VCCC NEWSLETTER INFO/UPDATE!!!!!!!

[gottahaveahoove]

I am meeting with Sam Addison this week to discuss the newsletter! I came home with great 'stuff' for the 'post-convention issue'. Now............... I NEED people to send photos that were taken in Oklahoma City.
Yes. Kids, it's going to be a great newsletter.
Thanks.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Hard to believe, BUT............................

I'm also getting ideas, items, etc. ready to prepare the CHRISTMAS newsletter. Yes, there WILL be a Christmas "Holiday" edition too. I asked for help...........and, I GOT it!
GREAT stuff is coming.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Also, Sam Addison is going to do the newsletter, once again

He is a very creative man, full of ideas. With a little inspiration (4 eyes are always better than 2), I can only imagine how nice, new, fresh, etc it's going to be.
I'll be contacting Alex Taber, too. The reason is simple: We're dedicating the newsletter to the memory of one of the "pioneers of The VCCC, Ann R. Taber". She was the one who first typed them when the club was in it's infancy. I know Alex will be touched to see that none of us has forgotten his mom, Ann.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Remember:

IF there is ANYTHING you'd like to see or put in our newsletter, NOW is your chance to submit it.
Once we get rolling, it's gonna go fast....like the rest of the Summer.
lolol

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Well, I spent hours at SAm's house last night

WE went over tons of stuff. The newsletter will be fresh, new, fun, etc. Sam is very creative. I think/trust/hope you're all going to be very pleased and satisfied with the results. A few 'mock ups 'will be made, changes, etc.
WE found a wonderful photo of Alex Taber AND his late mother, Ann.
I am very proud and pleased to say that we, The VCCC, are dedicating this newsletter to her. She was there from the very beginning. I think it is only fitting.
I hope Alex will be pleased with what we're doing for both him and his mother, Ann R. Taber.


We're also starting to bounce around things for the Christmas "Holiday" issue.
IF anyone has anything, wants anything to go int there.................... sharpen your pencils.

 

[kenkart]

The discontinuation

Of the newsletter is one of the reasons I left the VCCC .Im glad its back.,As Clay Floyd stated That is the only product the club has, without it, why pay dues.A printed hardcopy newsletter is a must in any club.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

That is very true, Hans

Well, the HARD COPY newsletter is BACK with a PUNCH!!
In 2 years, the VCCC convention will be held in Scranton, PA, about an 8 hour drive from North Carolina. Might I offer you an invitation to at least reconsider rejoining? I know there has been a lot of 'bad blood' in the PAST. where it belongs. I had nothing to do with it. Yet, I, myself, have been ridiculed, made fun of, threatened, even by others who don't know me, and NEVER really will.I'm not about to go down any unpleasant road.
But, I've chosen the 'high road' and have risen above the stench. If you'd care to belong to The VCCC once more, that would be great. If not, I totally understand. You and I have never had a cross word. I can't see that changing .
The decision is entirely yours. But, consider it, at least.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

i thought the 2021 convention was going to be in santa fe, nm did that change?

 

[kloveland]

I think most of the club wanted a printed copy of the newsletter. We revisited the issue after we had voted to go paperless at the Minneapolis convention in 2011. I am extremely happy that Sam and John are taking over the newsletter. I hope that there are no hard feelings. Personally, I've never done anything harmful to people inside or outside of the club. Especially online. I really wish a certain person or groups of people would really think things through before jumping to conclusions. After all it's just a vacuum club. I have much important things to attend to such as ill grandparents and my job. You can believe me or not. It's your choice! I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Anyway back to the newsletter. We are still acquiring photos and stories to go into the newsletter. I really appreciate John and Sam for doing the brunt of the work. Thanks again!

 

[louvac]

Newsletter suggestions

Hi John,

Long time no speak (pardon the pun!)

One thing that makes the newsletter most resourceful is to have pictures labeled and with the names of the people in them, and pictures of machines with the model numbers listed with production years listed (perhaps in parenthesis).

Anytime something is pictured it should disclose the sources otherwise they are just pictures. If an article is submitted, then it should include the writer's name and along with the city/state in which they live. Sometimes an article needs to be prefaced as do pictures. Events that are described should include dates. Some past newsletters would show an ad, but no explanation as to what year it was published and what model number and brand it is.

In other words, the newsletters with good source information will serve as a sound reference later on when information is needed.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Point taken.

This is why we welcome all ideas, suggestions, etc.
I'm meeting with Sam again tomorrow night. We'll organize pages, setups, displays, articles, etc.
NOW IS THE TIME to add ANYTHING you'd like in there.
Pretty soon, it will be too late.
There are some great things going in it. A touching tribute to Ann R. Taber, for instance. (She was the club's original secretary, and son of co-founder, Alex.
SOON, we will be getting ready for the Holiday issue... lots of Christmas stuff.
AGAIN, IF you want things in it............................. here's your chance.
I know there will be attention paid to ALL makes of machines. And, I'm all HOOVER. But, it will not be a "Hoover" issue...... but................
Also, we're working on the "roster". IF you do not wish your name to be on it..............................."Coming: Christmas, 2019"

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Well, progress is being made!!!!!

We spent hours last night going over layout, articles, pouring over photos,etc.

I think you're gonna like this newsletter. (Well, some probably won't like it). Also, I know nonmembers will see it. and some will have comments. My ears are already burning.
But................... the rest...................... enjoy!
Already thinking about the Christmas issue. YES, there WILL be a Christmas holiday issue, too.
Stay tuned........

 

[gottahaveahoove]

We have some wonderful ideas for Christmas.

IF you have any stories, photos, ideas, poems, memories about vacuums at Christmastime, NOW IS YOU CHANCE TO MAKE THEM PART OF THE NEWSLETTER.
You'll be amazed at how fast it's gonna fly by.

 

[jscarlato]

How to Join Again

I was a dues-paying member of the VCCC a few years ago. How do I go about rejoining?

 

[kloveland]

There's a PayPal link on our website. All the information is there. Looking forward to seeing you again Joe! I remember talking with you at the Kirby convention in 2014.

http://www.vacuumcleanercollectorsclub.org/membership/
http://www.vacuumcleanercollectorsclub.org/membership/

 

[eurekaexpress]

Thanks Kenny,

I'm hopping to come to next years convention to see you and everyone else.

 

[eurekaexpress]

Thanks Kenny,

I'm hopping to come to next years convention to see you and everyone else.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I was in contact with Alex Taber

He asked me to relay this to The VCCC and other friends of his.
He is THRILLED that we are dedicating the upcoming newsletter to his late mother, Anne R. Taber.
He also was pleased to say that he recently went to his doctor.
He has been declared "CANCER free".
Great news.
John

 

[gottahaveahoove]

The next time Sam and I meet,

we'll perfect the text for the newsletter.
I'm known as the "grammar Nazi" at the college. Simple things: like spelling plurals correctly. Like, when people accidentally say "Hoover's" instead of Hoovers. HOOVERs is plural, where Hoover's is singular possessive. Asking, "Hoover's WHAT"?
Of course, we all can, and do, make errors. But, for a printed newsletter, it must be correct.
I teach English.
"Thank you, Sister Pauline". (She was the BEST grammarian on the planet).