Thursday, May 8, 2008

We can report that the summer issue of REPArtee was mailed right on time and perhaps many who had paid for First Class got theirs today... If not they should arrive before the weekend. Of course the rest of us who have Standard Mailing will have to wait till next week or longer to receive our copy... Sometimes it takes as much as 3 weeks for the Post Office to deliver Standard mailed items... But REPA saves about $4,000.00 per issue by using Standard Mail instead of First Class...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Great News!

For those with winter or summer homes and especially for your Editor!

Our Treasurer and Keeper of the Database, Jerry Frost, has been working on a program that will enable him to keep TWO (2) Address of Record for those needing same… He reports that it is now up and running. So effective immediately those with winter or summer homes (or any others who might have two addresses and who would benefit from this new program) should contact Jerry (or your editor) and give us the below information…

(1)Your primary Address of Record including telephone number and E-mail address if desired…

(2) Also your secondary Address of Record including telephone number if one there. This would be the summer or winter home for most folks…

(3) Now this is very important so make sure you have it down pat! We need to know the Date you will be going to and returning from your secondary Address of Record.

Jerry says that when the above is entered into the Database he will have the ability each time a publication mailing list is generated, twice a year on odd years and three times a year on even years (when we also mail the new roster) to have either your primary or secondary address printed on your publication.

Now also remember, you have the ability to change any address or date any time you wish. Just contact either Jerry or myself with those changes. We will enter the information and that will become your NEW primary and secondary Address of Record (along with the dates you go from one to the other) and remain so until you change it with us again… You can make the changes by telephone, US Mail (our addresses are in the REPA Roster and REPArtee) or E-mail… As before we do not mind one bit how many times you make the changes, as long as you do it!!

As for mailing dates, we try each year to mail the summer REPArtee the first part of May and the winter issue the tail end of December (so the Dues Envelope will arrive in time for mailing by the Due Date of January 1st each year)... Sometimes though we are unable to get the winter issue out until the very first part of January.

The REPA Roster is always scheduled to be mailed in early or mid March (even years)…

If this new program works out (and we need your help to make it work!) then perhaps the long list of Temporarily Away notices will cease arriving in my mailbox…

And the need for First Class mailing will disappear too. Truthfully though, due to the Post Office not following their own rules, we must report that First Class mailings have been a big disappointment as regards Temporarily Away forwarding…

Jerry Frost has worked hard on this important new program so we do owe him a very big Thank You!

Jim Holder

Sunday, April 6, 2008

We are well into the process of putting the summer issue of REPArtee together... If it stays on schedule we hope to have it mailed in about a month, that being the first part of May. If you will still be at a winter home or preparing to go to a summer home and suspect that your resulting address may not be the one on file with REPA on May 1st then please double check with us by any means possible (EM, phone call, letter, note, carrier pigeon or whatever)... We would much rather take a little time now to insure the correct mailing address than try to track you down later (not to mention the cost of replacement magazines and the mailing thereof)..

Jerry Frost (our Treasurer) asks that I remind those who have not paid their 2008 Dues to please do so... The amount is $40 for Regular Members, $35 for Affiliates and $25 for Subscibers. As you know widows are not required to pay dues but many make an annual contribution to the Kitty to cover the cost of their magazines and so on...

Jerry reports as of today we have unpaid:

132 Regular Members, 25 Affiliates and 1 Subscriber...

If the 2008 Dues are not paid by July 1st then the member goes into Bad Standing and if not paid by December 31st then the member will be removed from the database. This per the REPA Bylaws...

Saturday, March 22, 2008

We have pretty much completed the Convention News and Registration pages of this website. We invite you to visit both as they have boocoo information on the upcoming REPA Convention at the Sawgrass Marriott, which starts on September 2nd... Of course there will be much more about the convention in the upcoming summer issue of REPArtee, which has gone to the Graphics Designer and should be mailed the early part of May... Sign up early so as to take the pressure off your REPA Board of Directors!!! We appreciate that very much!!! And remember that we give a full refund on your Convention payment if you find that you cannot attend (and let us know) before it actually starts!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

We are happy to announce that the 2008/2009 REPA Roster was mailed today! As all should recall we publish the roster every two years.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Yesterday, we OK'd the final proof of the upcoming 2008 - 2009 REPA Roster... It is scheduled to commence the printing process on the 18th and will be mailed the very end of February or the first week in March... As before we changed the color of the back and front covers (a soft red for this issue) so as to make it easier to know which is the latest version. Those 105 or so who paid for First Class should receive theirs a few days after mailing, the rest over the next two weeks or so...

The summer issue of REPArtee is taking shape and we expect it to go to the printers the tail end of March or early April, with a planned mailing date the first part of May... As before this will be the Pre-convention issue and will have much about the Sawgrass Convention that commences on September 2nd...

Much more about the convention will be placed on this website later, including the Registration form and its Instructions as well as the Form for those wishing to play in the Golf Tournament (on the Registration page).

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

REPA President Ross McCort asked that the following information be placed on the REPA Website...

The REPA BOD, in accordance with the Bylaws, will present the following Slate of Officers for 2009 to the Membership for consideration and election at the Sawgrass Convention Business Meeting on September 3rd.

Please note that due to the resignation of VP/President Elect Duane Gordon last Friday, at the BOD Meeting, it was neccessary to select another as President for the proposed Slate, as Duane would not be moving up to that position. The Board felt that, under the circumstances, the person selected should be a Past President.

President ............ Jim Holder
V/P-Pres Elect..... Bill Moore
Secretary ............Byrant Balkcum
Treasurer.............Jerry Frost
Conv Chairman.....Jim Gardner
REPA Editor..........Jim Holder
Director...............Bud Robbins

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The REPA BOD held its first meeting of 2008 yesterday in Peachtree City, GA. Attending this Board meeting for the first time were our new Director, Bill Moore and our new Convention Chairman, Jim Gardner.

Most of the meeting dealt with preparations for the upcoming Convention in September at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. This included work on the registration form and its instructions, as commencing this year those attending will be making their own reservations at the convention hotel. Much more on the convention will be forthcoming in the summer edition of REPArtee, now set for a May mailing.

The REPA Board unaminously selected Captain Virgil Tedder, former President of REPA and currently the Atlanta REPA Luncheon leader, as the 2008 inductee for the REPA Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at the Sawgrass Convention Banquet on September 4th.

Sadly the Board accepted the resignation of Vice President Duane Gordon who stated at the meeting that, for health reasons, he could not continue to serve. Present at the Board Meeting was Don Teel who was elected, per the Bylaws, to serve out the remainder of Duane's 2008 term of office.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Happy New Year!!!

Well, we can report that the winter issue of REPArtee was mailed right on time back on December 26th... That is the good news! However one little goof-up did occur but our printing company (Geographics) is sending a First Class letter, at their expense, that we wrote to explain what happened. Which was that the incorrect 2008 Dues envelope was inserted... Basically the one from a couple of years ago was printed by mistake and it has some out-dated information on it... So please disregard the line about purchasing copies of the Best of REPArtee... We no longer have any! Instead that line should be for those wishing to pay for First Class postage to record the $10.00 for each year and then add it into the total further down on the form... So, again, ignore the bit about buying Best of REPArtee magazines and instead use that line to include payment for First Class mailing of your REPA publications... Remember too that the $10.00 is only for each year...

The REPA Board will be meeting Friday (1/11) at the Hampton Inn in Peachtree City, GA... More later on this website about what transpired...

Again,,,,, Happy New Year and we hope you enjoy your winter issue of REPArtee....

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Our Treasurer, Jerry Frost, advises that we have as unpaid for 2007 Dues: 14 Regular Members, 7 Affiliates and 1 Subscriber, for a total of 22 people... As per the REPA Bylaws these 22 people will be removed from our database on January 1st for non-payment. They have received numerous notices and will get one more in the upcoming winter issue of REPArtee. If you are one of this 22 then urge you to send your check in to avoid being expunged from the database.

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