Charter Membership Recognition
Marcus,
Good Sam has been around a long time and 'back in the day' we used to all be proud to post our member number on the front of our unit just below the GS emblem. I can't remember the exact year (1964 or 1965?), I bought my first little 15 ft Red Dale trailer, subscribed to Trailer Life and joined something that sounded like a good idea - Good Sam Club. Little did I know until I received my membership documents that I was a Charter Member and assigned number 0052 as my membership number. I guess with only 4 digits, they did not expect much growth but, as I recall, only the first 1000 were to be on the charter so that may explain the four digit number better.
It would be nice if some day, we could retrieve those charter membership rolls and list the folks who were the original 1000 members. I have been in and out of the club several times since then and know that it would not be feasible to list the member number below the decal any longer but perhaps a little extra Charter Member sticker to go next to the GS sticker would be nice. Any other charter members still around?
Bill in Missouri
2002 Winnebago Adventurer 35U
Workhorse,8.1 V8 Vortec, Allison Tranny.
Good Sam has been around a long time and 'back in the day' we used to all be proud to post our member number on the front of our unit just below the GS emblem. I can't remember the exact year (1964 or 1965?), I bought my first little 15 ft Red Dale trailer, subscribed to Trailer Life and joined something that sounded like a good idea - Good Sam Club. Little did I know until I received my membership documents that I was a Charter Member and assigned number 0052 as my membership number. I guess with only 4 digits, they did not expect much growth but, as I recall, only the first 1000 were to be on the charter so that may explain the four digit number better.
It would be nice if some day, we could retrieve those charter membership rolls and list the folks who were the original 1000 members. I have been in and out of the club several times since then and know that it would not be feasible to list the member number below the decal any longer but perhaps a little extra Charter Member sticker to go next to the GS sticker would be nice. Any other charter members still around?
Bill in Missouri
2002 Winnebago Adventurer 35U
Workhorse,8.1 V8 Vortec, Allison Tranny.
