If you feel that strongly about it perhaps a petition with signatures of a large number of annual members would be a more effective way of suggesting such a change to the board...

My opinion is that all members should have voting privelages.

No you did not have to be a lifer to enjoy all those things mostly just show up, be nice and polite, enjoy others company and appreciate the artistry of the Parker.

It's amazing what being a PGCA lifer means in some places. At the H+H store in Paris, a notably snobbish place the the atmosphere turned cordial when I told them I was Life member and collected classic American smooth bores I was shown the collectors gun room, Some real neat metal in there.

Now who knows what would have happened if i did not mention the PGCA but the same thing happened at Purdey's. So yes the lifer level does have perks.

How many of us are going to H&H or Purdy's? I have been treated well by all the staff at H&H without being a life member of the PGCA. I think your grasping at straws.

How about we start a petition on this thread ? Sign me up now.

I'll go along with that although I'm no longer a member I believe that the annual member is getting the short straw.

I'm guessing that if you'd left the word "life" out of that sentence you'd have been accorded the same courtesy.

I joined so I could read the restricted forums and receive Parker Pages. As someone who's lost in the Central Time Zone I'll probably never attend any of the functions nor get to know any of you fine folks personally, so to be perfectly frank the privilege of voting is not particularly important to me.

Only the old life member trap shooters have a vote at the Spokane Gun Club!!

Dave, I assume the Spokane Gun Club owns property, a very good reason to give some power to old life members. Our situation is completely different. By the way, don't mistake me for someone who has an opinion about this. I have been blackballed before and didn't like it. I am here to make friends. I am well into my second decade of "blackball" and I am looking forward to coming back into the fold. By the way, I have been a life member for many years.

I had the same experience at Purdeys two years ago when we were in London. They couldn't have been more gracious and allowed me into their most hallowed room.