2012 Membership Directory

[munimula]

The new 2012 Member Directory arrived today. All is in order except for the new size. The club decided to dedicate the Jan issue of the Blue Beret as the "2012 Membership Edition" (8.5x11). My only gripe is where to stow the directory in my tow vehicle???? The previous editions fit in my glove box nicely. The new version not so much. I guess the seat back pockets will have to do. We'll have see how it holds up over the course of the year.

[Ed Emerick]

I like it and the $12,000 it is to save the club. In the seat pocket is where it will go, if it even makes it into the vehicle. I never seem to be able to remember to put it in the truck each year................

[Coloradobus]

I think the format is great. You don't have to fight the binding to see the right hand page. Its off to back-of-the-seat-pocket it goes. Have you noticed the age of the folks on the back cover photo? All of a younger age group, and must be who Airstream is marketing too.

[dwightdi]

I think the larger font in the new directory is intended for us old folks, who have a problem reading the little print in the old directories. I think we also need to market to the younger folks also, if we are intending to keep the club vital. I think the new format is good, and it saves us $12,000. Why didn't we do this years ago?

[Buttercup]

Personally, I would love to see it on line for registered, authenticated members of WBCCI. When we are on the road, we are on line wherever we have a signal. Looking up a number would be handy!!

[nvestysly]

Originally Posted by Buttercup

Personally, I would love to see it on line for registered, authenticated members of WBCCI. When we are on the road, we are on line wherever we have a signal. Looking up a number would be handy!!

Member: Hey, it's the 21st century - how about a smartphone App? While we're at it, how about renewing online and paying with PayPal or a credit card? Oh and another thing... how about updating the web site so members can obtain up to date information about rallies and caravans. Gee, the web site could even allow members to make suggestions to improve the club.

Int'l: Whoa! Hold your horses now parder - that's getting a little too trendy! If it's not printed, and sent via USPS we don't want it. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

Member: Doh, I forgot, this is WBCCI. What was I thinkin'? Here's my signed check, sent via snail mail. I'll get back in line sir, read my little blue book, and hope there are still openings for the rally I want to attend.

Back to the OP. I forgot to renew my membership until today. So I won't be receiving the book/directory for a while. I'll just have to wait and see what the fabulous printed information looks like.

Lucius

[pienjim]

The post office mangled the front and back covers of ours. I do like the larger print.
Paula

[Buttercup]

Lucius,

Actually, I think you will see most of the things on your list soon - real soon (renewing will take a little longer). New site is on the way, manned by all WBCCI volonteers (the way it should be). And that change is fully supported by the leadership. It will save the club a ton of money.

Originally Posted by nvestysly

Member: Hey, it's the 21st century - how about a smartphone App? While we're at it, how about renewing online and paying with PayPal or a credit card? Oh and another thing... how about updating the web site so members can obtain up to date information about rallies and caravans. Gee, the web site could even allow members to make suggestions to improve the club.

Int'l: Whoa! Hold your horses now parder - that's getting a little too trendy! If it's not printed, and sent via USPS we don't want it. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

Member: Doh, I forgot, this is WBCCI. What was I thinkin'? Here's my signed check, sent via snail mail. I'll get back in line sir, read my little blue book, and hope there are still openings for the rally I want to attend.

Back to the OP. I forgot to renew my membership until today. So I won't be receiving the book/directory for a while. I'll just have to wait and see what the fabulous printed information looks like.

Lucius

[Coloradobus]

Our Beaver Ambassador Club ( Beaver Motorcoach Club, and you have to have a Beaver Coach to belong, fiberglass or stainless) membership directory has been "on-line" for two years, now.

[DanB]

Renewel and new memberships can be done online and paid for via credit card or PayPal thru NOVA if you desire.

[Antique Pedaler]

Originally Posted by Coloradobus

Our Beaver Ambassador Club ( Beaver Motorcoach Club, and you have to have a Beaver Coach to belong, fiberglass or stainless) membership directory has been "on-line" for two years, now.

Attachment 148272

A new addition?

[Coloradobus]

Cherie, we have had this coach over 2 years. Sold the 45 footer after we bought this one.

[Gene]

How many members are left?

Gene

[Jim Foster]

Originally Posted by Ed Emerick

I like it and the $12,000 it is to save the club. In the seat pocket is where it will go, if it even makes it into the vehicle. I never seem to be able to remember to put it in the truck each year................

We would rather they save the $12,000 somewhere else and keep the old format which fit nicely into the door pocket. Putting it in the pocket behind the seat is a poor option when you are going down the road and want to look up a number you see while under way.

Ours also had the front cover torn to pieces by the post office.

Very disappointed. We will just use last year's.

[66Overlander]

The new version looks nice and thankfully the caravan listings are back in this years edition after being removed as a cost savings in 2011. We were concerned about whether the covers would make it thru the mail intact, but since we pay extra for first class postage it arrived on Christmas eve in great shape. It is unfortunate that we have had to do 1st class postage for over a year now because all of our Blue Berets were each arriving about a month late with mangled covers. That didn't start until about 2 years ago - before that they used to arrive without damage and in a timely fashion. Maybe our Blue Beret was a victim of US Post Office cost cutting.

I just wish we could still purchase (at extra cost) the optional spiral bound editions in the smaller size. We used to get one every year because they were easier to use than the glue bound standard edition. And the smaller size makes for easier stowage in both the Airstream and tow vehicle.

[Grand Master]

I cast a vote for a pdf format or App that I can have on my MacBook, iPad, or iPhone. I am tired of having so much paper to lug around. It wouldn't take a Freshman computer science major 2 hours to scan the entire directory and put it on the website to download.

Maybe the folks in the motorhomes with the underbay storage lockers have forgotten that Wally didn't intend for us to carry a lot of "stuff" in an Airstream.

This project should take little time or money to complete. As Larry the Cable Guy says "GetErDun"

[nvestysly]

Some sort of electronic database that provides an app interface. The data could be sorted by name, WBCCI number, etc. You wouldn't need three or four different sections of a directory pre-sorted in different sequences. The data would simply be accessed with the app and sorted however you want it.

Just think... as members are added (yes, new members join from time to time) the data would be available immediately.

Looking for courtesy parking? Why thumb through pages when all you have to do is select the "nearby" (use current location) button.

The possibilities are nearly endless! Why is the WBCCI stuck in this printed, dark-ages period? I'd love to submit this in a courteous manner as a suggestion to WBCCI. Oh yeah, that's right, the WBCCI doesn't have an online forum. Hmmm... guess I'd have to bring it up to the unit president, the unit would have to vote, the region V.P. would be involved, it would be tabled a time or two.... ARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

What gives?

So as it stands now, I will not see a directory for several months. My check is in snail mail, the unit will send the information to headquarters, at some point I'll receive the new directory, but my information will not be in the directory. Granted, it's my fault that I did not renew "in time." But why does there have to be a "time?" Why isn't the time now and the database is updated as needed.

I really do like WBCCI and we plan to remain members but this is certainly a difficult club to deal with.

[Ed Emerick]

Originally Posted by Jim Foster

We would rather they save the $12,000 somewhere else and keep the old format which fit nicely into the door pocket. Putting it in the pocket behind the seat is a poor option when you are going down the road and want to look up a number you see while under way.

Ours also had the front cover torn to pieces by the post office.

Very disappointed. We will just use last year's.

Hmmm, Mine came in undamaged, cover is fine. I guess the postal employees in WI do a better job than CA! For $12,000 I can ask the wife to reach around the seat and get it. Then again I have never really cared "who" is going the other way but I do care that its an AIRSTREAM! I guess numbers mean nothing to me anymore.......

[Buttercup]

2 of our 3 directories arrived in perfect condition. Where is the 3rd one???

[damonbeals]

Mine arrive undamaged, but I was surprised that is was not taped shut, I thought that was a post office requirement now, but maybe that is only for first class delivery.

I like the new format, you can read it much better with the larger font, and it still fits in the glove box.

Damon
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