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News from the CONY Governance Committee The governance committee for 2011/2012 includes the following members: CONY 1st Vice Chairman Bill Perry, Kim Foro, Doug Brown, Scott Sherwood, Truman Hartshorn, and Ed Marden.
wanted to BE THE BEST! Other goals we will be trying to achieve will be to work to continue showing our existing members all the value that CONY brings to their business whether it be from marketing, education or advocacy. We also want to study our regions and explore realigning the regions to coincide with the New York State vacation regions, which will possibly eliminate two regions.
The governance committee has Bill Perry many goals that it would like to accomplish this year. One of our first goals is to increase membership. This is generally a challenge but with all of the member benefits and ser“At this time the vices we currently have in place and what is being worked on hopefully prospective committee would like members will see all the value of being a to challenge each and CONY member. Another goal is that we would like to increase collaborative partnerships for the organization. With the increase of membership hopefully we will be able to also increase our vendor base and the number of exhibitors that attend the expo and zone meetings. With the increase in memberships and vendors this will help keep our overall membership dues down as well as allow us to better members with more benefits and services.
every campground
owner to bring a new member to CONY. I’m sure we all know a non-member campground.”
serve our
In the last 3-4 years CONY has brought back the show program, designed a new logo, collaborated on a DVD, implemented an E-news letter, created an on line reservation system, produced bags for shows, upgraded to a full color directory, added a digital directory to the website , and is set to unveil a new smart phone app soon.
At this time the committee would like to challenge each and every campground owner to bring a new member to CONY. I’m sure we all know a non-member campground. Over the years we have all heard some campground owners say they don’t need CONY. They are able to run their park on their own. Spending all that money I don’t see the benefits, and so on. I would like to challenge this by saying, Many things go on ―behind the scenes.‖ Most people that are not directly involved with their organization don’t realize all that CONY is and does. A lot of which is legislative issues. Our ―Watch Dog‖ Pete O’Connell, diligently keeps an eye on the people in Albany, making sure that laws don’t get passed which could harm our businesses.
I personally feel that being part of CONY is a huge asset. I have not only saved tens of thousands of dollars along the way, but also have learned a great deal in being involved on the board, talking with other campground owners, and in the seminars that I have attended. My membership with CONY and all the benefits out weighs the time and money spent over the past 17 plus years.
———————————— Your CONY board is always looking for new programs and technology for its members. If you don’t Editor’s Note: If you’d like to meet the challenge of bringrealize it just to let you know that CONY is per- ing a new campground into CONY, you can start by inviting ceived to be one of the top three Campground them to join you at a CONY Zone Meeting coming up in associations in the entire country. That says a lot March. PLUS...EARN A $100 RECRUITMENT for your board and President. This started with Clyde FEE FOR SIGNING UP A NEW MEMBER! See Taylor four years ago when we realized that we your CONY member binder for a copy of the recruitment form. 10