Family Motor Coach Rallies
Anyone members of the FMCA Family Motor Coach organization . I would like some information about this group of RVers. There is a rally going on in Texarkana - looks like a great organization. Thanks f...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:RLS7201 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
FMCA is in the process of voting to allow all types of RV's into the club. This will dilute what was a great organization into just another Good Sam club. If you have a motorhome and can go to one of their rallies now you should have a great time, be able to visit with vendors selling products specific to motorhome owners. I appears the measure to allow all RV's into FMCA will pass which will end the unique quality this organization has provided to it's members for many years.
You are about to witness the death of FMCA and the birth of another Good Sam. It will no longer be called the Family Motor coach Assn. as that would no longer be appropriate. It will just be FMCA with no particular meaning.
What is missing from Bill's post is, all chapters will have the freedom to allow or disallow any type of RV. Including the capacity to reject any one requesting membership in the chapter.
So the chapters are still in control.
Richard
What's missing here is what happens when someone wants to join your chapter, you reject them because they are black, Indian, Mexican or, God forbid, from Indiana and driving a trailer and they sue the chapter adn FMCA for discrimination? Either FMCA IS an inclusive organization or they are NOT. Allowing a chapter to decide whether they are going to allow towables or not is just a recipe for disaster.
This is going to be a flat out elimination of the concept upon which FMCA was built.
As an aside, the FMCA membership is going up and not down. It just appears that it's not going up as fast as the folks who collect a salary would like (FMC owners).
But Bill, the chapters have always been allowed to reject a member applicant. At the end of the second visit we vote on allowing membership. Nothing has changed in that respect. Haven't seen any chapter sued for discrimination yet.
The only issue that may change is allowing self contained towables.
Please, if you insist one being radical, stay away from the FMCA.
It's not our style.
Richard
