Shooter Grrl
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BE,
At least I can THINK like TGO :-)
NO WAY do I want your site linked to USPSA's. Twasn't my suggestion... my first gut feeling was EEEWWWWWWW, I don't want those weenies and their bad attitudes here :-) And that's STILL my feeling, even after trying to think rationally about the extra traffic for you (more traffice = more sales?)
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Approval of July 28, 2001 meeting minutes
Approval of September 4, 2001 meeting minutes
Approval of actions taken by the board on behalf of USPSA in 2001
Approval of Fourth Quarter Financial Report (unaudited)
USPSA goal planning
Marketing presentation by Michael Bane
Membership dues
BOD review of President, Vice President, Executive Manager salaries
Approval of 2002 budget
Point Series Championship report
USPSA Team selection criteria
By-law review committee report
Marketing directions for 2002
Match scoring (3 Gun and Multi-Gun stages)
2001 Area 3 Nationals slot distribution
Split Area 8 matches
9mm major for Open Division
National and Area match scheduling
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Of the list above (this is the agenda for BOD Meeting in Feb), I'd say that the only thing that should really be on here is goal planning, marketing direction and by-law review. Everything else on this agenda should be an Operations discussion and really shouldn't be something the board cares about.
In order for USPSA to succeed, the Board of Director's needs to seriously consider LETTING GO of these types of issues. While the members may be screaming about slots and match dates, this kind of stuff really should be handled by the E.M. and the office, while the Board looks at the bigger picture and direction of the entire organization.
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E,
I understand that people DO case/bag their guns at the line. I'm just hoping that my thoughts and concerns can possibly sway a few of them to change their minds :-)
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A few really easy to implement suggestions to increase growth and retention.
1. Require membership to participate in a match. If you're not a member, not a problem, we'll sign you up right now.
GSSF and IDPA both require that you are a member of their org to participate in their matches. I shot at my local club for almost 2 years before I joined USPSA.
2. Take the "Unofficial IPSC List" link off of the web site.
It's SO intimidating to brand new members to see them all arguing. I personally know of 4 brand new shooters that got all hyped after their first match, went to the site, joined the IPSC list and then disappeared. Because these were people I knew, I asked them - all 4 said too much infighting . I made them clarify, as I knew they'd only been to 1 match and didn't see it there - it was the list! Let word of mouth carry the list address around.
3. Put a welcome page on the website and do a little re-organizing to get the really pertinent information up front.
So there ya have it. Kathy's easy to implement "do it now" suggestions :-)
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You guys are scaring me now.
First, Grassy - don't grab the shooter if he LOOKS LIKE he's going to break the 180, kay? Wait until it's actually past the 180 to put your hand up and stop the gun (please use the shooters elbow for this manuever so as not to make him ad)
Second, the "score keeper" isn't! She's an ASSISTANT R.O. Able to make the same calls as the RO and just as responsible for bad things happening.
Eric & 2A - the RO is there to ensure safety. He can not control the situation with a hard gun case in one hand, and the timer in the other, period! Like Erik said, bad things happen fast. (That is also why your taught to use your weak hand for the timer! Better reaction times with your strong hand)
David and I both have those cloth boot looking covers, fits in MY back pocket while i'm shooting - when I'm done and looking at scores, I recover my gun.
I'm not commenting on the smoking part - I get enough of that shit in person at home!
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JJ,
I DO think the classifiers are valid. Just because your clubs sets up the "weenie" ones, doesn't mean that there are other choices available.
For Kicks one day, I printed all of them - there's actually a really nice selection of field courses in there!
Also, they're geared to be set up anywhere! Most of those easterners have to shoot indoors for 3/4 of the year :-)
And I also believe that they shouldn't really mirror matches, that's what the matches are for!
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Hmmm
ENFP
You're not THAT different Pat :-) Hey, aren't our Birthdays really close too?
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TDean,
THE fastest time was with a limited gun in the high 9's. The other top dawgs were in the 10's and 11's. Also, you could see the targets from the box, no movement whatsoever was required, but as I said earlier, some of the Limited shooters moved forward a bit.
David did circles, bottom to top, Nolan did some sort of "figure 8". They were both at 10 1/2.
I like Brian's order - damn, wish you were at that match with me :-) I was concerned about the "double" transitions, but like Nik, knew that I'd get better hits going in a straight line, as I'd be less likely to "drive through" a target.
Did I mention I won my class because I shot this one so well :-) The other C Class shooters ALL had misses.
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From the match administration point of view, it takes too much time to bag everyone at the end of their run. When you're done, go to the safe area if you wanna bag your gun. Or even better - buy a holster that does instill confidence!
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The picture is pretty much to scale. There wasn't a huge space between the arrays.
And I got it to work - woooohooooo :-)
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I use the CRTC Training mags for draw practice and indexing/dry firing because it FEELS like a loaded magazine.
I also use it for reload practice, but it only DROPS from the gun - I put a real mag IN when practicing. The mag is filled with live rounds except the top 5 which are dummies. This should prevent any truly serious accidents and has the added benefit of not wasting perfectly good bullets as dummy rounds.
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Go Mrs BigDave!!!!!!!
If you need any help at all convincing her - send her my way - I guarantee that my enthusiasm for this sport IS contagious!
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I shot it
Bottom - right to left
Reload, top left to right
13.7 seconds, down 2
The top shooters all shot it as 4 separate arrays with the reload between the middle arryas for both open & limited
(Edited by Shooter Grrl at 10:03 am on Jan. 21, 2002)
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Drats - the picture WAS there!!!! I'll email to Brian to see if he can fix it :-)
Flex, the distance was about 15 feet from the front of the box and about 7 feet from the tape.
You did not have to stay in the box. In fact, most of the limited shooters went to the fault line (shooting on the move - and then did some shifting while up there)
(Edited by Shooter Grrl at 7:31 am on Jan. 21, 2002)
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I liked this stage - lots of different ways to shoot it. Course description was simply "engage them as they become visible from behind fault line"
You could clearly see all the targets from the box without shifting or any movement.
So how would YOU shoot this?
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Thank you Erik. I looked up the definition of sincerity - and only knew the first one, genuineness. Didn't realize that honesty and free of duplicity went along with it!
makes sense now!
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Tell The Great One that this is the "kinder, gentler" place for shooters and if he wants to argue with someone go to glocktalk.com or the unnofficial IPSC List (Pretend there's one of TDEans cute icons here - I can't figure out he does that!)
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Damn = that is a sweet gun!
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Okay guys, this may be a blonde moment, but I just don't get this... can someone explain please?
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Heck yes I'd try to pass his test. Just make sure you have someone else to REALLY do it :-)
Tell him we're up to the challenge and bring it on - and then post it and we'll all go do it! Someone has to be able to do it!
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There's a 38 super used in the classifieds for $1500 - I'd go with a dedicated Open gun for the same money! And I'd get a c-more not a docter.
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I've spent WAY too much time with the site open this morning in the hopes that TGO will post so we can figure it out ;-)
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SS,
It's on the members page at http://www.uspsa.org/members
You'll need the login name and password - I can't post them, so email me if you need them.
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USPSA changed the name to "Factory Gun Nationals". We have a whole thread here http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...=6&topic=75 on how to get slots :-)
Prescription Glasses
in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum
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Storm,
You may want to also check out http://www.sportshooter.com Millard's got an article there about prescription glasses for shooting. I have NOT read it, but noticed it there today and thought of you.