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The below is a message I'm posting on behalf of Mike Schneider, CEO, Affinity
To all Open Roads Forum members:
I’d like to take a moment and express my deep appreciation for your participation on these forums. As an avid reader of these pages, I am constantly inspired by the depth and breadth of knowledge so many of you express here, and by the generous ways in which you share your insights. The commitment you show to the RV community encourages me, my staff, and our many fine moderators, to continue to invest time and effort towards making sure these forums are superior.
As you know, the RV marketplace has been faced with multiple challenges during the past year, some of which are ongoing. I want to clearly state that Affinity is committed as ever to responding to and overcoming these challenges. By listening, learning, focusing, and putting our members’ needs first, we know that we can continue to serve the RV community in the manner in which it deserves.
Affinity has proudly served the RV community for many, many years with the utmost in integrity and quality. Some of our products, in fact, have been around for decades, such as the Good Sam Club at 40+ years, Trailer Life at 60+ years and our granddaddy, Woodall’s, about to celebrate its 75th anniversary. During that time we’ve learned that we must constantly keep up with the changing marketplace and listen to you as we keep our offerings relevant and current.
As we strive to improve and innovate in the upcoming months you may have noticed and will continue to find some minor changes or additions to some of the portals of the forum. Please know that these upcoming changes are intended to both maximize the quality of content on the forums while balancing our need to cover our costs of operation. We endeavor to continue to provide you free access to these forums, and we are able to do so thanks to your patronage of the RV.net family of products and services such as Good Sam Club, Trailer Life Directory, Trailer Life Magazine, MotorHome Magazine, Camp Club USA, and Woodall's to name just a few.
Again, I personally thank you for your patronage of these fine brands. I am proud we are able to provide you with such forums to express your wisdom, wit, and passion for all things RV, and I anticipate a bright future for RVing.
Mike Schneider,
CEO, Affinity
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sdavis622
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Mike,
This forum is unbelievable! Thanks to you, affinity, and all its afiliates for the huge amount of info on RV's, camping, and this great way of life we all enjoy so much! Hopefully it will be around for lifetimes! It has helped my family and me tremendously.
Shane
*Shane & Jen 
*DD-Miley Nicole-Born 9/24/2009
*2 Dogs-Tank & Abbey
-2007 Ram 2500 Laramie QC SB 5.9l Cummins
-2006 Arctic Fox 25S
Trailer Mods! Trailer! Truck!
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fla-gypsy
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Fair enough, thanks for posting!
09 SuperDuty Crew Cab 6.8L/4.10(The Black Pearl)
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John H
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I have been around this forum for some time now. I would like to personally say to everyone who assist in making this forum in it's form. a Sincere Thank You !
John H
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Wes Tausend
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And thank you, Mr. Schneider, for this opportunity to laugh, to learn and to share experience with some of the finest people the world has to offer.
Sincerely,
Wes Tausend
- 2000 Excursion V-10 - 1995 Coachmen Catalina 280RK, 5091# tare
- Hensley Arrow pending - McKesh mirrors - Champion 4000w/3500w gen
- 1994 Mazda B4000 1/2 ton, 4.0L V6, 3.73, 125"wb
- 1978 Pace Arrow 25' Motorhome, GM 3500 chassis 454cu.in
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NanciL
Bakersville, NC, USA
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I was in the professional work force too long.
Any time I saw a letter or a statement similar to this it meant that there were some negative things that were coming down the road a bit.
Hope I am wrong on this since I thouroughly enjoy RV.net
Jack L
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H & E
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Being new RV’ers we have been well educated by the people of this forum. They have saved me a lot of expense and mistakes by flattening the learning curve. That said; I always get a bad feeling when I read a letter from a CEO telling us we are making changes for the betterment of the company. Usually this means that the employees and customers will be giving up something. I watched the corporation I retired from stack on departments and people then increase cost to support the additional overhead. Then they looked at the lower echelon to reduce cost, never considering the middle management staff increase as a problem. I was a middle tier manager so I have some knowledge of how the corporate world works. We had several employees that did not add to product or service value. I had to hire one individual just to process reports to the VP level. I have one suggestion for the Good Sam folks. Stop sending all that junk mail every month. Send us one renewal statement 30 day or 60 days prior to expiration. I think I got three notices this year. I received several mailings for the same thing. Had I wanted to take advantage of the service I would have done it the first time I reviewed it. Such a waste! I think Camping World is a good place to shop but I would suggest that they do away with the Presidents Club and price all the same-eliminate the extra bookkeeping etc. Give the local managers some authority to make decisions that are good for business and not driven by a corporate procedure. Example; A year ago I wanted to buy a stove that was damaged at a reduced price because it was an easy fix and there was no other one in stock. Store manager said we cannot discount we have to order the part and fix before we sell. That damaged stove was still on the shelf a year later. Do you think this was a good decision for the company?
This is just an opinion from a short time user.
Sorry for the soap box.
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tallyo
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Thank you Mr Schneider......
May we discuss CEO Compensation levels?? Just kidding
A suggestion for Campground ratings............Take a hard look at how well the trees are trimmed for ease if egress and ingress with the bigger RV's.
Tallyo
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Catfishman
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Mike,
About two months ago I renewed my subscription to Trailer Life. In the past month, weeks after my check was cashed, I have received three more identical renewal letters. Someone, somewhere, in some capacity, is failing to purge names from the mailing lists.
2003 GMC Sierra 1500
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2002 Coachmen 249QB
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dodge guy
Bartlett IL
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Catfishman wrote:Mike,
About two months ago I renewed my subscription to Trailer Life. In the past month, weeks after my check was cashed, I have received three more identical renewal letters. Someone, somewhere, in some capacity, is failing to purge names from the mailing lists.
This is one of my gripes! my subscription to TL is due in Mar. I`ve been getting renewal notices (Your subscription is about to expire) for the last year, approx. 4 notices. I really wish they would stop crying wolf. I may ignore the notice one to many times and not renew. I not it`s trivial, but it`s a small request that can be taken care of (fixed).
Thanks again for everything and all the info. I`ve learned and given out.
Wife Kim 
Son Brandon 8yrs
Daughter Marissa 7yrs
Dog Shadow
07 Cherokee 32B
02 Excursion 4X4 V-10 4.30 gear, Hellwig sway bar
Reese HP dualcam,Prodigy brake controller.
A bad day of camping is
better than a good day at work!
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