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2017 Membership Dues
October 18th, 2016October 21 – 23 – Installation and Thanksgiving Rally-Amboy
October 2nd, 2016
These pictures are clickable for closer viewing.
Lee County 4-H Fairgrounds – Ten members brought their rigs out for a perfect fall weekend. Saturday, five more couples visited us. Saturday business meeting, members voted to rename our club ” Northern Illinois Airstream Club”. To make it official, the International’s IBT and Thor must approve the change at their Jan. 2017 meeting. (NOTE:Thor has put a hold on all name changes having “Airstream” in their name. (Unresolved as of 4/10/17) Bob Whitesell (Region 5 1st vice president, and NIU member) installed our new officers. Thanks to our outgoing and incoming officers for their volunteered service.
After just baptizing his new truck on the WBCCI Revolutionary War Caravan, Warren Dutton brought his new 2016 Chevy 250HD 4WD diesel truck for a visit. All the men had to fawn over it in the parking lot.
Dinner was served at 6:30 PM. Afterwards; using a Smartphone (with unlimited data), married to Club’s video projector (through a laptop) we watched our Chicago Cubs clinch the National Baseball Championship. After all these years of waiting, it was great!
Peter’s pictures of the rally are on Northern Illinois Facebook: click here
Membership – Ten 2015 couples did not renew their memberships for 2016. During 2016, eleven new couples joined (or transferred their WBCCI memberships) to NIU. As of 6/1/16, we had 55 memberships
October Newsletter link: Click here
Weight Distribution Demo Safety Video- Link: Click here
Airstream Travel Dreams on National Geographic: Click here
Region 5 Rally at Madison, IN – Sept. 14th -18th
August 16th, 2016Nine NIU couples attended the rally. Total attendance – about 40 trailer/motorhomes. Peter Schwarz’s pictures on NIU Facebook: Click here Arnie (Region 5 President) conducted a fun rally with lots of activities. Link Region 5 website. Click here
The NIU Executive Board met and proposed to change our local club’s name to “Airstream Club of Northern Illinois”. New flags would need to be purchased. (now on hold) Peter and Judy continued on to the Sugar Creek rally in Ohio.
Zion, IL Beach Rally -Aug. 11-14th
July 22nd, 2016 Only two NIU couples attended. Adeline Jay Geo- Karis Illinois Beach State Park (AKA: Illinois Beach ST Park) has nice sand beaches. The 2 couples ate at the Lodge 2 evenings. The weather was warm Thursday and Friday, but the light rain Friday evening and the moderating on-shore lake breezes on Sat. and Sun., made for a pleasant outing.
July 14 to 17th—Lake- Le-Aqua-Na State Park
May 22nd, 2016
Eleven couples attended. Weather, food, and conversations were good. We learned a little about brewing at our tour of Lena Brewery. Sat. dinner was at the Rafters Restaurant. The club grill was put to good use for Sat. breakfast and Fri. evening grilling. Peter Schwarz’s photos on the NIU FaceBook page: Click here
Lewisburg, WV International June 23- July 4th
May 22nd, 2016
Five NIU couples attended. 670 rigs attended the rally on the WV State Fairgrounds, on high ground. The area is picturesque rolling Appalachian hill and valley country. Despite the torrential rain and flash flooding, the International proceeded almost normally. Many members toured the area and attractions which remained open. Due to the flooding, some tours had to be canceled. The club and attendees contributed $40,000 for local flood relief.
Gardners and Dixons were parked on a crushed stone parking area, which was only minorly affected by the 10 inches of rain in 4 hours. (We are in the middle of this picture.) Campsites on grass became soft. We lost power and water for 24 hours and had a boil water order in effect for 3 days.
The IBT approved a new club logo design adding the words “Rallies” and “Airstream”, reflecting the dual nature of the club (touring and social) and the exclusive relationship with Airstream products, and dropped the word “International”. The first European Chapter was celebrated.
NIU attendees: Carligs, Dixons, Gardners, Schwarzs, and Stuarts (Norma performed a featured Oboe solo with the WBCCI Band.)
Link to the Lewisburg Rally website: Click here
Lots of pictures and write ups on the WBCCI Lewisburg Facebook page Click here
Lewisburg pictures on the NIU Facebook page Click here
June 16 – 19th – Rock Cut Buddy Rally
March 22nd, 2016Ten NIU couples, plus 1 couple from the Wisconsin unit attended. One “buddy” brought his large (non-Airstream) motorhome. Several other NIU members and families stopped by for a Sat. visit. The weather and the food were excellent. The Club grill was put to good use. More details in NIU June newsletter. Click here
May 12 – 14th – Tulip Festival -Holland, MI
March 18th, 2016
Four NIU couples attended. Good weather, good friends, and fun.
Link to the Region 5 May newsletter Click Here
Amboy Rally- April 15-17th
March 18th, 2016
Two motorhomes and eight trailers attended. Nice weather atop Schwarz’s Skydeck. The Whitesells hosted a great rally. Thanks! Mary Beth and her husband brought their new 2016 Classic. The unit Executive Board decided to prorate the unit dues quarterly. See more pictures on the NIU facebook. click here
Change in New member International dues
March 2nd, 2016The WBCCI IBT voted (7/5/15) to prorate International dues for the first year of new membership. Anyone signing up after 4/1/16, dues are: $48 for the remainder of the year. After 7/1/16, the dues are: $97, but will include next year’s dues. After 10/1/16, dues $81 and include next year’s dues. The usual MAL $20 charge or unit dues remain. Current member International dues remain $65. The IBT calculated the proration would generate an additional $17,000 income and assure new members would not cancel after only 6 months. Unit dues will be collected through the website, but there is no provision for prorating unit dues.