2010 President's Annual Report — From The Presidents Corner

SOITC 2010 Annual Meeting Report to the Membership

June 17, 2010

Since last reporting to you a year ago at our 2009 gathering, your SOITC elected Board continues to maintain compliance with US Federal IRS regulatory financial reporting requirements. Unfortunately in 2009 did not have a timely submission for our IRS financial reporting. We filed after the reporting date cutoff and spent several weeks challenging the penalty that SOITC was accessed. We did prevail and eventually the penalty fee was returned in full to SOITC.  The Indiana Secretary of State agency operational reporting requirement for a officially recognized non – profit corporation and our liability insurance coverage remains in place for all SOITC formally planned and posted activities.

The SOITC membership level was at 305 RV units; at year end (2009). We currently have 285 RV units (570 individuals) in good standing as members of SOITC. This is our fifth rally, and we ask members, to please continue to spread the word about our club, its Internet website and seek support from DRV dealers and other after market RV product sources as many of you have already been performing.

We continue to plan and accomplish RV gatherings with Regional, State and Provincial rally activities occurring on a regular basis. Please remember to visit our Club website www.suitesowners.com see what planned events are being conducted in the different geographical areas.
Your Board, with support recommendations from Club members, continues to be successful in locating and formalizing future annual rally meeting sites and facilities. They are:

• 2011, June, Serville, Tennessee, River Plantation RV Park 
• 2012, June, Wildwood Golf & RV Resort, McGregor ON, Canada
• 2013, June, Elkhart County 4-H Fairground, Goshen Indiana
• 2014, June, The Cam-Plex facility, Gillette Wyoming

Please visit our Club website previously stated for information about these planned events.

Our Canadian members are also planning mini rally gatherings whose dates and locations are posted on our club website. We continue to have chapters forming in different states. We continue to need member’s assistance as volunteers for State and Provincial coordinators for all our regional areas.

Major achievements since last reporting to you are:

• Obtaining new sponsors for supplemental financial support of Club events and obtaining aftermarket RV product & services growth to attend our annual events, thus financially supplementing your Club treasury.
• Accomplishment of an independent financial review as to the management by you elected Board of membership and rally finances. There shall be a complete report provide at this club meeting immediately following the completion of the annual report.
• Implementation of our new club membership card design and develop an online info package and instructions for our members too follow. All members will be receiving information through the Club e-mail system for how the process will happen. (Thanks to the efforts of Everett Ellwitz we have, at this rally, started taking your pictures and producing new membership cards for members to carry.)
• Implement coordination and necessary actions With RV supplier, Camping World, to obtain supplemental financial contributions into our Club treasury for sales and purchases of products and or services as outlined in their “Affiliation Program” guidelines is progressing. There will be a separate discussion on this topic during our club meeting later on.   

We are continuing to pursue our goals and objectives as stated in our By-laws as evidenced by the new seminar presentations at this years rally i.e. RV fire safety, Travel Safety, etc.

In closing, your SOITC BOARD, continues to research, plan, review and proactively seek ways to enhance the capabilities of the Club and gain benefits for members of the Club thus insuring continued growth of the SOITC organization.
Respectfully Submitted.

s//Wayne Rothwell
President. SOITC

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Updated Thursday, 09-Jun-2011 09:17:21 EDT