****Prelude: (prelude: I don’t even know if this is the correct
term or not) This camping club ,
newsletters, etc. is for fun. Fun
for the kids and adults, something for us to laugh about and something for the
kids to look at years from now. As
president and editor, publisher etc. I by no means really mean all of this
(well kind of in a funny way), but it is just for, as Papa would say for
“shookie dookie good times.” So
don’t take this too seriously please, but kind of seriously.
Hello Campers!
Halloween
camping is coming in a few weeks which means the end of a great camping
season. Although it would be nice
to try some winter camping for those that could handle it! That would include Shelly R, Papa and
Maybe Tim if he spent some time researching the perfect electric blanket.
Seriously we should try to schedule a winter camping weekend. Anyways, I would like to send out an
update on the status of BFC’s, where we have been and where we are headed, new
members, promotions and responsibilities (job postings), and ideas for 2014
t-shirts and signage, and exploring new terrain.
2013
was a very successful year, not only was BFC club created but we quickly
developed a strong foundation of members all playing great roles in the
development of BIG FIRE. We have
the perfect mix of members, those that enjoy Glamping (glamour camping) and our extreme survivalist. Our daily visitors Uncle Paul and Aunt
Marlene keep us connected to the outside world and provide us with supplies as
we run low. As a fire would spread given the right conditions,
oxygen and fuel source making it a big fire (something we are still trying to figure
out) our membership could do the same, however with that being said we need to
be careful on how large we want this to get. We can talk about this at a later time at one of our
upcoming meetings. I would like to
say that we will have one more official member around Oct. 25th
2013 and I will as club president, give him automatic membership forgoing the
interview process, as he will most likely take over as BFC president when I
finally retire.
As
far as the responsibilities we have one of the most important is the head of
scheduling headed by Larry. In the
future for all upcoming camping trips we need to try as hard as possible to get
sites next to each other. This
will require everyone’s cooperation when the dates are set to immediately book
their site requesting the appropriate location. This is also something we need to discuss at the upcoming
BFC meeting as far as how we handle this. One other important note is to get
our Florida chapter of BFC involved in one of next year’s camping
weekends. I have sent Papa to Florida
this week to meet with our members there and to discuss some important items as
well as getting some input on a possible website for our camping club
Job
Posting: On our site we
need signage that displays our name and some type of fire logo, I am posting a
temporary job position for someone who is willing to take on this task. The time of completion or deadline for
this task will be the first camping trip for spring 2014. It could be homemade or contracted out
to a local supplier. Maybe
something that is very visible to all that we could stick in the ground. Just an example is posted below or use
your own creativity.
JOB POSTING FOR BFC:
Sign maker, send applications to the club president. IF no applications are received by Nov.
2013 I will take on this task myself.
T-Shirts: Attached is a
form to fill out for all member’s regarding t-shirts for 2014. Please review this and fill it out and
send it back by Dec. 15th 2013.
Member
Spotlight: At this time I
would like to acknowledge on of our members who spent the last 8 months dealing
with a pregnancy that has not gone so smooth. Complete with the normal morning sickness, teaching 30+ 3rd
graders, being sick for weeks and taking care of Leah. She has still allowed me to golf
several times per week and she has attended over 20 tigers games during this
period. I think we can all agree
that Jill has what it takes to be a BFC and an asset to this club. She has endured two camping trips while being pregnant
while still ensuring the well-being of Leah and myself. Although she will not be joining us for
the Halloween camping trip due to the fact that the baby is due 2 weeks after
we get back from our excursion and she deserves some alone time. GOOD JOB JILL!!!!
See most of you on Oct. 11th.
Ps. Larry already
has his mask for Halloween camping, he was wearing it when I seem him last
weekend. Pretty scary!
Thanks
Rick Grezak
BFC President.
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