[encantotom]

Newell Gurus Spearfish Rally Information and Request

Hello Gurus,

I wanted to give you an update on our activities that we have tentatively planned.

First, for those of you that are attending the Rally I wanted to thank you for planning on attending. For those of you who cannot be there, we will miss you and hope you can attend the next one. We started out just thinking there would be a few of us getting together and it has grown to over 20 coaches so far. Todd Flickema has done a lot of leg work on things and it is much appreciated.

Ok.....now for some plans (that could change since we are quite casual)

Darlene and I will be hosting a welcome reception at our coach on Saturday as you arrive. Come on over and register and pick up your stuff and sign up for what activities you are interested in.

We will have 2 organized potluck dinners. There will be a signup sheet at our place as you register.

The first will be Sunday night. The second will be Friday Nite. (subject to change) They will be held at the Ramada. We are going to have Michael Day do his History of Newell Coach presentation at one of them.

We will also have on Monday and Tuesday (days could change) nights Coach Open Houses. For those that are interested we will have half of the coaches open for walk thru's (feel free to have refreshments at your coach if you want) with the other half the next night. That way those that are not hosting can tour through the coaches. Totally optional, as is everything.

We will have a number of seminars/workshops, this could grow or shrink based demand or others offering.

1. Rudy Legett will be doing a seminar on Aquahot. He is a factory authorized Aquahot serviceman and will share his experiences with us.

Rudy has offered his help for any of us that want to do things ourselves. for those of you that dont want to do that, then as he puts it....he can be bought. rumor has it that Roger Burke may pop by and the two of them school us in aquahot....then we would have the two best aquahot guys around....

2. John Clark from the Newell factory will be attending and has offered to do a seminar on Electrical, Lubricants, Tires, and Preventative Maintenance

3. Richard Entrekin will be doing two seminars. The first is on HVAC. The second is on air suspensions.

If anyone is interested in a group coach inspection we will have a signup sheet for whoever wants it and who wants to help do it. This can be fun and help each other.

In our 2 other rally's we also had a lot of spontaneous fixing of stuff. I am sure that will happen as well.

Wow, that is a lot of info. I hope it doesn't scare you off. We will be really informal and you can participate in whatever you want or not.

There are lots of things to do around Spearfish.

Darlene and I will be there on Friday nite to get settled in early.

There will be some momento's available and I will need to get commitments from each of you if you would like to purchase any of them so we can order them and get them done before we leave. I will cover the initial cost but will need to get that money back from you guys. (hey I am retired and no paycheck anymore)

We will have Gray Newell Gurus Elkhorn Ridge T-Shirts for sale. Cost will be in the $10 range each and xxl and xxxl 2 dollars more. I will not make any money on them. The representative picture is below. They will be screen printed shirts. Thanks to Jeff Binion for doing the logo. They will be 6 oz nice tshirts.

I am also planning on having Newell Gurus baseball caps with the new logo that Jeff also did for us. The hats will be nice ones that are black and will be embroidered. Estimated cost is also $10-12. The Newell Gurus Below is a mock up. The actual logo will be a bit smaller. This was just one Darlene did a rough mock up of.

In addition there will be offered by order (and I plan on picking them up from Jeff on the way) custom hand made Newell Guru etched glass coffee mugs or root beer mugs. They are clear glass and hand etched by Jeff. He is offering them at a very reasonable price. I will just need to know how many if any, that each of you would like. The pictures are below. They are awesome.

Handled Rootbeer Mug $8.50 ea 25 oz
Handled Coffee Mug $7.50 ea 13 oz

The etching is deep hand carving...not laser or other type surface decor

Both are heavy USA made glass.

There will also be some special gifts that are handmade by Darlene and then a special surprise from one of our Gurus Members.

There will be some door prizes that were kindly donated by GoodSam/Woodalls.

The Rally team (Todd, Clarke and I along with Dawn, Elaine and Darlene) are looking forward to seeing all of you.

If you want any of the items above I need to know quickly. For those attending the rally I will bring them with me and will stop in Oklahoma to see Jeff and pick up any of the mugs that people ordered.

I will need to have the shirt and Mug orders by Friday May 17th

Please email me at [email protected] or private message me quickly as I have to get them made before I leave at the end of May. For shirts I have to order 24 as a minimum. If I dont get orders for 24 I likely won't make them. This is no money making activity. I don't want to be stuck with things I can't use for Darlene and I. I will pay for them initially and then you can pay me at the rally.

Please let me know........... By May 17th.

How many Rally T shirts and what sizes.    

How many 25 oz root beer mugs    

How many 13 oz Coffee mugs    

How many Newell Gurus baseball caps (the logo will be smaller than the mockup in the picture).    

If any of you that are not attending the rally want any of this stuff let me know and I can send it to you if you cover shipping.

Thank you again for being our friends,

The Rally planners, Todd, Clarke and Tom