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Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by AaronHorrocks » Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:04 pm

I'm getting pressured for dates in April. We're 6 months out at this point.

People need to submit vacation requests and what not.

I checked our page and there's nothing on there:
http://mvccnews.net/events.htm

Are our dates set yet?
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by Kurt Lesser » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:27 am

April 17 - 24
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by John Neuenburg » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:10 pm

It's been published in the printed MVCC newsletter - dates as Kurt said. For people who don't get the newsletter or don't see the events posted on other hobby calendars, the rule of thumb is the Camp Delta meets at Tower Park Resort happen during the third week of April and September. It's always best to confirm the dates by looking for MVCC advertisements or phoning a MVCC officer.
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by AaronHorrocks » Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:55 am

For the last few years that I had my house, I basically just slept and showered there. I've been too busy torn between civilian work and the military.
Some months I may only "go home" for as little as 1 to 3 days in a given month.

Since I've lost my house, I am even more mobile now. I don't know if the news letter is even sent to me anymore.
I don't own a house, I'm not retired, I'm still in the military, and I do most of my correspondence over a smartphone.

Sure, I'm probably the only guy in the club is this situation, but it's tough.
I did check the MVCC events calendar first.
http://mvccnews.net/events.htm
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by John Neuenburg » Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:57 pm

Aaron,
I was speaking more to other members than you. The website and print calendars are administrated separately. People sending calendar entries should copy both editors. I assume Sean and Dave sometimes copy items from each other's calendars. Maybe someday they will be the same. The challenge is continuing to allow for longer listings on the web calendar than what is possible in a print newsletter that is bound by space limitations due to printing and mailing costs.

Members who prefer online newsletter delivery at http://www.MVCCNews.net should ask Sean our Webmaster for unique login information. Dave sends Sean the newsletter file and Sean puts it on the website at about the same time as the print edition is delivered. It is a PDF file with better photos depending on your screen, and in color! Members who don't want a print newsletter should tell Secretary John Verissimo who will edit the member database he sends regularly to Dave for newsletter mailing labels. This saves the MVCC some money.
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by John Neuenburg » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:33 am

I updated the event post in the Events forum and on the Gee home page calendar to mention Dave Wang from ARMYTRUCKS INC. is sponsoring the cash prizes for the CUCV/LSSV showcase People's Choice Contest.

Also Ron Fitzpatrick stepped up and will offer $20 RFJP gift certificates to the winners of the three "Longest Distance" awards (driving a MV, bringing a MV, or just longest distance travelled to the meet), and the Hard Luck Award. Make sure to sign up and compete for these! See a clipboard at each restroom building and at the MVCC Quartermaster table.

Thanks Dave and Ron!
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by zepher11 » Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:01 am

I thought I had read that the "normal" trailer parking area off to the left near the entrance was no longer available. Not sure if that is the case or not. Can anyone clarify this? It would be nice to know ahead of time if there is a new safe location for trailer parking before I decide to bring a MV.

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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by Jetnoise400 » Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:18 am

I know of no closures of the trailer parking area. Same as previous years. Trailers not in campsites must go in the lot left of the old guard shack or in the overflow lot across the paved road.
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by John Neuenburg » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:45 pm

Wasn't this covered in another thread? I just called Tower Park and two of the staff did not know of anything different in that lot. The main thing we want to stress is for people to not park trailers on the levee because it takes up valuable space for commuters. There is no parking in the campgrounds unless in a paid campsite or in the military vehicle display area by the swimming pools and Pavilion.

If people are worried about security for their trailer they should invest in a hitch lock or chain the wheels. That's what I do.
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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by zepher11 » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:53 pm

I was just curious. I couldn't find the previous thread. I understand that in this day in age that nothing is safe unless one takes certain precautions. I had loosely used the word safe.

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Re: Tower Park April 2016 - Dates?

Post by John Neuenburg » Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:35 am

I put some updates on the event thread in the Events forum here:

viewtopic.php?f=38&t=265846&p=1584107#p1584107

We will have a convention update meeting at 1300 on Friday. Those on convention committees can look for their names on the list posted on the members-only side of http://www.MVCCNews.net. If you need a login name and password, send a note to Webmaster Sean Nichols at the email address shown for him. Or just wait to see the list posted by the MVCC business table at Tower. If you want to be on a different committees please let us know. Or multiple committees. If all you have is a couple hours to help, please sign up. Others will need a break! Your committee chairman will put together a schedule for who will be on duty when.

You'll see some names in RED. These are people we think will want to help in some way but we are not sure. Please let us know if you will volunteer in some way. Dave Ball and my contact info is on the list and in the newsletter. And if your name is missing we might have screwed up. Please sound off.
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