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Page 42 | RVW Convention 2018 Daily Morning Exercise Wednesday – 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Main Expo Hall Exercise for the “over 55” age group to stretch muscles and help keep all of your moving parts moving. This is a non-strenuous, non-aerobic exercise. No jumping or other activity putting strain on any joint. It in- cludes movement of the head, eyes, arms and legs, from side to side and up and down, and movement of the upper body, twisting from side to side and stretching. This exercise program will repeat Thursday through Saturday. Joyce Wallace is a member of Texas Ramblin’ Roses and has been a vol- unteer leader of “over 55” exercise in her winter community in Mission, Texas. Detailing the Outside of Your Coach in One Hour Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 3 If cleaning your coach is a task you hate, and the bugs and grime are driving you crazy, you won’t want to miss this seminar! Christopher Lawrence aka “The Detailing Dude” will offer techniques and tips from cleaning professionals. In this seminar, you will learn how to get that showroom shine with little effort. Learn how to easily wash and wax your coach while staying in an RV resort. You’ll learn how to tackle mold, bird droppings, scratches, tree sap, and hard water, and taking care of your in- vestment without getting on the ladder. Want your partner to help? Bring them along! The “Detailing Dude” will show fast techniques for two as well as one. Enjoy this hour of learning, tips, and FUN! There will be only one of these seminars, so don’t miss out! Almost Heaven Microfiber has been teaching fellow RVers how to de- tail the inside and outside of their RVs since 1997. Build an RV Birdhouse Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 1 This is a hand-on workshop designed for participants to paint and assemble a birdhouse shaped in the form of an RV. Participants will be guided through this fun process and take home the end product. Come prepared to paint, glue, and use a cordless drill driver for assembling wood pieces. All supplies and instructions will be provided and wood will be pre-cut and pre-drilled. Seminar is limited to 20 participants. Cost is $20/participant, and should be paid at the beginning of the seminar. A sign-up sheet is available at the Help Desk. Marsha Thompson is a 25-year member of Mid-America Chapter. She served as president of the Mid-America Chapter in 2015 and 2016. She retired in 2013 and now enjoys many crafts, especially wood crafts. Mar- sha presented this seminar at the 2015 RVW Convention and had great feedback, so is now presenting again. Seminar Descriptions (Wednesday)

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Daily Morning ExerciseWednesday – 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Main Expo Hall

Exercise for the “over 55” age group to stretch muscles and help keep all of your moving parts moving. This is a non-strenuous, non-aerobic exercise. No jumping or other activity putting strain on any joint. It in-cludes movement of the head, eyes, arms and legs, from side to side and up and down, and movement of the upper body, twisting from side to side and stretching. This exercise program will repeat Thursday through Saturday.

Joyce Wallace is a member of Texas Ramblin’ Roses and has been a vol-unteer leader of “over 55” exercise in her winter community in Mission, Texas.

Detailing the Outside of Your Coach in One HourWednesday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 3

If cleaning your coach is a task you hate, and the bugs and grime are driving you crazy, you won’t want to miss this seminar! Christopher Lawrence aka “The Detailing Dude” will offer techniques and tips from cleaning professionals. In this seminar, you will learn how to get that showroom shine with little effort. Learn how to easily wash and wax your coach while staying in an RV resort. You’ll learn how to tackle mold, bird droppings, scratches, tree sap, and hard water, and taking care of your in-vestment without getting on the ladder. Want your partner to help? Bring them along! The “Detailing Dude” will show fast techniques for two as well as one. Enjoy this hour of learning, tips, and FUN! There will be only one of these seminars, so don’t miss out!

Almost Heaven Microfiber has been teaching fellow RVers how to de-tail the inside and outside of their RVs since 1997.

Build an RV BirdhouseWednesday – 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 1

This is a hand-on workshop designed for participants to paint and assemble a birdhouse shaped in the form of an RV. Participants will be guided through this fun process and take home the end product. Come prepared to paint, glue, and use a cordless drill driver for assembling wood pieces. All supplies and instructions will be provided and wood will be pre-cut and pre-drilled. Seminar is limited to 20 participants. Cost is $20/participant, and should be paid at the beginning of the seminar. A sign-up sheet is available at the Help Desk.

Marsha Thompson is a 25-year member of Mid-America Chapter. She served as president of the Mid-America Chapter in 2015 and 2016. She retired in 2013 and now enjoys many crafts, especially wood crafts. Mar-sha presented this seminar at the 2015 RVW Convention and had great feedback, so is now presenting again.

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Common Sense Holding Tank Maintenance “The New Wave”Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 7

Everything you need to know about RV holding tanks and water heaters presented in a very straight forward, common sense way. You’ll learn what underground cameras have shown to be the problems in these tanks, staying away from products that do not work and how to save money.

Preston Hall has been a master plumber for 35 years and is founder/owner of All Pro Water Flow.

RVing the Gaspe’ and the Atlantic ProvincesWednesday – 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 3

Travel to the maritime region of Canada for a scenic, historical trip through the Atlantic Provinces! From the St. Laurence Seaway to New-foundland, discover the beauty, the blended cultures and the warm hos-pitality of our northeastern neighbors. We will provide practical infor-mation, including trip planning, routes and conditions so you will get the most benefit out of your trip, whether traveling solo, or with friends. Attend the seminar to enter to win a $500 gift certificate! Visit our booth to enter to win a $2,000 certificate for any tour or rally (except overseas or cruises).

Presented by Wil Olsen, wagonmaster for Adventure Caravans, Inc. (See ad page 29)

RVW is proud to offer these convention seminars to our members. While our Board of Directors, contracted representatives and volunteers have made every effort to assure the quality of the programs and services offered, participation in this convention should not be construed as an endorsement of any specific product, service or point of view. Unless otherwise stated, RVing Women does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the products, advice or services offered.

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RV Insurance BenefitsWednesday – 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Room 3

Everyone purchases health insurance because the future is uncertain. We certainly do not purchase it hoping to use it. The idea is to insure your health by transferring the risk to an insurance company AND to spend the least amount of money possible to accomplish that. Learn what’s available to insure your health and how to maximize the benefits. Please come prepared to share your questions as this is a key component to the seminar. The first hour will be a presentation, followed by a 30-minute question and answer period.

Lou Ann Hoagland is a fulltimer and will be available throughout the convention. Come visit her booth and get a needs assessment and a ben-efits quote. She will be able to enroll you in a health plan specific to your needs.

(See ad page 45)

Creating Optimal Wellness Wednesday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 7

Join us in our journey for optimal health. Learn about leading a healthy lifestyle while traveling in your RV. Get the best experiences of your trav-els by being healthy enough to maximize the experience. Achieve overall health by eating regularly. Many have lowered blood pressure and choles-terol, stabilized their blood sugars, reduced weight and more.

Susan Cox has been offering free health coaching for almost four years. As a long time RVW member and RVer, she has led many to a healthier lifestyle. She will be joined by Convention Coordinator Linda Elliott and several others who have achieved great success on this program.

Tire Safety and WeighingWednesday – 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Room 3

Attendees will learn about tire safety and the proper ways to maintain them. They will also learn the importance of why weighing is key to prop-er tire inflation.

Jeff Gaston is a retired Air Force veteran of 20 years. He has been a pro-fessional instructor since 1999, has a degree in instructional learning and is an instructional designer. He has a passion for education and for teach-ing others.

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What Makes You Think We’re Related? A Look into GenealogyWednesday – 1:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Room 6

Are you curious about genealogy, tracing your ancestors, finding fam-ily, helping others in their search? Find out where to start and how to use Ancestry.com and FindaGrave.com as tools.

Rosalie Jensen is a member of the Texas Ramblin’ Roses and Fulltimers Chapters. She and her friend have been on the road in their 36-foot Itasca for over two years. Their goal has been to travel around the USA and Cana-da seeing places, things and people they have not seen before. She is born and raised in Washington State, retired as a registered nurse and works in energy healing. She raised two daughters and now has fine grandchildren to be proud of. She enjoys quilting, genealogy and DNA research, music, beach combing and novice bird watching.

Passport AmericaWednesday – 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Room 7

Learn how to utilize Passport America and their web site.Jerry Langlois has RV’d since 1982. He spent 47 years on radio and TV,

has hosted rallies with his wife Carole and puts on dances at rallies and at campgrounds. They represent Passport America at RV shows across the country and he has plenty of stories to share about the RV lifestyle.

This session repeats on Friday morning at 9:00 am.

What to do in a Medical EmergencyWednesday – 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Room 3

Things can happen at home or on the road (accident or illness). SkyMed will be there for you. This session will show you what to look for when deciding on evacuation services. There is an 800 number available to all attendees whether they are SkyMed members or not. You will learn how to get back home and how to get your vehicle, partner, minor kids and even your pets back home as well. In addition, you will learn how to save a lot in transportation costs and travel agency services at insider rates.

Stan and Mary Schwenke have been SkyMed reps for over 13 years. They are lifelong RVers and SkyMed survivors themselves.

(See ad page 23)

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A Little Psychology Goes a Long WayWednesday – 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Room 4

Drawing from the experiences of those who write for a living, this workshop looks at how creativity brings out the best in any word-smith. Experiences are what changes brain chemistry. It teaches us how to reframe the pictures of life we don’t like and how to reconstruct the thoughts that sometimes become obstacles and roadblocks. The goal of the seminar is to open the mind and open up a blank page to the word pictures that best capture for others the images we see. Handouts will be provided with advice from the experts. Participants will be encouraged to take part in short writing exercises that can be critiqued as desired.

Kandis Gatewood is a licensed professional counselor and a journalist, who has always enjoyed a good story. Both of her careers have provided many opportunities for just that, particularly when it comes to the mys-teries of what causes people to act the way they do, or to make choices that command the headlines. Kandis lives in Oklahoma City, where she works as a mental health counselor and a trainer for people who want to foster or adopt children in state custody. Her joy is travel and her desire is to keep writing.

Remove Bugs Easily?Wednesday – 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Room 7

Learn to remove bugs easily from the ground – no ladder needed! An easy way to remove bugs with or without water.

Stephen Anderson has been educating hundreds of attendees over the past eight years. Go to FMCA You Tube to watch his videos.

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Insider Cleaning Tips for Your Home on WheelsThursday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 3

Nobody likes to clean! So, let Christopher show you how to clean us-ing simple and easy tips. Water stains on the ceiling? No problem. Dirty shower? Clean it with ease. From stains to drains; ceilings to floors, he has the solution. Would you rather not use chemicals? Chemicals can be dangerous for you and your pets, but there are better ways to clean using items in your pantry, such as peanut butter, Tang, lemons, and baking soda. Clean out your chemical cabinet and make a healthy change in your cleaning habits. Attend this seminar and make your friends jealous with your clean and sparkling coach!

Almost Heaven Microfiber has been teaching fellow RVers how to de-tail the inside and outside of their RVs since 1997.

Solo Travelers’ Round Table DiscussionThursday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 4

Attendees will get to know each other and discuss various topics relat-ed to traveling solo. Those with experience will teach the newer members.

Writing Meaning into MemoriesThursday – 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Room 6

Whether you pull a pop-up or drive a diesel-pusher, chances are good that driving sparks memories. Maybe they are memories from your child-hood, or maybe they’re from a previous visit to a favorite destination. If you’ve dreamed of writing about your memories, this seminar is for you. Through a variety of writing exercises, you’ll strengthen and broaden your writing’s appeal to readers by sharing, not just your experiences, but what you learned about yourself through them. This session is for novice to experienced writers. Bring a notebook and pen or a digital device for writing practice.

Annette Marquis has traveled all her life, visiting (to date) 49 states, one U.S. territory, five Canadian provinces, and seven other countries in North America and Europe. Her writing is also all over the map, from software how-to books to memoirs and meditations. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and works as program director for a community-based non-profit for writers in Richmond, Virginia. Annette travels both solo, and with her poet-wife, in their Subaru Forester and 13 ft. Scamp trailer, which they call Ruth and Idgie.

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Fire SafetyThursday – 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 7

We will cover how to escape our RV in the event of a fire, as well as cover the causes of fires and how to use your fire extinguisher. Attendees will learn how to properly extinguish fires.

Jeff Gaston is a retired Air Force veteran of 20 years. He has been a pro-fessional instructor since 1999, has a degree in instructional learning and is an instructional designer. He has a passion for education and for teach-ing others.

RVing to AlaskaThursday – 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 3

The trip of a lifetime! Get practical information on trip planning, preparation, routes, conditions, communications, resources and the ex-citing highlights! Enter to win a $500 trip certificate.

Presented by Adventure Caravans, Inc. (See ad page 29)

Annual Chapter Advisory Council MeetingThursday – 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 4

The CAC round-table meeting gives chapter leaders and their repre-sentatives this rare opportunity to meet each other in person, to learn from each other and to share information. This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow leaders and share your ideas, questions and concerns with each other. All current and future chapter leaders, their representa-tives and interested chapter members are encouraged to attend.

Beautiful Hair in 60 Seconds or LessThursday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 3

Dawn, the wig lady, will be demonstrating how to properly wash and care for wash-and-wear wigs while you are on the road, how to shop for the right style and color, as well as the endless reasons why having a “wig in the rig” is just plain smart.

Dawn Michele Smith started wearing wigs as a result of hair loss and hair damage, and now she shares her knowledge and experience with women of all ages and lifestyles.

Benefits of Interior Shade vs. Exterior ShadesThursday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 7

This seminar discusses the heat reduction benefits of interior shades compared to exterior shades for RVs.

Pat Hennelly is a retired state trooper, current magistrate and full time joker.

(See ad page 47)

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What Can We Do for You?Friday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 4

Meeting/seminar of RVW Member Services Committee.

Passport AmericaFriday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 7

Learn how to utilize Passport America and their web site.Jerry Langlois has RV’d since 1982. He spent 47 years on radio and TV,

has hosted rallies with his wife Carole and puts on dances at rallies and at campgrounds. They represent Passport America at RV shows across the country and he has plenty of stories to share about the RV lifestyle.

Moving from Caterpillar to Butterfly – Explore the Positive Side of Change

Friday – 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 4 Experience the fun and exciting benefits of change. This is a follow-up

to Stephanie Ringer’s presentation during the Welcome Party. Learn how to engage, lead and motivate others. This is an interactive, hands on ses-sion that puts the fun in change.

Stephanie Ringer is inspired by paying it forward and helping others be successful She has always looked for “outside the box” ways to create a team culture. Stephanie facilitates critical building blocks to align people, plans and practices around a shared purpose.

Is Workamping for Me?Friday – 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 6

What is Workamping? Is it for you? What types of jobs can you do and where can you work? We will cover resumes, how to find a job, how to apply, compensation and non-lawyer speak on tax considerations. Hand-outs will be available.

Presented by Donna Parker and Judy Fields. Donna has been an edu-cator at many levels including military training instructor, public school teacher, school district trustee and program director. She retired in 2014 after almost 30 years combined military and federal service, and immedi-ately jumped feet first into the RVing lifestyle. Donna has been a working RVer (workamper) since 2015 and is a proud member of the Texas Ram-blin’ Roses Chapter.

Judy Fields is a retired teacher with over 30 years in the public class-room. She continues to teach American History as an adjunct professor with the Alamo Community College District. Judy enjoys gardening and reading books about American History with emphasis on Native Ameri-cans. She has been a working RVer (workamper) since 2015 and is a proud member of the Texas Ramblin’ Roses Chapter.

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Quick Easy Method to Clean Leather/VinylFriday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 3

This will be an actual demonstration on a leather ottoman on how to clean and protect the leather. Fast-Fast-Fast. Attendees will be amazed how this process works and how quickly a large amount of area can be cleaned.

Stephen Anderson has been educating hundreds of attendees over the past eight years.

There’s an RV on my “Bucket List” – Which One is the Perfect One for Me?

Friday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 6 Are you at the crossroads of your RVing life? Could there be a better

time to have this discussion? Our seminar will provide you with valuable information on how to shop for, choose and purchase your “bucket list” RV! We will discuss what type of RV you should buy, accessing accurate information thorough websites, member groups, safety issues, manufac-turer tours, other seminars, book and our handouts. You can learn from our years of right and wrong decisions when buying 13 RVs, especially our last purchase in 2015. You will benefit by using the handouts, work sheets and guides we have created for you. If there is an RV dealer on site, we can practice shopping. Ask your neighbors what they like about their RV. Have you ever gone on a manufacturer’s tour? What did you learn? You will leave this seminar a wiser and smarter RV shopper who will make decisions based on what is the best RV for you in your current and future RVing lifestyle. This seminar and discussion could save you thousands of dollars.

Presented by Barbara Roeder and Linda Brown. Barbara has 47 years of camping/RVing experience. She has 36 + years of experience in purchas-ing RVs. Linda has 31 years of purchasing RVs with Barbara. She served on the RVW Board of Directors 2013 to 2017. They have attended 18 conven-tions since 1999. They have presented this seminar for RVW since 2008, as well as at the Rally (Good Sam) 2012 and 2015, and FMCA conventions in 2017 and 2018.

Couples SeminarFriday – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Room 7

This seminar will focus on the developmental stages of relationship, communication, resolving conflict, spiritual aspects of relationship and managing life in small spaces. For those who want more, a follow-up ses-sion will be held on Saturday morning.

Liz Wharton is a retired marriage and family therapist in Alabama and California. She has worked with both active duty and combat veterans as well as the lesbian community.

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There’s an Emergency Alert on My Phone! Now What do I do?

Friday – 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Room 5Whether it’s a hurricane, tornado, tropical storm, flood, mudslides,

snowstorm, wildfire, thunderstorm, heatwave, earthquake or haboob, you may have limited time to react. Now what do you do? No matter what you think, the weather will never be the same. Just look at recent years! Let’s share valuable information and stories with each other about what we have done in each of these natural disasters. Women who have experi-enced any of these natural disasters recently, please come and share with us. Linda will be providing handouts that contain valuable information to use – just in case.

Linda Brown has been a member of RVW since 1996. This is her 18th convention. She served on the RVW Board of Directors 2013 to 2017, and currently serves on four national committees. This seminar was created when CAC members requested it in 2017.

Introduction to LetterboxingFriday – 1:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Room 7

A how-to for letterboxing. Letterboxing is a worldwide treasure hunt. Participants follow online clues to a hidden rubber stamp, usually hand carved by another letterboxer. Hiding places are only limited by the plant-er’s imagination, can be indoors or out, and are often in incredible loca-tions that you would not have found otherwise. Some require a walk/hike and some are as close as the bumper of your car. The beautiful inked imag-es in your logbook will be a great souvenir that will fit in any size RV. The first hour will be a classroom session on letterboxing. The second hour, weather permitting, will be an outside practice in finding letterboxes.

Donna Carmon is a native Oklahoman, and is a full-time RVer. She has been letterboxing for seven years. In addition to letterboxing, she loves history, scenic drives, national parks, live theater and great food.

Mind, Body, FinancesFriday – 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Room 3

The optimal lifestyle. Explore some possibilities of earning extra “play” money while enjoying traveling in your RV and experiencing this adven-turous way of living. Information on getting paid for playing! Learn more about adding additional income, free RV parking, and coaching. Put in as much or little time as you want.

Linda Elliott and Susan Cox have both been able to earn and travel. They have both been “living the dream” for years. Join us for a short pre-sentation and question and answer session.

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Using Google Maps on Smart phones and ComputersFriday – 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Room 6

Learn to use your smart phone, whether it has a SIM card or not, to map your route and give you turn-by-turn instructions without using any data megabytes. Research and save your favorite places to your personal-ized map to guide you on your route. You have free use of Google maps on your smart phone in virtually any country in the world because the GPS feature with off-line maps does not require data usage. Bring your smart phone and/or your computer.

Presented by an experienced RVW Member.

Don’t forget to fill out the evaluation form at each seminar. We use these to plan future conventions.

Have an idea for a seminar at a convention? Put the information on the evaluation form. Maybe you will consider leading a session yourself!

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RVers Making a DifferenceSaturday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 3

What is Recreational Vehicle Disaster Corps? It is a thriving national program with hundreds of members nationwide. Volunteer RV owners over 55 have traveled thousands of miles to serve in the Hurricane Harvey affected regions of South Texas. These efforts are ongoing as the coastal bend will be recovering for many, many months and remain in great need of volunteers.

Jamie Allnutt holds a bachelor of science degree from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. She and her son are residents of West, Texas, site of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in April 2013. Both are survivors of that disaster. As an active volunteer in West before the ex-plosion through Kiwanis International, Catholic Daughters of America, the Chamber of Commerce, Keep Waco Beautiful, the Arthritis Founda-tion and St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption, she quickly found her-self involved in the community’s recovery efforts. Following that tragic event, Allnutt served her community as a volunteer coordinator with the Corporation for National and Community Service. Through the Senior Corps program, she facilitated the community’s recovery efforts recruit-ing, staffing and managing thousands of volunteers and coordinating the media and logistics for special events, as well as raising awareness and supporting economic recovery. In 2016, Senior Corps launched the RV Disaster Corps program out of lessons learned from the West disaster. Cultivating the RV community as disaster response volunteers through a pilot program in Texas was a natural fit for Allnutt, an avid RVer herself.

(See ad page 27)

Couples Seminar Follow-upSaturday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 6

This is a follow-up session to the Friday seminar for those who want to explore further.

Liz Wharton is a retired marriage and family therapist in Alabama and California. She has worked with both active duty and combat veterans as well as the lesbian community.

The Next Stage – How to Live with LessSaturday – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Room 7

Whether preparing for a smaller home, full time RVing, or just thin-ning out the stuff in your life, there are tips and techniques to help you take those steps. It does not have to be difficult and can free up energy you never know you had!

Rosalie Jensen is a member of the Texas Ramblin’ Roses and Fulltimers Chapters. She and her friend have been on the road in their 36-foot Itasca for over two years. Their goal has been to travel around the USA and Cana-

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da seeing places, things and people they have not seen before. She is born and raised in Washington State, retired as a registered nurse and works in energy healing. She raised two daughters and now has fine grandchildren to be proud of. She enjoys quilting, genealogy and DNA research, music, beach combing and novice bird watching.

Solo Travelers Annual MeetingSaturday – 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Room 4

Annual Meeting for Solo Chapter members. This is a business meeting for the Solos.

Leslie Connelly is President of the Solo Travelers Chapter and a full-time RVer.

Call for Convention 2018 photosWe are issuing a call for photos and videos from this year’s conven-tion. Robbin Rutherford has volunteered to make a video highlighting the 2018 Shawnee, Oklahoma Convention activities. But she needs your help. Take photos and videos of all of the convention activities. Email your photos and videos to Robbin at [email protected]. Not all photos and videos will be featured in this video due to file con-straints. This video will be posted online to the RVW Facebook group sites and rvingwomen.org. You can also use Dropbox to submit your photos and videos. For additional information on using Dropbox see:

http://tic-recherche.crifpe.ca/docs/guides/en/Dropbox_guide.pdfand

howtogeek.com/howto/16310/user-guide-to-dropbox-shared-folders/

Photos and videos must be received by November 30, 2018. Submit up to 10 of your best photos and videos.

Use a high resolution and landscape (horizontal) setting when taking photos. Most camera shops can help you set your cam-era to high resolution. “Digital magic” photos will not be accept-ed (i.e., artificially colorized or manipulated to add or delete an image, stretch or skew an object or change a background). Photos with captions or text added also will not be accepted. All photos submitted become the possession of RVing Women and will not be returned. RVW reserves the right to use the photos sub-mitted in the RVW magazine and website and in promotional mate-rials.

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All attendees must wear name badges. Use of cell phones or pagers is prohibited.

Each Board member Candidate shall be allowed five (5) minutes to speak to the membership regarding her qualifications and/or goals for the office sought.

1. A member asking the privilege of the floor shall go to a microphone and first state her name, chapter affiliation, and chapter position(s).

2. No member may speak more than two (2) minutes on the same topic, and no topic will be debated longer than ten (10) minutes, without permission of the membership in attendance granted by a majority vote without debate.

3. A member wishing to speak on more than one topic must wait until all other members have had the opportunity to speak on their topic.

4. In addition to answering questions from the chair, a member may speak a second time on a topic after all those who wish to speak have had the opportunity. The two (2) minute time rule applies when speaking the second time.

5. No member may speak more than twice on the same topic except by unanimous consent of the body.

6. A motion offered from the floor shall be in writing, signed by the person making the motion and presented immediately to the RVW Secretary.

7. All reports and other materials for the permanent record or printed proceedings shall be typed and, immediately on presentation, shall be presented to the RVW Secretary.

8. Any motion adopted by the membership by a majority vote of the attending members shall become effective immediately upon pas-sage unless otherwise noted.

9. Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised most recent edition shall be the parliamentary authority for this membership meeting in all cases in which they are not inconsistent with the bylaws of RVW.

A majority vote of the attending membership shall be necessary for the adoption of these rules. They may be suspended, rescinded or amended after their adoption by a majority vote.

Adopted by Board: 3-27-2012 Revised and adopted by the Membership: 7-8-2012

Annual Membership Meeting Standing Rules