Welcome to the Annual Old Dominion Cardinals Holiday Party
Place: Falls Run Rec Center
101 Bridgewater Circle
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Date: Sunday - December 11, 2016
Time: 2 pm - 6 pm
Please bring your favorite dish to share, your own favorite beverage and child's toy for "Toys for Tots".
Ham, turkey, rolls, condiments and water will be provided.
Sponsors:
Mem & Larry Halstead (mimipapa@yahoo.com) 540-784-0356
and
Sandy & Cliff Roy (AmeridIII@cox.net) 540-310-0708
Please RSVP to either couple by December 1st
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
28-30 Oct 2016 - Greys Pt Campground, Topping VA
The October campout was at Grey's Point Campground. The Hosts for this Campout were Sharon & Jeff Lawrence, Mem & Larry Halstead and Randy & Linda Burdette. 12 sites were reserved for ODC on Oct 28-30, 2016. The
sites # were Rockfish 29 - Spadefish 40.
The cost of the 2 nights was $94.77 total. However, we had 10 people sign up so they gave us a 10%
discount. For the people that went on Thursday, the cost was $40.00 and the same
for adding Sunday night. The deadline for holding
the sites wass Sept 15th and after that people were placed wherever there were
spots available.
The contact person was: Dory
and phone # for campground is: 804-758-2485.
The costume theme this year: a child six years or under.
Everyone brought candy to hand out to the kids during the costume parade.
Some folks brought baby pictures for the baby contest to see who could guess who was who from the pictures.
The menu was salad, bread and soups and cobbler for dessert.
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Old Dominion Cardinals
Meeting Minutes – October 29, 2016
The meeting was called to order by Secretary/Treasurer, Rebecca Messerle. The October campout was held at Grey’s Point in Topping, VA. Those present were: Freed, Lawrence, Messerle, Halstead, Ross, McDonald, Burdette, Tolson, and Kuhne We welcomed new members, Ron and LaVerne Usher and Larry and Nancy Omps. Sandy and Cliff Roy joined us for Saturday dinner.
Thank you to hosts: Halstead, Lawrence and Burdette.
The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved as sent.
Treasurer’s report was approved as sent.
Sunshine Lady’s Report: No update on Norah. Larry Welford recovering from surgery and doing well. Jim Settles recovering from surgery and doing well. Tolsons are doing well and joined us for the weekend.
Old Business:
Club T-shirts. Linda Burdette sent an email with the Land’s end information for anyone to purchase shirts of their choice. Also, the emblem is available if other vendors would like to be used.
Remember- We voted to have navy shirts for the club to wear during Good Sam’s Rallys. Land’s end would do baseball hats but need an order of at least 24. Not enough interest at this time for the hats.
The nominating committee made the following nominations:
Steve Winder will step down as V. President and run for President.
Jeff Lawrence will be appointed V. President for the remainder of Steve’s term.
The Halstead’s will run for Wagonmasters.
Election was held and the nominees were elected.
Christmas Party –
Cliff and Sandra Roy have reserved the Falls Run community center for the Christmas party. The date is December 11th at 2:00. We have the room from 2-6. Everyone can bring a dish to share. We will still collect toys for tots. More information will be emailed to members.
If anyone has pictures of any of the Old Dominion Cardinals activities please send them to Donna
Tolson so she can put them on the club’s blog. (cdtolson@usa.net)
The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully,
Rebecca Messerle
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23-25 Sep 2016 - Fall Samboree, Rockahock Campground, Lanexa, VA
The Virginia Good SAMS Fall Samboree was held at the Rockahock Campground, Lanexa, VA.
26-28 Aug 2016 - American Heritage, Williamsburg, VA
The Hosts for this Campout are: Jim & Peggy Settles and Leo & Nora Zerhuson. Reservations were due by 15 July 2016.
August 26-28 American Heritage Campground, 146 Maxton Lane, Williamsburg, VA 23188. 1-888-530-2267 or 1-757-566-2133, www.americanheritagervpark.com
Registered: For Thursday Arrival: Settles, Winder, Halstead, Pat & Carol Gaffe (not sure of this spelling, sorry)
Friday Arrival: Lawrence, Wilson, Welford, Messerle, McDonald, Leale, Ross, Roy, White, Freed, Bowen, Owen (guest of Messerle)
Saturday: Burdettes joined us but without their new camper. Which means no open house tour. Sorry. We do try to provide good entertainment, but some members just won't cooperate.
Friday night we had happy hour and heavy hor d'oeuvres.
Saturday Breakfast and dinner was provided by hosts. Lunch was on your own.
Sunday Breakfast was left overs from Sat and whatever was brought to share.
The nominating committee has a potential candidate for President, Jeff Lawrence. Still looking for a
Wagon Master candidate. The election will be held at the October campout.
August 26-28 American Heritage Campground, 146 Maxton Lane, Williamsburg, VA 23188. 1-888-530-2267 or 1-757-566-2133, www.americanheritagervpark.com
Registered: For Thursday Arrival: Settles, Winder, Halstead, Pat & Carol Gaffe (not sure of this spelling, sorry)
Friday Arrival: Lawrence, Wilson, Welford, Messerle, McDonald, Leale, Ross, Roy, White, Freed, Bowen, Owen (guest of Messerle)
Saturday: Burdettes joined us but without their new camper. Which means no open house tour. Sorry. We do try to provide good entertainment, but some members just won't cooperate.
Friday night we had happy hour and heavy hor d'oeuvres.
Saturday Breakfast and dinner was provided by hosts. Lunch was on your own.
Sunday Breakfast was left overs from Sat and whatever was brought to share.
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Meeting Minutes – August 27, 2016
The meeting was called to order by President, Kay Karstaedt. The August campout was held at American Heritage RV park in Williamsburg, VA. Those present were: Wilson/Soden, Winder, Welford, Freed, Karstaedt, White, Lawrence, Roy, Bowen, Leale, Messerle, Settles, Halstead, Ross and McDonald. We welcomed new members, Pat and Carol Geddes and guests, Jeff and Carol Owen.
The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved with
correction of adding Messerle to list of attending. Treasurer’s report was approved as sent.
Thank you to hosts: Settles, Halstead and Winder.
President’s news-
Good Sam’s Fall Rally: Deadline for discount rate is September 1. Please get in reservation as soon as possible because State is looking for attendance totals. Right now Winders and Roys might be attending. The Rally is still in need of many volunteers.
December 10th is the President’s meeting at Misty Mountain campground. Kay will be attending.
The nominating committee has a potential candidate for President, Jeff Lawrence. Still looking for a
Wagon Master candidate. The election will be held at the October campout.
Christmas Party –
Cliff and Sandra Roy have reserved the Falls Run community center for the Christmas party. The date is December 11th at 2:00. We have the room from 2-6. Roys will provide a ham and Winders will
provide a turkey breast. Everyone can bring a dish to share. We will still collect toys for tots. More information will be emailed to members.
Future campouts:
Sept. 23-25. Samboree at Rockahock campground.
Oct. 28 – 30. Grey’s Point Campground. Reservations deadline is September 15th. Hosts are
Lawrences. Theme for costumes this year will be: Little kids under 6.
Sunshine Lady’s report:
The following Old Dominion Cardinals need our special prayers as they deal with health issues:
Donna Tolson, Norah Zerhusen, Kay Karstaedt, and Mem Halstead.
The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully,
Rebecca Messerle
22-24 July 2016 - Misty Mountain Campground, Crozet, VA
The July campout was at Misty Mountain, 56 Misty Mt Rd, Greenwood, VA. The hosts for this campout were: Phyllis Wilson & Craig Soden & Patricia & Steve Winder. Reservations were due by 22 June 2016. The cost
per night was $55.00 with a 10 percent discount. We had sites 14 thru 23,
and reservations needed to be made 30 days ahead or we would lose these 10 sites.
12 rigs were confirmed for this campout. We
had Simmons, Wilson, Bowen, Freed, Lawrence, Welford, Messerle, Roy, Karstaedt,
White, Winder and Leale for a total of 21 people.
Friday
night we had heavy hors d'oeurves provided by the group.
Patricia
and Steve Winder did breakfast on Saturday.
Saturday lunch was on your own.
Dinner Saturday evening was corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, carrots, bread and chicken casserole.
Sunday breakfast was leftovers from Saturday and whatever anyone contributed.
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Old Dominion Cardinals
Meeting Minutes – July 23, 2016
The meeting was called to order by President, Kay Karstaedt. The July campout was held at Misty Mountain, Greenwood, VA. Those present were: Wilson/Soden, Winder, Welford, Freed, Karstaedt, White, Simmons, Lawrence, Roy, Bowen, Leale. We welcomed guests: Craig and Phyllis’s granddaughter, Kinsley, and Wayne’s daughter and her friend, Pam and Krista.
The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved as sent.
People are still having issues opening the email, so will try to send in PDF format.
President’s news-
VA Good Sam’s is still looking for candidates for State President. If anyone is interested in the position, let Kay know.
Old Business:
Shirts for Club-
Linda emailed the logo to some members, but not everyone received it. She will try to send it to
everyone. Nothing else has been done at this time.
New Business –
Volunteers for nominating committee: We picked a nominating committee. The members are:
Sharon Lawrence
John LealeSandra Roy
The positions up for elections are President and Wagon Master. If you are interested in one of these positions, please contact a member of the nominating committee.
Christmas Party –
Cliff and Sandra have a club house available at their subdivision for the Christmas Party. The tentative date will be December 11. It is $150 to rent the room. The Roys will look into more details and let us know.
Future campouts:
August 26 – 28. American Heritage Williamsburg, VA. Information has been sent. Hosts are Settles
and Winders.
Sept. 23-25. Samboree at Rockahock campground. Please let Kay know if you are attending. According to emails from State, reservations have been slow.
Oct. 28 – 30. Grey’s Point Campground. Hosts are Lawrences. Theme for costumes this year will be:
Little kids under 6. (if this is too young for you, costumes as teenagers will also work).
Welfords wanted to know if there is any interest in a 4 day weekend next year to Smith Mountain lake. Many people were interested, so Larry and Carol will get more information.
The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully,
Rebecca Messerle17-19 June 2016 - Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster, VA
The hosts for this campout are: Brad & Rebecca Messerle, Kay Karstedt and Sandy Freed. The Campground website is http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/belleisle.shtml#general_information. The sites are very large. Reservations are due ASAP to get a site.
Reservations needed to be made through Reserve America.
Please make them early as it is Father's day weekend. (I googled Belle
Isle state park and was able to get to the website).
Kay and the Messerle's
had the buddy sites of 4 and 5 (these are site specific). There are a
few other sites that are considered site specific, but for the most part, all
the sites are close.
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Old Dominion Cardinals
Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2016
The meeting was called to order by Vice President, Steve
Winder. May was the Good Sam Rally at Meadow Event Park. ODC had 6 rigs present: Winder, Freed, Bowen,
Burdette, Zerhusen, and Messerle. Norah
and Leo’s daughter, Cristy joined in the fun.
The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports was emailed to
everyone before the campout. Reports
were approved as sent.
Old Business:
Shirts for Club-
Still working on getting an emblem that can be used on the shirts.
Linda and Randy found an emblem at the
Rally they think will work. Linda will
contact Lands End to see if it will work.
Pat has a friend that can do embroidery work on shirts, if Lands End
doesn’t work out.
Steve attended the President’s meeting at the Rally. Everyone in attendance wants to have the
Rally at Meadow Event park next spring.
VA Good Sam will be making the deposit for next year and start working
on the contract the day after the Rally ends.
The building is a big draw for us.
There were 21 vendors in attendance this year, up from 6 the previous
year. There was a lot of discussion on 1
vs 2 Rallys a year. Good Sam’s is in
the process of changing the name from Samboree to Rally. There will be a State Director election this
year as David is stepping down. Still in
need of staff. The President’s meeting
will be held in December at Misty Mountain.
June Campout will be at Belle Isle State Park. The dates are June 17-19. This is Father’s Day weekend. Reservations need to be made online. There is no deadline as long as the park as
sites available. Please let Rebecca, Kay
or Sandy know when you make your reservation.
We cannot get the information from the park. Further plans for the weekend will be sent at
a later time.
July Campout is July 22-24 at Misty Mountain. August campout is August 26-28 at American
Hertiage in Williamsburg. October
campout is October 28-30 at Grey’s Point. Information has been sent out by the
hosts.
The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully,
Rebecca Messerle
18-22 May 2016 - Virginia Spring Samboree
The Virginia Spring Samboree will be held at the Meadow Event Park, Doswell, Virginia. Reservations are due by May 1st to be parked with the chapter.
To get the Spring Samboree signup info, you can find it on
the http://vagoodsam.com under
applications/members . If you sign up for the Samboree , please let Carol Welford
know so she can plan a count for our group to do Saturday night dinner together.
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Old Dominion Cardinals
Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2016
The meeting was called to order by Vice President, Steve
Winder. May was the Good Sam Rally at Meadow Event Park. ODC had 6 rigs present: Winder, Freed, Bowen,
Burdette, Zerhusen, and Messerle. Norah
and Leo’s daughter, Cristy joined in the fun.
The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s report was emailed to
everyone before the campout. Reports
were approved as sent.
Old Business:
Shirts for Club-
Still working on getting an emblem that can be used on the shirts.
Linda and Randy found an emblem at the
Rally they think will work. Linda will
contact Lands End to see if it will work.
Pat has a friend that can do embroidery work on shirts, if Lands End
doesn’t work out.
Steve attended the President’s meeting at the Rally. Everyone in attendance wants to have the
Rally at Meadow Event park next spring.
VA Good Sam will be making the deposit for next year and start working
on the contract the day after the Rally ends.
The building is a big draw for us.
There were 21 vendors in attendance this year, up from 6 the previous
year. There was a lot of discussion on 1
vs 2 Rallys a year. Good Sam’s is in
the process of changing the name from Samboree to Rally. There will be a State Director election this
year as David is stepping down. Still in
need of staff. The President’s meeting
will be held in December at Misty Mountain.
New Business –
June Campout will be at Belle Isle State Park. The dates are June 17-19. This is Father’s Day weekend. Reservations need to be made online. There is no deadline as long as the park as
sites available. Please let Rebecca, Kay
or Sandy know when you make your reservation.
We cannot get the information from the park. Further plans for the weekend will be sent at
a later time.
July Campout is July 22-24 at Misty Mountain. August campout is August 26-28 at American
Hertiage in Williamsburg. October
campout is October 28-30 at Grey’s Point. Information has been sent out by the
hosts.
The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully,
Rebecca Messerle
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