Area 4 Resolution
Submitted by editor on March 1, 2010 @ 12:10 pm (local)
RESOLUTION AREA 4: “The Admittance of Conversion Campgrounds into the KOA System” submitted by the Heartland KOA Owners Association.
WHEREAS, KOA campgrounds are held to a strict Quality Standards which and are inspected annually; and
WHEREAS, a number of these new conversion KOAs are being accepted into the system at a sub-standard level; and
WHEREAS, the addition of these parks with less than stellar quality standards detract
RESOLVED, that the Heartland KOA OA encourages the Kampground Owners Association (KOA) to direct KOA, Inc. to take a serious look at existing criteria for inclusion into the KOA System; and be it further RESOLVED, that the HEARTLAND KOA recommends that these criteria include:
1) the campground must meet MINIMUM Standards of the current KOA Quality Review
2) any Item 12 issues that the campground might incur be resolved in a timely manner but also prior to acceptance of a franchise agreement
3) If these items cannot be resolved, within a timely manner, the franchise territory be held in trust for ‘x” number of days, i.e. 180 days, until resolution is accomplished; and be it further RESOLVED, that the HEARTLAND KOA members are willing to serve as mentors, act as scouts to visit the potential campgrounds, and be available to either the campground or KOA, Inc. to help continue the standard of excellence in the KOA system.
Authored: October 23, 2009-HEARTLAND OA Fall Meeting
Presented by: Diane King, Springfield/Route 66 KOA, HEARTLAND OA-Outgoing President, Lynn Barret, Hotsprings NP KOA, HEARTLAND OA Incoming President
Presented at the Area IV Meeting at the 2009 KOA Convention
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