October 2009 Newsletter
WBCCI New Mexico Unit
October 2009 Newsletter
And it was a real PUNKIN’ CHUNKIN!
Friday evening found 10 trailers parked at the Estancia Fairgrounds, and Airstreamers sitting around a big fire pit, enjoying the fellowship and talking about decorating our trailers. The parade lineup started at 10:00, so we had to get up and get going! There were six Airstreams in the parade. Host Marshall Hall led the parade with flags and orange streamers flying. Fran & Marlys Arnould had spider webs all around the outside of their rig, a 1962, pulled by a 1974 Country Squire Ford station wagon, complete with the old Samsonite luggage on the luggage rack. There was also a leg hanging out the door! Airstream guests Gene and Sara Heaslet had their 1964 pulled by a 1962 Cadillac. They had represented NM with their Airstream in the Rose Bowl Parade when NM had a float in it. Remember? The Wylie Coyote and Roadrunner Float??? Their Airstream is total Route 66 and Elvis, etc.You may have seen it at the NM State Fair Tom & Barbara Stallings had their 65 Safari, 22′, Jack & Joanne Palmer had their 1983-25′ and we were the newest, a 1987-32′ Excella. We also had the US. NM & WBCCI President flag flying plus little pumpkins, etc; Thank you Marshall for hosting this rally and we are planning on doing it again next year! Now if we can just SEE the pumpkins being shot into the air by the catapults. Even Harley Davidson had a catapult!.
Pumpkin Chunkin Canons and Trebuchet (photo by Bruce Gaither)
There Goes A Pumpkin (photo by Bruce Gaither)
Region 11 Rally
The Werths and McDowells represented NMU at the Region Rally in Fort Collins. The motion that we had presented at our Grants Rally about changing the structure of the WBCCI organization and International Rally was presented by your president. After discussion, the motion was passed to be presented at the IBT (International Board of Trustees) meeting in Rayne, LA in January. There will be a lot of fine tuning done to the motion, and it may even die, but there is already a lot of discussion on air forums. We are running in a deficit at the International Rallies, the last two years or so. Also a lot of money is spent finding places to have the International Rally, so this may be an answer. A similar proposal was introduced by Jim Franklin of AZ Unit several years ago before he became the International President. I will try to send you an attachment or maybe get Anne Werth to do it from Branson. This is FYI.
November Thanksgiving Buddy Rally Approaching
November 12-15 Pancho Villa State Park Columbus, NM
INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS
Joanne will send out a reminder. Two turkeys provided! We bring the accompaniments!
SEE YA THERE!
Sue McDowell NMU President
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