{"id":3590,"date":"2016-05-12T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2016-05-12T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T01:01:26","slug":"own-a-gmc-why-you-should-join-a-gmc-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2016\/05\/12\/own-a-gmc-why-you-should-join-a-gmc-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Own a GMC? Why you should join a GMC club."},"content":{"rendered":"
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People new to the Classic GMC Motorhome are amazed about the amount of information and help that is available to them \u2013 primarily via the internet (GMCnet and now Facebook) but also via GMC clubs. All they have to do is ask a question and people are \u201ccrawling out of the woodwork\u201d to help them. There is even a list of people who are willing to try to help people who are just passing through their areas with their GMC\u2019s.<\/p>\n

It is not obvious, so let me point out that the vast majority of that valuable GMC-specific information is available because GMC people (GMCers) have documented it \u2013 almost always for presentations at various club rallies. In fact, without the GMC clubs we GMCers would probably be like the owners of most other classic motor homes …\u00a0mostly on our own.<\/p>\n

GMC Western States, GMC Eastern States, local clubs and now GMC Motorhomes International (on June 1st<\/sup>) make our technical information (developed as tech seminars for\u00a0rallies, written for newsletter articles and recorded in databases) available to anyone who needs it. GMCMI will even make their online parts interchange database available to anyone who needs it \u2013 member or not. The only information the clubs keep as \u201cmembers only\u201d now is membership data.<\/p>\n

Attending rallies is not the primary purpose of joining clubs \u2013 contributing to their support is. Running rallies, publishing data, and maintaining web sites costs money. Joining the clubs \u2013 the bigger clubs who generate and distribute the information, and your local club where there is lots of information, help, and friendship \u2013 supports those activities. \u00a0And to all you younger GMC owners, just remember, a lot of us may be senior citizens\u00a0but, when it comes to GMCs, we are all still kids and, when we get together we cannot stop talking about our toys (GMC\u2019s).<\/p>\n

Carol and I belong to GMCMI, GMCWS, and GMCSJ (Saguaro Jetset \u2013 local to AZ and NM).\u00a0 We cannot usually attend GMCMI rallies because they are too far away but we have managed three of them in our almost 10 years of ownership. We have attended all of the GMCWS rallies in the past 5 years and we attend most of the GMCSJ rallies each Winter. Our membership in GMCMI has always been to support the club\u2019s mission in spite of our inability to attend most rallies.<\/p>\n

Without your support, the clubs will not be able to continue developing, maintaining and promoting the new products and ideas that GMCers will continue to develop and present at rallies. Your membership fee supports the clubs\u2019 missions \u2013 preserving and promoting the Classic GMC Motorhome. Join some clubs today.<\/p>\n

Armand Minnie<\/p>\n

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People new to the Classic GMC Motorhome are amazed about the amount of information and help that is available to them \u2013 primarily via the internet (GMCnet and now Facebook) but also via GMC clubs. All they have to do is ask a question and people are \u201ccrawling out of the woodwork\u201d to help them. […]<\/p>\n

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