If you have got the right people at the top why does the NRA keep failing us?
Can't these wonderful NRA leaders get the strategy right?
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Karen,karen wrote:Sorry but thats rubbish!Robin128 wrote:
It's a clear case of strategy and structure...I suspect the old guard is live and well at the top and there will be no changing them because doubtless they have made it difficult for anyone to oust them from their dictatorship.
Every single member of the NRA can put themselves up for General Council, Trusteeship or even Chairman. However every time we ask for volunteers for these positions we get hardly any volunteers.
The majority of people currently in these positions work EXTREMELY hard for no reward - if you want to make a difference put yourself up for election.
There may very well have been that mentality in the distant past but I can assure you that it no longer exists.
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You do see them I am sure - they don't go round with flashing signs or wearing blazers with fancy badges as they are out there shooting with the "grass roots shooters". There are a couple of Trustees who don't shoot that regularly but the majority do. I can assure you that they are most definitely in touch and they most definitely do mix with grass roots shooters.I do NOT accept that Council members no longer represent the 'establishment' - I don't see them when I visit Bisley or when I put a trade stand on at the major events. They don't mix with the grass root shooters and are completely out of touch with them.
That just highlights my point exactly, no leadership.karen wrote:If we had loads of money then the NRA would be delivering all over the place - you would be heartily sick of seeing new NRA ranges and clubs being developed!
If all the people who shot joined the NRA then we would have more money to do those things.
We lowered the memberships rates to encourage more people and we did get lots more members but not enough to make a significant difference.
There has been a lot of work to try to reopen Dechmont but unfortunately I don't think it has come to anything - the will is there but finances and bureaucracy have got in the way.
The NRA is NOT a Surrey based club - it wants to do so much for the UK but without the money it can't!
Any millionaires out there who wish to leave all their worldly goods to me or the NRA I promise I will spend it wisely![]()
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Council member, live on site, work for NSC, shoot PSG, 'F' class, GR (Practical), BP, No sliver spoon here. What do you call not grass roots?dodgyrog wrote:Karen,karen wrote:Sorry but thats rubbish!Robin128 wrote:
It's a clear case of strategy and structure...I suspect the old guard is live and well at the top and there will be no changing them because doubtless they have made it difficult for anyone to oust them from their dictatorship.
Every single member of the NRA can put themselves up for General Council, Trusteeship or even Chairman. However every time we ask for volunteers for these positions we get hardly any volunteers.
The majority of people currently in these positions work EXTREMELY hard for no reward - if you want to make a difference put yourself up for election.
There may very well have been that mentality in the distant past but I can assure you that it no longer exists.
Love
karen
I believe it is courteous to declare an interest - what is your position at the NRA?
I did put myself forward for election and failed to achieve the required number of votes - what the result was and who won the position I couldn't tell you as nobody from the NRA had the courtesy to tell me. I may well make a second attempt but I'll probably be p*****g in the wind.
I also put in for a position on the NSC board, for which I believe I have suitable credentials (I am a director of the Federation of Small Businesses - 210,000 members - offices in London and Brussels) and run two small businesses. I didn't even get an interview and when I asked what part of my application and cv let me down was told that the person reviewing couldn't be bothered to respond as he is too busy. I wonder who got the job and if he had 'connections'.
I do NOT accept that Council members no longer represent the 'establishment' - I don't see them when I visit Bisley or when I put a trade stand on at the major events. They don't mix with the grass root shooters and are completely out of touch with them.
I feel I do not get represented well as a target shooter and plinker. I don't do TR or F class as my competitive days are past - I shot at the highest level with pistols and got sold down the river by all the shooting organisations except the NPA which went the way of the dinosaur.
I'd like to be a member of an organisation which gives me pride in membership and the NRA has a long way to go to redeem itself.
dodgyrog wrote:Karen,
I do not consider you to be Establishment and I respect you, Heather and Maureen - you do stirling work.
I have used the phrase lions led by donkies before and I believe that to be the case in the NRA.
The Federation of Small Businesses (an organisation the NRA could emulate) have 2 primary objectives:
Sign up more members (we expect 28,000 new members this year)
Retain what members we have (we retain 85%) even in this incredibly tough period for our members - just surviving is a result!
We do that by offering exceptional member benefits and by lobbying for our members.
We pride ourselves as a member led organisation. Nothing earth shattering there.
Maybe the NRA should go back to basics and listen to its customers - the members.
Now I must go and cast more boolits - I have customers waiting which will never do!
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