The regular meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Sams was held on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Victorian Acres RV Park in Nebraska City, NE which has a full range of pull-through RV sites, nice facilities and great service. The meeting was called to order by President, Mary Bell. Roll call was taken with 14 rigs represented. The minutes were read and approved as corrected. One correction was that Kay Warford requested money received for two vests donated should go to Special Olympics. Mary Bell indicated that proceeds for donated vests should go to one of the charities.

The Treasurer’s Report for June, 2010 was recapped.

Mary Bell read thank-you letters from Joyce Urban of Special Olympics and Robin Dickmeier of Dogs for the Deaf; patches were received and distributed by Linda Bontrager.

Jan Rishoi reported a few members still need to submit recommended campsites for 2011 and that reservations are set for the remaining campouts.

OLD BUSINESS
1. Campsite selections for 2011 and how to select new ones were discussed. It was moved to select the top five campsites and to leave one open for selection at the discretion of the Wagon Master. This motion carried.
2. Betty Bauer provided two additional donated vests for use by the club.

NEW BUSINESS
1. Linda Bontrager reported that Good Sam Club membership renewals now include an indication of Local Chapter Club membership.
2. Mary Bell highlighted this month’s birthdays and anniversaries.
3. Al Beckman initiated discussion of games for the Samboree. A motion was made and carried to keep Bingo. A motion was made and carried to eliminate the Raffel. Another motion was made and carried to leave it open to EVS leadership discretion to incorporate additional games to be determined later.
4. It was reported that Elsie Saunders is a candidate for Secretary.
The Ruffs won the monthly drawing of $14.
The Hosts for the campout were the Beckmans, Rishois, Saunders, and Shermans. Everyone enjoyed the private Party Room and other facilities as well as the goodies, root beer floats, and the delicious pulled pork sandwiches and pot luck.
Meeting adjourned.

Secretary,
Sharon Lofgren (by Bud Dose)