Thursday July 2nd

REPA Dues:

REPA Treasurer Jerry Frost reports that as of July 1st we have 210 REPA folks in Bad Standing for non-payment of their 2009 Dues. The breakdown is 179 Regular Members, 30 Affiliates and 1 Subscriber.

In a few days Jerry will be sending a Dues Reminder, by First Class postage, to all 210 who are in Arrears. If you are unsure as to your Dues status then you might want to check with Jerry quickly (to save him some work and REPA some postage!)… His contact information is in the recent REPA Roster (2008/09) and all recent issues of REPArtee… It is also on the Contact Info page of this Website.

Those who have not paid their current year Dues are placed in Bad Standing on July 1st of that year and are removed from the REPA Database on January 1st of the following year.

REPA Convention Reservations:

We spoke to the Francis Marion Hotel this morning (the site of our 2009 REPA Convention in Charleston, SC) and they confirmed that while we are considerably over our contracted Room Block the REPA Rate is still being honored ($111.38 all-inclusive)… They did say that rooms on Wednesday, September 9th (the last night of our convention) are very tight now and it is possible that accommodations will not be available the night of the Banquet…. Sooooooooo… If planning to attend we strongly suggest you call the Francis Marion today at 1-877-756-2121 (toll-free) and make your reservations.

Remember, making your room reservations with the Francis Marion is only half the job! You still need to send in your check ($180 per person) with the Registration Form to Jerry Frost… That form (and its Instructions) is available on the REPA Website Registration page as well as in the summer issue of REPArtee.

And if you plan to play in the REPA Convention Golf Tournament (Scramble Format) then please let Co-chairs Bill Schulz and Curt Whaley know by sending in the Golf Sign-up Form, with check. The form is also available on the Registration page of the website, as well as on page 27 of the summer REPArtee.

As mentioned above, we are considerably over our planned Room Block (and thus Attendees) so it promises to be a very successful Convention… We hope you will be one of those enjoying what Charleston has to offer….

See you in a couple of months!

Thursday, May 28th

Folks….

Carrie and I, along with Bill and Su Reeves, just returned from our Pre-Convention Meeting with Stephen Parker, our POC at the Francis Marion… It was very productive and about all the final items were settled…

While there we got an updated Rooming List and it showed only 36 room-nights remaining in our Block!!!! Of course I asked them if they would continue to accept reservations at the REPA rate once we hit 365 room-nights. The answer was “Yes, depending on other bookings….. (for the time we are there)”… Clearly we have no GTE that they will…. So if you, or someone you know, want to come and have not yet made your/their reservations then you might want to call right now (1-877-756-2121)!

We also met with Charleston resident Keith Riddle, the Guest Speaker for the Ladies Luncheon… We came away from that meeting knowing that the ladies will enjoy hearing what he has to say!

The Banquet Presentation, Eres Tu, is finished for all practical purposes… Only some last minute final tuning now! We met with the A/V representative and are happy with the arrangements made for the showing… As in Chattanooga we will have two 10 x 10 ft screens with high-lumen projectors… It will be connected to the hotel’s built-in Surround Sound System (as was done in Chattanooga) so we feel it will be properly presented…..

All in all everything is right on track for our September 7th Convention!

Jim Holder

Tuesday, May 5th

Folks…

We are pleased to report that the summer 2009 issue of REPArtee was mailed yesterday, Monday, May 4th…

Those 122 members who paid the $10.00 for First Class delivery may get their magazines today, or if not, then in the next few days…

The remaining approximate 1200 sent by Standard Mail will trickle out as the Post Office sees fit! Seriously, most will be delivered in 10 days or less…

Those members who did not have their current address on file with REPA will have to wait until the Post Office notifies me that your magazine was trashed and I get over my little Hissy Fit about the loss, after which I will try to find out where you are… Hopefully I will be able to locate you and if so will send a replacement magazine!

This magazine has much on the upcoming REPA Convention in Charleston, starting on September 7th. We have the 16 pages of color starting on page 17 (the Invitation Page). Since we wanted to maximize the color to best advantage we placed the Registration Form, its Instructions and Directions to the Francis Marion Hotel in various places in the non-color section of the magazine, as they have no color on them…

Again we wish to point out that the reservations with the Francis Marion are running considerably ahead of what we expected at this time… We are well over half way towards attaining the required room-nights and have well over half of our block of rooms reserved. Therefore we continue to urge all who plan to attend the convention to go ahead and call the Francis Marion Hotel (1-877-756-2121) now and make your reservations… It is possible that the hotel rooms will all be taken way before the Cut-off date of August 6th…

Anyhow there is a lot more about the convention in the summer REPArtee… We hope you enjoy reading it!

Jim Holder

Sunday, February 8th

We have activated the Hot Buttons that enable you view and download the Convention Registration form and its Instructions. Also the Golf Sign-up Form... If you wish to get a head start on sending in your forms and check then go to the Registration page on this website and download the forms... Of course they will be included in the summer issue of REPArtee, still set for mailing the first week in May... Also we invite you to visit the Convention News page on this website, there you can see some photos of the Francis Marion Hotel. This renovated but still Grand Old Hotel is the site for our September 7-9 Convention in Charleston, SC...

Friday, January 9th

The REPA BOD had the required Meeting yesterday, Thursday, January 8th. Some items of interest were that the office of Secretary and incoming Director henceforth shall be combined. This means that REPA now has six (6) Directors. Not only will this be a more economical Board (in these tough times) but it will continue to streamline our operation. Our new Director, "Bud" Robbins immediately commenced taking the minutes as soon as the meeting started, as he saw what was about to happen!

Also the Nominating Committee submitted their Slate of Officers for 2010 and it was adopted by the BOD. Bob Drawdy has agreed to serve and if elected will be our new Director and Secretary in 2010.

Captain Jim Talton was unanimously selected to be inducted into the REPA Hall of Fame. This will occur at the Banquet in Charleston on September 8th. His daughters, Su Reeves and Frankie Talton have been invited to accept this award on Jim's behalf

Saturday, January 3rd

The winter 2009 issue of REPArtee was mailed about three weeks ago and probably most have received their copy by now... However due to the holidays we are aware that some sent by Standard Mail were not delivered in a timely manner.... If you have not received yours perhaps it will arrive next week!

In this magazine you will find the 2009 Dues Envelope... Please take the time to write your check and get it in the mail to Jerry Frost, our Treasurer... As you know the Dues should be paid on the first day of January each year... They are $40 for Regular Members and $35 for Affilates... Widows do not pay Dues but many do make a contribution to the Kitty to help offset the cost of printing and postage for the publications!

Friday, November 14th

Please go to REPA News (button just to the left on this page) for an update on the REPA motion concerning an offer to discuss a merger with the Silver Falcons. Also there you will see short blurb on the upcoming REPA Board of Directors Meeting...

Remember, REPA Dues are due on January 1st of each year so please use the enclosed envelope (in the magazine) to mail yours in on or before January 1, 2009...

Friday, October 24th

REPA Treasurer Jerry Frost advises that most of those in Bad Standing have paid their 2008 dues however 24 Regular Members and 7 Affiliate Members are still in danger of being removed from the Database... Per the Bylaws this will happen on January 1st... We do not want to lose any members so if you are in doubt as to your status regarding dues payment then please contact either Jerry or Jim Holder.

See the Roster and Magazines as well as the Contact Info page on this website for methods to get in touch with us...

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)…

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