31 May 2023 - First Day of the Rally

 

Today was our first official day of the rally,  We started out this morning with full breakfast provided by Alliance followed by a welcome from the Alliance leadership team.  

Rob Boyer opened up the ceremony

Jim Beletti provided an update on the Rally

Rachel Ellis and Donna Walker updated us on the Boys and Girls Club fundraiser

Rachel read information about the Boys and Girls Club

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Bill Martin lead things off with his "Cousin Eddie" impression and a lead-in to Coley and Ryan Brady and their 30 thousand foot view of  Alliance and the RV industry as a whole.  

The room was packed with about 600 attendees

The Alliance team on the stage

After breakfast and the Alliance Team Q&A, we broke up into groups and visited the vendor areas where various products we being promoted.  

Son-in-law Keith participated in the "bags tournament" where he won his heat.  They will compete tomorrow for the next stage.

After that Keith and I helped with a slide ski installation which was being video taped for presentation.  The sun was beating down on us incredibly but we completed all four skis before it was time for dinner.      

Donna, Lindy, Rachel, Doreen and Kelli

Alliance provided an outstanding dinner with grilled chicken, salad and all sorts of entrees.  After dinner we participated in a group picture taken from a drone.  After that we reassembled back into the meeting hall for a bourbon tasting event.  

Tomorrow we have various seminars provided by the vendors and by Alliance.