NRA General Council Elections

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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#31 Post by Christel »

As has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum regarding online use and presence, online petitions/polls/faceshite as examples, the lack of NRA candidate response here in this thread yet again proves that not all shooters are using the online world as a communication tool.

A lot of shooters go to their local club and discuss the state of affairs with their fellow shooters, perhaps sign a petition if it is on a piece of paper when they are at the club.

This is not to say that they are not online and do not understand the use of a PC, just that they choose not to use these forms of media.
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#32 Post by karen »

Er but as I said most of them are probably unaware of this forum - unless someone actually tells/invites them to contribute how are they going to know?
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#33 Post by Thorney »

christel wrote:As has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum regarding online use and presence, online petitions/polls/faceshite as examples, the lack of NRA candidate response here in this thread yet again proves that not all shooters are using the online world as a communication tool.

A lot of shooters go to their local club and discuss the state of affairs with their fellow shooters, perhaps sign a petition if it is on a piece of paper when they are at the club.

This is not to say that they are not online and do not understand the use of a PC, just that they choose not to use these forms of media.
Very true but also does rely on the committee of the club wanting to support that, if they decide (for the benefit of their members) that such a piece of information is not worth sharing then they in effect police that communication.
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#34 Post by JSHarris »

As regards the lack of use of forums by shooters i think that the behaviour of a small minority on them dissuades a number of others from participating.

While it would be nice to be able to interrogate every candidate as to why they want to run for the post I doubt that more than 10% would actually be prepared to undergo such an examination.
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#35 Post by Maggot »

Actually,to be honest, I cannot see why (were it doable) members of affiliated clubs should not have a vote.

They may not pay the full fees, but they contribute via club fees and range fees.

While not enjoying the various joys the NRA membership offers (range use, insurance, legal advice, crappy markers etc etc) the what goes on within the NRA affects them as well.

PS....I am a member, I have voted, but I am afraid there were only 3 that floated my boat...let alone agonizing over it (and one of them was reluctantly coshes an exe crab!!!)
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#36 Post by John MH »

Last Chance to get your votes in, papers will not be accepted after Tuesday next week.
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#37 Post by karen »

Think its midday Monday John
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#38 Post by John MH »

Could be but still not much time left. Thanks
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#39 Post by John MH »

I have now heard officially that the election results have been announced and that I was not fortunate enough to be elected to the General Council.

Thank you all who took the effort to cast your votes and in particular those that voted in my favour. There were 13 candidates for only 5 places and I congratulate the 5 that were elected or re-elected to the General Council.

I will still continue to challenge the NRA when I see things I don’t like or agree with; only by challenging the association can they have any idea that they are not doing want members want. I have congratulated them in the past when they have got it right and hope to do so regularly in the future as they continue to grow and improve the ‘Bisley’ experience.

Results as follows:

Mr JPS Bloomfield 1046 votes
Wg. Cdr DP Calvert 979 votes
Mr DC Crispin 797 votes
Mr TS McDowell 774 votes
Mr GMLN Gilpin 672 votes

All the above were elected as Ordinary Members of General Council.

The other candidates received the following votes

Mr IR Thomson 667 votes
Mr SJ East 667 votes
Mr MG Farnan 666 votes
Lt. Cdr. J Morgan-Hosey 641 votes
Mr JP Tapster 463 votes
Mr S Wallis 421 votes
Mr A Wragg 393 votes
Mr M Osment 311 votes

It was reasonably close as you can see and I again thank all that voted for me.
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Re: NRA General Council Elections

#40 Post by Ovenpaa »

Disappointing to see you did not make it John, we need as much representation for the 'alternative' disciplines as possible. Regardless of this I would like to say thank you to you for standing and and hopefully next time things will be very different.
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