Last Member Day Celebration of the Year...

[RobDoc]

Tonight was the conclusion of the Member Day Celebration- held each Tuesday at the BWV.

The festivities began promptly at 5:30pm with a welcome from Deevie Cee, official spokeswoman.

Members present were all given DVC logo lanyards and a pin to trade with other members or the great group of CM's present. A "mixer" event invited members to complete a card with various challenges related to DVC- CM's, other members and personal knowledge were needed to complete the card. Once complete it was turned to be eligible for a drawing for a free II week. (Tonight's was won by a BCV member from Michigan.)

Since we had a 60% chance of afternoon/evening thunderstorms, the barbecue was cancelled at BCV so we grabbed dinner (and an adult beverage) at Big River Grille on the BW before the guest speaker of the evening. There were games/dancing for the children in front of Atlantic Dance. Mickey and Minnie were available as dance partners!

Tonight's speaker was Greg Emmer, VP of Attractions/Operations Line of Business with Disney. His presentation was titled, "The Stewardship of Disney Heritage and Legacy."

His talk was similar to what he presents to upper level management at WDW and was very thought provoking and stimulating. It covered the process used by all Disney management areas in stimulating their CM's towards the common goal of the company- To Make WDW the most special place in the world. He asked the audience of DVC members for examples of tangible and intangible concepts that affect how we all think and feel about all that is Disney.

While the Member Day Celebration has, at times, seemed disorganized, the program has evolved over the summer and I hope to see it return in the future. The concept was designed to get members together, provide an atmosphere for socializing - all in a setting suitable for an unknown crowd size each week. IMO, it did a great job of meeting those goals.

I'm certain DVC will thoroughly examine the positive and negative points of the event and use that analysis to come up with something bigger and better for the future.

Thanks to all who attended and who created the event.

 

[floridafam]

Thanks for the report!

I also hope they do more things like this. We would have enjoyed attending a BBQ.

I wish I knew who the DVCer was from Michigan who won-I'm jealous.

I think it's great to have events where members can spend time with one another, talk about DVC, win prizes, etc.

Again, thanks for the report and if you're still at WDW-put that hard hat and vest on and take some more pictures.

 

[JimC]

Thanks for the post Doc. Lets hope they continue it in some fashion in the future.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Will OKW still have their Tuesday Member Day meetings like always?

 

[RobDoc]

Yes, the DVC Member Updates (8:00am Tuesdays at OKW and Thursdays at BWV) will still be held in Community Hall at the resort.

The Members Day Celebration was an event scheduled only for this summer. I don't know any accurate attendance figures, but would guess that about 100 were present for the speaker and probably 250 were here in total.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Weather was so bad when we were there, and my health not good enough to warant going to it. I wanted to, because I knew a few DISser were to be there, but just couldn't drag my ailing body out in the rain.

 

[Disneyaholic]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, Doc. We rarely get to WDW during the summer months, so we weren't able to attend one of these events.

Originally posted by WebmasterDoc

Tonight's speaker was Greg Emmer, VP of Attractions/Operations Line of Business with Disney. His presentation was titled, "The Stewardship of Disney Heritage and Legacy."

His talk was similar to what he presents to upper level management at WDW and was very thought provoking and stimulating. It covered the process used by all Disney management areas in stimulating their CM's towards the common goal of the company- To Make WDW the most special place in the world. He asked the audience of DVC members for examples of tangible and intangible concepts that affect how we all think and feel about all that is Disney.

I would love to have heard this. I 'm crossing my fingers that this subject is a priority with Disney management.

 

[Lori in CNY]

Disneyaholic,
We always travel right after everyone's children go back to school. Back to school for them = shorter lines for us but its unfortunate that we don't get to attend any of these "special" events. Plus another issue, I am also a Castmember and we are not allowed to travel during the months of November, December or January and it seems like we don't get to participate in some of these events. Too bad!!
Maybe they could do something once a month and everyone could plan on attending according to the month they travel instead of just during one season. That way they could get feedback from EVERYONE. Not just the summer travelers...even though undoubtedly that is the majority of folks

 

[Credit Man]

We atttended the event on 8/26 and had a wonderful time. We met so many great people. the guest speaker was Matt Ouimet, head of DCL, and he did a great job. We also hope that this event will be continued in the future.

 

[JudithM]

Originally posted by Lori in CNY
Plus another issue, I am also a Castmember and we are not allowed to travel during the months of November, December or January and it seems like we don't get to participate in some of these events. Too bad!!

To all DVC members - DVC CMs are more than willing to take the time to communicate (in person, email, snail mail, telephone, etc.) with members at any time. CMs DO care how members feel & what they think. Members should be proactive with their concerns - both positive & not so positive - & let CMs be aware.

 

[JudithM]

Originally posted by Credit Man
the guest speaker was Matt Ouimet, head of DCL, and he did a great job

Prior to his position with DCL, Matt used to be on the DVC Board of Directors. He is a very personable CM .