Newsletter-May2008

May 27, 2008

Dear MAB Member,

If you did not attend the “Boundering In The Spring” BOA Rally, you missed a good one.

The Buckeye

Bounders

did a wonderful job of putting this rally together in such a short

time. The Mid America

Bounders

got lots of

compliments on the job of parking. With the

help of everyone, especially Bob

Young and Dick Clay,

and many

others like the greeters

out at the Tom Raper corner, those golf cart

drivers escorting coaches in

and others

manning the different areas seeing that the coaches got

parked properly. We had a well

organized

parking

procedure that was able to be flexible when needed

and satisfy

everyone.

As a chapter we had an informal meeting Friday afternoon to go over the upcoming rallies

for the

season and

learn more about the MAB website from Rick & Kathy Groves. If

you have not

accessed the website at

www.

mabounders.org be sure and do so. This can

be a good communication

tool, as well as a recruitment tool

for

new members. If you

need information on how to open the

website or setup your own e-mail address

within the

website, contact Kathy Groves at

kgroves@mabounders.org.

2008 Rallies

June 19-22, 2008

: Alice, Scott and Jodi Blind will be our hosts, and co-hosts Kyle and

Nancy Davis

Indiana

Beach, Monticello, IN. This rally will be “kid friendly” with games

and food for them.

Bring your

grandchildren

and

have a good time. If you have not

reserved your site for this rally, you

can still make your

reservation –

but do it

now. Call

Indiana Beach at 1-800-583-5306 and tell

them you are with Mid-America

Bounders so

they can park

you as close as possible. Also please

contact Alice Blind

or Kyle Davis.

are looking forward to a great rally.

July 17-20, 2008

: Fox Hill RV Park in Baraboo, WI will be the site near the famous

Wisconsin

Dells. This

area will

also be “kid friendly.” Our Host will be John & Ruth Serio

and co-Hosts Bob &

Jan Israelson. For

reservations call

Toll Free: 1-888-236-9445

and tell them you are with MAB.

They are still holding 5 sites

reserved for our club

until

May 31, 2008. Make sure you also contact

John & Ruth Serio

For more information on

Fox Hill go to the website at: http:

//www.foxhillrvpark.

com . Please

see reference in

the “President’s Corner.”

August 21-24, 2008

: Rick & Kathy Groves with the help of Danny & Gail Leonard are

getting things

lined up

for a

unique rally centered around the Mt. Comfort, IN air show.

The rally will be at the

Indianapolis KOA

less than a

mile away from the air show. On

Friday we will be able to see the

practice from the campgrounds

and Saturday

Rick has

made arrangements to take two motor homes

over to the air show so that we have our

own facilities

right there at the show. For more

information about the Air Show contact

Kathy Groves at

kgroves@mabounders.

org or go to the

website and click on “calendar”

then the icon for the August rally. For

reservations call KOA at 1-

800-562-0531 ASAP.

September 18-21, 2008

: This rally will also be quite a popular location, at the Mark

Twain Cave

Campgrounds

Hannibal, MO hosted by Bob & Paula Young, co-hosts Bill &

Carol Haenny and Dan &

Neicy

Milner. There are

many attractions in the area and to

learn more about the area check out

the link from the

MAB website. As

this writing,

there are 5 sites still available. If you have not

made your reservations

yet, call1-800-

527-

0304

ASAP and tell them you are with MAB. You will

need to secure the

reservation with

a first night

camping fee of

$26.39. For more information click

“Calendar” then the “Mark Twain” link in

the website.

October 16-19, 2008

: Our Hosts will be Larry & Jolly Ann Whitener and co-hosts Tom

& Judy

Robinson at

Sundermeier RV Park in St. Charles, Missouri. St. Charles is the

beginning of the “Lewis

& Clark Trail,” and

was

also the first capitol of MO which has

been preserved to the look of that

era. Being a suburb of St.

Louis, MO

there is a wide

variety of things to do. Make your reservations

by calling Sundermeier RV Park at

800-929-

0832.

DUES REMINDER

: If you have not paid your 2008 dues, please send a $5.00 payment

to Jolly Ann

Whitener

Payment is due, May 31, 2008. Make checks payable to Mid

America

Bounders

NEW Members

: Welcome to four new members that recently joined BOA and Mid

America Bounders.

David & Lynn Miller #5549

James & Dorris Loesch #5556

Ron & Sue Tabor #5557

George & Patti Stavropoulos #5560

We look forward to seeing them at our rallies and extend a hand of friendship.

Concerns

Bob Hansen is still doing well from his back surgery. He and Judy are on their

first short

outing

and

everything is going good. Judy wants to thank everyone that sent

cards, phone calls, and

the prayers

wishing

Bob a successful recovery. Also concerns go

out to Joe Ernst & Hank Weast who

are both on the mind.

THROUGH THE WINDSHEILD

By Tom Robinson

Wasn't Richmond a great rally! Cool weather, great food and too much of it. Met a lot

of new

friends. Got my

first

rally "fix" of the season. Can't get a lot better than that!

Was blown away by

the Mossburg Family

Strings. If you

want to visit their website it is

www.mossburgstrings.com.

Heard absolutely nothing but

praises for the way MAB

handled the parking. I told Jerry that we had

better mess it up some the next time

we might become the

permanent parking committee!

So, what has the Executive Board been doing? Those at the rally know that we are

seeking your

input on the

direction you want us to try and go. The merger issue is a hot

topic that tends to

generate a lot of talk

before

details are known, but please vote if

you did not do so at the rally.

The Bounder Beacon will have a

ballot for you

to use.

Another ballot covers all the Constitution and

Bylaws changes that are proposed. The

Executive Board

encourages you to vote "yes" on all of these

proposals, but again, please

vote!

You now have the option of receiving your Bounder Beacon online. This option will save

BOA some

money, and

you will get your issue several weeks ahead of the mailed copy.

You can, at the same

time, ask for email

notification of when the next issue is available.

Go to www.bounder.org, click on

Member Care and fill in the

necessary blanks. You do

not have to accept this option, the hard copy

will be mailed to you unless you opt out.

the near future, the current issue of the Bounder Beacon

will not be available on the

website. A couple of

past

issues will always be posted for potential

members to see what

they are missing!

I sure want to thank Carol Anderson, Dick Clay, and Jolly Ann Whitener for being willing

to toss

their names

the pot to help me with the Constitution & Bylaws. So typical of

MAB members isn't

it? I know Franz

Singer

received a lot of names, so his decision is

going to be a tough one.

Judy and I hit the road again for BOA on June 11. Hope to see you at Indiana Beach!

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

By Jerry Hardacre

I was quite proud of the MAB members at the BOA rally. The members pulled together

and did a

superb job

organizing the parking detail. I want to especially thank Bob

Young and Dick Clay for

their leadership of the

detail. We got many, many compliments

on a job well done.

I was recognized at the BOA rally for bringing in more members than anyone else. I

challenge

everyone to be

more aware of the Bounder owners who you come in contact

with. Remember, less

than 10% of all the

Bounder

owners belong to either BOA or BU

combined. Therefore, you have a 90%

+ chance that any Bounder

owner you

encounter is

a good prospect for membership. Also, for every

three members you sign up to BOA

gets you a

free years membership. Each one of us are

ambassadors for BOA. If you like

what you experience

in BOA and

MAB, talk to others about it.

Carry blank BOA and

MAB applications with you to pass along to any

prospects.

Also, be sure to put

your

name on those applications.

If you have a connection with any Bounder dealer that sells new and/or used units,

contact Tom

Robinson to

get

some “Recruiting Packets” to pass along to those dealers so

they can pass them along

to the new Bounder

buyers. If you can convince the Dealer to

pay the first year membership to BOA

would be even better yet.

To anyone going to the FMCA International Rally in St. Paul, MN July 14-17, 2008,

Carol Anderson

has

offered

to have anyone to camp at their place overnight on the way

to the Rally. She has room

for five

coaches, electric

only, and one full hook up. If the

timing works out for you I recommend it,

as it is a

beautiful setting. Call Carol or

Tom

The MAB Rally

will be immediately

following the

FMCA rally in Baraboo,

WI on the way

home.

Carol and I are hitting the road again June 1 with our daughter-in-law and four

grandchildren to go

to Virginia

visit three US history museums, then end up at Myrtle

Beach for a week with the rest

of the family. We

will come

home the week of June 15th

then head out for Indiana beach June 19th

for the MAB rally.

Isn’t motor homing the greatest? I just love paying for the fuel!! LOL!

Submitted By,

Carol Hardacre

MAB, Secretary