1]county-public-schools-disaster-relief-fund?qid=0b8de12077713605bd84737719adf0dd
Business Updates
• New Camping World store in Cape Girardeau, Missouri was just announced – new construction
• New Camping World acquisition in Lloyd Bridges in Michigan
• Upcoming new construction in Cheyenne, WY and Lincoln, Nebraska
• In 2022 – targeted to open 12 to 15 new locations
• In 2022, the Company is placing an additional focus on customer & employee retention/satisfaction
- For above reason, the Store Evaluation program remains paused in 2022 because we are resetting guidelines and expectations
• Retail locations and corporate offices will be closed December 24 & 25 in observance of Christmas. The retail locations will reopen on December 26.
- Corporate offices will be operating on reduced staffing, December 20 - January 3. Therefore, responses might be delayed.
Open Discussion
(Comments in red font are by Dave Cluett, WA State GS Director)
• How do we attract the younger demographic to join Chapters?
▪ Suggestion: Corporate to provide Directors with members mailing lists
- Due to privacy laws, we are unable to do this.
▪ Idea: More advertising within our emails, print ads and in-store.
(I have asked if they could make a generic flyer about State Good Sam Clubs and their Chapters and place them in store just like all of their flyers they display.)
▪ Print Advertising Response: Organization invested a significant amount of dollars into national print advertising in 2021, Chapters have had minimal response. (this refers to the single page State directors information in their magazines and directory of RV Parks)
Moving forward, we are looking to add an events banner to select retail emails that will take individuals to our Events landing page. In order for this to occur, we need information about events from the State Directors for content. (I Have already sent in the required rally information. The events page will be updated sometime in January??)
- Other comments from the Directors:
▪ Younger members want physical type activities while camping.
▪ Current Chapter members do not want many physical activities. They want to focus on visiting with each other and the camaraderie. (this information was obtained through all the Directors input in the Zoom meetings.) Therefore, a disconnect with the younger RVers.
▪ RV’ers are organically coming together via digital and social means based on types of activities. The RV is not their activity but a means for food/sleeping accommodations giving the younger generation time to enjoy other activities.
• Camping World retail store participation at rallies – unable to support at this time due to COVID, limited staffing and we are only participating in a handful of off-site RV shows moving forward that were previously contracted.
As your state director I am still pushing Good Sam Support to modify their website to make it easier to find more information about the State Good Sam Clubs and their Chapters.