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by Val Reule, L.SPSA Staff
WELCOME NEVV CLUBS!
Our family of clubs continues to
grow, with the addition of the Guelph
Rod & Gun Club of Oakville, Ontario,
Canada; Gem County Rod & Gun
Club of Meridian, Idaho; Louisville
Practical Shooters Association of
Louisville, Ky.; Honolulu Rhat-Rhat
Boyz Gun Club of Honolulu, Hawaii;
and DPMS Practical Shooting Club of
Becker, Minn. We also want to welcome
back the Cabinet Rifle & Pistol
Association of Libby, Mont., and the
Coulson City Practical Shooting Association
of Billings, Mont. Good show,
everyone! If you are in the vicinity of
any of these clubs, give them a call, offer
a helping hand, and go shoot with
them.
NEW SECTIONS
A section is defined as two or more
USPSA clubs banding together for mutual
benefit and support. Nem,' sections
may be made up either of new clubs or
of already-established clubs in the same
state or area. Often this is done because
of geographic isolation, or because a
section has grown too large for a single
administrator.
Clubs wishing to form a new section
will start by sending a letter of request
and a set of bylaws signed by the
clubs' representatives to USPSA headquarters.
(Sample section bylaws are
available by calling the office.) After
preliminary approval, the request is
forwarded to the USPSA president for
his approval. If a section coordinator
has not been selected, the president can
also appoint an interim SC until the
new section can hold an election.
This May saw the formation of two
new sections, one in north-central
Arkansas and the other in south
Florida. Please welcome Arkansas
North Section, consisting of North
Arkansas Action Pistol Club and Twin
Lakes Gun Club; and South Florida
Section, with Palm Beach Pistol Club,
Treasure Coast PSA, Naples Swamp
Rompers, Fort Myers River Rats,
South Florida Pistol Club, FOP #72
and Pan American Pistol.
STATEMENTS OF ACCURACY
Along with the regular paperwork
being submitted from the clubs, we are
still getting the Statements of Accuracy,
which we no longer need. If you are in
charge of submitting classifier and
match information for your club,
please discard this form. It means less
paperwork for the clubs — and less filing
for us!
PRICES ARE GOING UP
I'm sure you've heard that your
membership is going to cost more?
Well, it's true. After ten years at the
same rate, as of July 1 the annual membership
went from $30 to $40. The
newer three-year and five-year memberships
will be going up as well, but
not until January 2003, so now is the
time to save yourself some money and
renew to a three- or five-year membership,
or convert to a Life membership!
Clubs, there are new brochures
available, with the new fee schedule. If
you need a supply, all you have to do is
ask.
MAKIIVG PREDICTIONS
"Hi! Can you tell me when the Web
Site will be updated? When and where
will the 2005 Nationals be held? Are
they going to take our guns away at the
Canadian border? When will the new
Dipthong Whiz-bang be approved for
Production Division?"
Bovar
We get calls and e-mails almost
daily, asking questions for which we
have no answers, or for which the answers
would be merely speculation.
Please don't ask our people to put their
necks on the line trying to see into the
future — after all, we are a "nonprophet"
organization!
TEN YEARS AGO
Besides the articles on course design,
the mental game and the ongoing
Limited/Unlimited information found
in the July/August issue of 1992, I can
remember that summer as being hot,
hot, hot in the office! The headquarters
was still in the Mission Market
building on State Street here in Sedro
Woolley; it was cold in the winter, hot
in the summer, and every time the rains
fell, then-USPSA president Dave Stanford
and his wife Marilyn, the office
manager, had to drive in from their
home and cover the computers — and
put buckets out in strategic locations. I
can remember working at my desk, listening
to the plink of water hitting the
bottom of a plastic pail and wondering
if there were any leaks we hadn't
found. No matter how many times the
owner "fixed" the roof, we still got
wet.
AND NOW . .
After our second move along the
same street, we are comfortably established
at 702 Metcalf, Suite A, and
business is humming right along. Part
of that business is welcoming visitors,
such as Dave and Marilyn Stanford,
who dropped in on us recently. Are you
planning a trip to the beautiful Pacific
Northwest? If you get up to our neck
of the woods, come on by! We're not
hard to find, and we can give you the
nickel tour — for free!
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