Mexican Connection Chapter 8Mexican Connection Chapter 8 holds one rally a year in Mexico. It is our mission to introduce RVers to the wonderful Mexican people and to experience confident RV travel in Mexico by themselves or with others. Please read below for information. 
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The purpose of Chapter 8 is to:
-Introduce new Escapees Chapter 8 Mexican Connection members to RV travel in Mexico, its scenery, traditions, food, culture and folklore.
-Travel south of the border and give back more than the enriching experiences we gain, through charity donations and business patronization.
-Enable Chapter 8 members to feel comfortable to return to Mexico for future rallies as well as their own road trip adventures.
Chapter 8 publishes a quarterly newsletter along with maintaining this Escapees based website as well as a Mexican Connection Website. The Chapter sponsors an annual RV rally, which is a large group trip, into Mexico and helps with the charitable activities of the Escapees and charitable missions in Mexico.
At the one official rally each year in Mexico, officers are elected, a site selected for the next year's rally, charitable contributions determined, and other chapter business is conducted.
MEMBERSHIP or CONTACT INFORMATION
To become members of the Mexican Connection Chapter 8, please submit the following Chapter 8 Membership Form. Thhe initial cost of registration is $8, including the dues for the first year, then an annual fee of $6 due each year in April.
To contact the Membership Chairmem, write to Pete Petrie by email at PetrieAE@earthlink.net. Upcoming Rallies and EventsChapter Voice Mail Information: 888-757-7701 ext. 8008
LATEST NEWS! 2011 Rally Bridge Between 2 Countries
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Chapter 8 plans to hold a rally in the McAllen Texas area next year, starting Monday January 31st until Friday February 4th. For more details click on the link below.
The Mexican Connection Chapter 8 2011 Rally in McAllen, Texas, latest news and details.
The Rally 2011 Rally Registration Form is available and can be submitted on Sept 1, 2010. Click on the BLUE link to download the form.
The SUMMER 2010 NEWSLETTER is available on this PDF link.
WANTED FOR MEXICAN CONNECTION CHAPTER 8: TREASURER
I am sorry to report that Earl Reese has found it necessary to resign as treasurer of Chapter 8, due to health reasons. By way of this post I am asking for someone in the Chapter 8 community to step forward to handle the chapter check book for the balance of Earl's one year term. This is not a difficult task, but one that is important. It will be a critical task for the 2011 Rally. Please contact me at the email address below for more information. In the meantime, please keep Earl & Nancy in your thoughts and prayers.
WANTED FOR MEXICAN CONNECTION CHAPTER 8: SECRETARY
The position of SECRETARY for Chapter 8 will need to be filled at the 2011 Rally (Februrary 2011). This is an easy position that involves recording and reading the minutes at the annual General Meeting and Annual Board meeting; participating in voting issues by the board during the year; helping to organize the pre rally registration procedures and activities; contributing to newsletters during the year; etc. I am asking someone in the Chapter 8 community to please step forward to volunteer to fill this important position. This position will be voted on at the 2011 Rally General Meeting. Please contact me at the email address below or any board member for more information.
WANTED FOR MEXICAN CONNECTION CHAPTER 8: 2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Our 2nd Vice President has recently resigned, and he had been planning an El Fuerte/Copper Canyon 2012 Rally. The rally will not occur without a 2nd VP transitioning into the Wagonmaster for 2012. I am asking someone in the Chapter 8 community to step forward to handle the planning of a 2012 Rally. As 2nd Vice President you have the option to choose a Rally location with approval of the board and general membership at the 2011 Rally. You do not have to stay with the previously proposed El Fuerte/Copper Canyon location. Please contact me at the email address below or any board member for more information.
Ed Biller
President
Mexican Connection
prezbiller@yahoo.com
IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL IN MEXICO (The BOARD responds)
This question has been asked recently by many people, especially in light of the current and increasing physical violence along the border and within Mexico. Chapter 8 The Mexican Connection wants to make it clear that neither Chapter 8 nor the Escapees RV Club provides liability coverage, and everyone traveling into Mexico must provide their own insurance for travel, medical, and emergency evacuation coverage.
The decision to travel in Mexico implies that those members assume all risks to themselves and their equipment. This has always been the policy of Chapter 8 The Mexican Connection and the Escapee RV Club.
There is risk to traveling in Mexico, as there is risk in traveling anywhere. The question is, how much risk? And is it a level of risk you are comfortable in assuming? Your individual comfort level is the key. Some travelers are comfortable in assuming more risk than others. At the beginning of Rally registration and through the pre-Rally, Chapter 8 strives do a good job in laying out its travel plans, with as much detail as required, so that individuals can make a decision to go or not to go. But all participants and Chapter 8 representatives need to be careful because no one in Chapter 8 has the power to "guarantee" or offer "assurances" to any fellow traveler that they will be safe and comfortable. To make the trek into Mexico is a decision each traveler must make for themselves.
When planning rallys, the Wagonmaster is always thinking safety and comfort. Our important planning guidelines include the following: We never travel at night or for long periods during the day where folks might become fatigued. We always travel in groups of 7-9 rigs. If someone has trouble, the group stays together until the problem is solved. You are not left alone to deal with it. We always avoid city congestion by going around, whenever possible. Where we do encounter congestion on our routes we can often arrange a police escort. We take the major toll roads versus the two lane country roads. The campgrounds where we stay provide security. Generally, Chapter 8 can only estimate the anticipated risks that fellow Escapees traveling into Mexico will encounter.
It is important to remember that travel in Mexico with an RV is different than in the USA. We travel toll roads or major highways, if available, but there are many roads we travel in Mexico that are narrow and without shoulders. Some areas do not easily accommodate the typical 40 ft rigs, whether its on the roads or RV parks. Driving hazards along the highways commonly include serious topes (speed bumps), donkey carts, bicyclists and pedestrians, low hanging wires, absent or confusing signs, border or immigration or agricultural checkpoints, no ultra low sulfur diesel, etc, etc. Discussion of these items and many more occur at the pre Rally.
The Mexican Connection Rally begins at the pre Rally in the USA and always ends in Mexico. There is no planned return trip out for attendees. The Wagonmaster encourages and provides signup opportunities at both the pre-rally and during the rally for people to arrange with each other to travel together straight back to the states, or if they choose, to travel farther into Mexico. We strongly encourage that these groups be made up of 3 or more rigs to travel together. This decision again is based on each person's degree of experience in traveling in Mexico and their personal level of comfort with the current experience of the people they will be traveling with.
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The Summer 2010 NEWSLETTER is available on this PDF link.
Follow this LINK to the Mexicanconnectio08 website and click on the appropriate headings to view the PDF files. This is a very large website with a great deal of Mexico travel information.
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Chapter OfficersChapter Officers
President:
Ed Biller #102953r
prezbiller@yahoo.com
Past President at Large:
Cynthia Ponder #70507
Ponder@gmail.com
Vice-Presidents & Wagonmasters 2011:
Jim and Cynthia Ponder #70507
PonderMexico@gmail.com
2nd Vice President 2012, Wagonmaster:
POSITION OPEN
3rd Vice President and Wagonmaster 2013:
POSITION OPEN
Secretary:
POSITION OPEN
Treasurer:
POSITION OPEN
Membership:
Pete Petrie #58590
P.O. Box 636
Freeport, FL 32439
PetrieAE@earthlink.net
Newsletter/Voicemail Editor:
Barbara Ellis #93736
BEllis907@aol.com
Historians:
Dona Martinsen #46714
dnd2mex@gmail.com
Chairty Committee Chair 2010:
Mary Ann Held #73667
cwmaheld@yahoo.com
Webmaster: Last Update 8/14/10
Don Busick #21725
Don9773@sbcglobal.net
For more information, please contact:
E-Mail: Don Busick
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