Pete, let's cross that bridge IF we come to it.
Guys - all of these ideas are good ones but who's willing to pick up the ball and run with it? Who's going to volunteer to get this program off the ground and make it a viable endeavor? The BOD has asked before for people to step forward and make it all happen... there were plenty of suggestions and good ideas before but NOBODY stepped up to the plate.... There needs to be a PGCA Youth Program committee formed that will ultimately answer to the BOD but that will develop the Youth Program and run it in various areas of the country. Regional "chapters" need to be formed that will be regional only to the point that shoots and events will be simpler to organize and run if they are scaled specifically to a region. They will still operate under the auspices and direction of the PGCA.
Please don't expect the current BOD or Officers to take this on - Lord knows we all have pretty full plates as it is. The old adage that "ten percent of the people do ninety percent of the work" holds as true in the PGCA as in any other organization. We need to spread the workload out. The Youth Program just will not happen without a sufficient number of dedicated volunteers.
Oh, by the way.... this is a non-paying job, but there will be loads of "atta-boys" and good ol' back slaps. We sincerely hope that will be enough of a reward.
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