Believe it or not, it is December 2011 and I am trying to remember how this year went by so fast! It has been a very exciting year at the Home Office with everyone cross-training, taking on new responsibilities and learning new skills. We are becoming more efficient than ever before all in the name of better serving you, our Members and working toward better marketing GWRRA in the world economy.

It has also been a great year for me personally and as the year comes to an end, I sit here counting all my blessings knowing that GWRRA, my extended family and my natural family have been my joy and pleasure. I have seen GWRRA grow from a few hundred people back when I was a volunteer at Wing Ding 1 to over 70,000 Members in 55 countries today. It has been my honor to have served in many positions from a volunteer to the 1st CD in Colorado in 1980, to their DD, to Executive Director, to Marketing Director, to a Board Member, and I will never forget how all these positions have taught me so much. Now, I look toward to my retirement at the end of this year and being able to have the time to travel and visit more of my GWRRA Friends & Family, Chapters and events throughout the world.

I want to publicly thank Paul Hildebrand, who not only started GWRRA back in 1977, but also has given me, as well as many people in GWRRA, the opportunity to learn and grow with GWRRA. The opportunities availed to me by him, by asking me to start a Chapter in Colorado and then becoming GWRRA's Exec., were nothing short of an advanced degree in Association Management and allowing me to grow professionally and personally in many, many ways. I know for many of you who have also joined our Officer ranks, can attest to the same process. Those who take advantage of the opportunities to get involved with any of GWRRA's Programs will grow and learn and can take these skills to their professional and personal lives.  And knowing him as I do, I know one of his biggest goals was to SAVE LIVES and he has certainly attained that goal. So, THANK YOU PAUL, for your vision and for your willingness to allow us to share your dream!

I will still be kept on as a consultant, to write the Wingin' It, so please keep sending me your articles and stories. We need your feedback to keep this e-newsletter going each month, and now that I will be working from home and on the road, it will be more than critical that you assist me. Help me help GWRRA, with your positive experiences of your Chapter, travelogues, our programs, Gold Book stories, helpful Dealers and fellow Members, etc.

Check our our newest Business Member and featured Business of the Month in the left column below, as well as our Featured Member Benefit of the Month.

As a quick update, as of this writing we already have 24 Members signed up for the GWRRA 35th Anniversary Cruise. Please check out the ad on the side below and sign up quickly, as we only have a limited number of cabins to offer at this incredible rate. And remember, these rates include all port charges, fees, and all tips. Reserve your cabin here.

From my wife Rose and I, my two sons and three grandchildren, we wish each of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and Happy Kwanzaa. Be safe, be grateful, and have fun with your family and friends. I am so grateful for my many, many years of FUN and experiences with GWRRA, for all I have learned and shared and for all the lifetime friends I have made!

I'll talk with you again next year!

Have fun, 

  

Ed Price

  

Marketing Director

GWRRA

 

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