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If true, I would support it.

Generally yes, but read the WSB and rule 5.2.4.1 ... It must be on the table or shelf at the start signal. You may retrieve it any time after that and do whatever you want with it EXCEPT put it in your mouth! The WSB may put additional restrictions on it, so know what it says.

Personally, when the smoke has cleared and the full details of this are made known, I would be surprised in the extreme to learn the sum total extent of the complaint on which the genesis of all this were limited to YML referring to Deltas as Dicks. There has got to be something far more substantial than that to have generated all this. I will wait and see ...

I just read the minutes. While perhaps not a perfect solution, I am satisfied with the decisions and believe the board is trying to act in the best interest of all ... the president, AD4, and the members. We do not live in a perfect world and this is certainly NOT a perfect situation. We have lemons ... They've made lemonade. Best analogy I've got ...

I think we can count on that ... But we have to allow time for the process to play out.

Bingo!

I think we ought not try to convict or acquit the man here on Enos. We clearly DO NOT have all the facts of what is alleged to have happened. We DO NOT know what the BoD has decided and/or recommended. We DO NOT know if YML has appealed any decision. In other words, the process is still officially in play. We ought not second guess anything until there is more ACTUAL information available. Give the process and principals the courtsey of time to go through the process.

About the only thing I'm not seeing here is a suggestion we should wait and see what the man is accused of, how many witnesses there are and potentially who they are, what the board actually decided, and what YML has to say about it all. A little too much conspiracy theory at the moment, methinks.

It seems the NROI.org Blog article today may be a precursor to explaining what happened ... Read it for yourself and see what you think. The NROI Discipline Procedure Certain portions of it appear to me to have been very carefully worded.

Not to the best of my recollection ... CRO, maybe.

To the best of my knowledge and belief, YML is not and never has been IROA certified ... Just sayin' ... Edit to add ... His USPSA profile also indicates he has never been a USPSA certified RO ...

Chemo CAN contribute to that ... Not uncommon, unfortunately. Let your Oncologist know, if he/she dosen't already.

Regular Boost is about 350 cal/8 oz container ... There is a "very high calorie" version that is 530 cal/ 8 oz container. It's thicker and gaggier than it's thiner cousin, but you don't have to drink as many of them. I find mixing it 50/50 with my coffee to help ... Same calories, more liquid, a little less gag. If you can't find it locally, you can order it online from several vendors. (It's made by Nestle.)

You sound like my "older brother" in this! I have my 1st check up at the end of May ... Then we find out how the torture did. You're right ... Boost is HORRIBLE. But I am drinking it as opposed to using the tube so I can get rid of the tube and bags. NOTHING tastes quite right yet. FWIW, my cancer started at the larynx and went all the way to the sides of the tounge ... and everything inbetween. It had also spread to 2 lymph nodes (not good, but they appear to have shrunk back to normal size now.) I'm just starting to get where I can actually (almost) swallow most foods again. I'll be happy to get back to 165 before my checkup!

@varminter22 I just went through the same protocols recently at Mayo for the same cancer, except mine was 7 weeks. You've described it politely, but well. It's been 8 weeks since my last radiation and I'm still trying to "earn" my way off the feeding tube. I'm hoping that at my follow up appointment at the end of May I can have that removed. I'm struggling to regain the strength and endurance I had just last fall, before the "treatment" began. I guess I'll just have to hang on until the end of May to find out if they got all of the cancer or not. Waiting is the worst.

For those who haven't heard, Barb Evangelinos, wife of Dino Evangelinos (IROA President), passed earier this month after a long battle with cancer. Some of you will remember her as managing the IPSC Store for the last many years. She was a dear friend and my wife and I will miss her. RIP, Baerbel Baerbel EVANGELINOS Obituary (1948 - 2023) - Simcoe, ON - Simcoe County News (legacy.com)

@Reds_Dot The 140 USPSA style mags WILL NOT FIT ... Full stop! Generally speaking, the 126 with standard base pads fair well. As others have said, rear sight heigth IS an issue. Not sure on the mag well you discuss ... BUT, If it's less than 45mm wide, it should fit. Recommendation ... Considering the amount you'll be spending just to GO to the match, why not just buy an official IPSC Standard Box so you can measure things and be sure ... Cost is about $130 at DAA Standard Division Measurement Box - for IPSC and USPSA (doublealpha.biz) Cheers

Plates have been on the unofficial "no-fly" list for L3 matches for years. It appears all they have done is to formalize it and put it in the rules.

Absolutely! It's scheduled for something like the 2d and 3rd weeks of October in the Czech Republic. (Sorry, don't have the EXACT dates in front of me, but it is that timeframe.) As to securing a slot ... Those are awarded to each region by IPSC. (The US is a region.) You will have to contact HQ USPSA to see what their criteria are for securing a slot. (You might actually want to start with your AD.) Good luck!

Setting up an running an IPSC MR Match is not as hard as you want to think ... 1 - USPSA is the US Region for IPSC ... Therefore, any USPSA club is authorized to run an IPSC Rules match 2 - Get a copy of the IPSC MR Rules and read through them ... You'll find it's not terribly different from USPSA Rules 3 - Have your club design and run an IPSC Rules MR match Not that complex! And, as a bonus, the ammo is WAY cheaper than anything else we do!!! BTW ... I checked with Foley when he was president and he said go for it ... Just use IPSC Rules!

I've been in the sport 30 years now. It has NEVER been an official range command during that period of time.

As this was obviously an IPSC rules match, videos ARE allowed in review and arbitration. I've discussed this with the shooter. I'd like to hear the RO/RM/VP IROA versions before I summarily pass judgement. It's possible the OP's version of what happened may not be the whole story. Just sayin'.

I'll go you one better (worse?) S&W 1006. I've had it since about 1994. Shot it in ONE match then. (All there was was Open and Limited ... but hey, it made Major! Don't use it anymore. Wanna buy one?

I've also seen the model where shooters are required to spend 1/2 day during the match acting as pasters and reset assistants. Under this model EVERYONE has to help sometime during the match, but not during the periods when they are shooting.

A lucky miss is still a miss and won't take the popper down. However, a Major load should generally take down a popper with a lower hit than a minor load should. I'd call it Physics 101, but 30 years experience tells me that's true in the real world as well. Sounds like it's time to challenge the calibration! There are rules to deal with that, if you're brave enough to let it stand and ask for a calibration.