[VAC] Re: history

[Jim Clark <jec1938@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrea...
I was interested in the history of our old number and our current 
number, but had difficulty finding the member that had saved all the old 
registrys and coming up 
witht the time available that I could go back through the books to see 
who had the trailer before me....It would seem that a database with the 
history of any given 
number would have been something that WBCCI would have maintained and 
may have in some form or other... even if it is a card with the names of 
the past and 
current holders of the number....All our dealings with the club have 
been through someone at the regional level and when time permits and the 
urge to know is 
strong enough, we will go to the Ohio office and try to do a little 
history tracking....I would understand if I came up against a stone wall 
, since I have no real claim 
to the knowledge except curiosity about previous owners of the 
trailer....

I have come to the conclusion that all Airstreamers do not belong to 
WBCCI and all WBCCI mambers do not put their numbers on .. I had my 
numbers at the rally 
we attended last year but was in the polishing process and did not have 
them on the trailer... It was a problem for the rally people who were 
trying to deliver 
telephone messages and could not find the trailer with the right # ...


When we had an Airstream back in the 60's we thought of the "Club" as 
the ones who wanted to caravan...(and did not try to join up)    We had 
co-workers and 
friends with Airstreams who did not attempt to join...(too busy to think 
of Caravaning)... When you decide to apply for numbers, you can work 
with the regional rep 
to pick something that is inactive in the directory and means something 
to you.. like some combination of birthdays....The main office will say 
yea or nay based on 
information that is more current than the directory...

Good Luck

Jim Clark   #3016... a combination of birthdays....