Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums PGCA Membership Questions

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Lifetime member?
Unread 02-15-2026, 11:17 AM   #1
Member
James Clarke
PGCA Member
 
James Henry Clarke's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Sep 2024
Posts: 63
Thanks: 112
Thanked 186 Times in 32 Posts

Default Lifetime member?

What are the necessary qualifications to become a lifetime pgca member? 20+ Parker’s in the vault? In all seriousness I’d like to know if it’s additional money to the forum or whatever. I’m pretty sure this is my shotgun group for life.
__________________
-"Be not the first to take up the new, nor the last to cast the old aside." - Havilah Babcock
James Henry Clarke is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to James Henry Clarke For Your Post:
Unread 02-15-2026, 11:54 AM   #2
Member
Jim Lott
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
jimlott's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 33
Thanks: 629
Thanked 96 Times in 25 Posts

Default

James,

Here is the text from the bylaws:

Article 1. MEMBERS
1.01 Classification of Members. The Corporation shall have four (4) Classes of Members:
(a) Life Members: Life Members are the five founding members in addition to
those individuals who have paid the one time membership fee as established by
the Board of Directors. All monies received thru Life Memberships will be
placed into the Life Membership Endowment Fund. There shall be no more
than 20% Life Members as a percentage of total membership. Should the
percentage exceed 20% for any reason, approvals of new applications for Life
Membership will be suspended until the total is below 20%.

I do not know the current % of the membership that are life members.

I think all you need to do is email and ask if there are any life memberships available.

Jim
jimlott is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to jimlott For Your Post:
Unread Today, 09:20 AM   #3
Member
Randy Roberts
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Randy G Roberts's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,340
Thanks: 5,242
Thanked 6,945 Times in 2,191 Posts

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by jimlott View Post
James,

Here is the text from the bylaws:

Article 1. MEMBERS
1.01 Classification of Members. The Corporation shall have four (4) Classes of Members:
(a) Life Members: Life Members are the five founding members in addition to
those individuals who have paid the one time membership fee as established by
the Board of Directors. All monies received thru Life Memberships will be
placed into the Life Membership Endowment Fund. There shall be no more
than 20% Life Members as a percentage of total membership. Should the
percentage exceed 20% for any reason, approvals of new applications for Life
Membership will be suspended until the total is below 20%.

I do not know the current % of the membership that are life members.

I think all you need to do is email and ask if there are any life memberships available.

Jim
Hi Jim:

I believe that the bylaws you have cited are not the most recent. The most recent was revised in 2023 as I recall and reflects a figure of 25% of the total membership as per below:

Life Members

Life Members are those individuals who have paid the one-time membership fee as established by the Board of Directors, and the five (5) founding members. There shall be no more than 25% Life Members as a percentage of total members. Should the percentage exceed 25% for any reason, approvals of new applications for Life Membership will be suspended until the total is below 25%.

Take care...
Randy G Roberts is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Randy G Roberts For Your Post:
Unread Today, 10:22 AM   #4
Member
Jim Lott
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
jimlott's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 33
Thanks: 629
Thanked 96 Times in 25 Posts

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts View Post
Hi Jim:

I believe that the bylaws you have cited are not the most recent. The most recent was revised in 2023 as I recall and reflects a figure of 25% of the total membership as per below:

Life Members

Life Members are those individuals who have paid the one-time membership fee as established by the Board of Directors, and the five (5) founding members. There shall be no more than 25% Life Members as a percentage of total members. Should the percentage exceed 25% for any reason, approvals of new applications for Life Membership will be suspended until the total is below 25%.

Take care...
Randy,

That is probably correct, I just copied and pasted from the website.
jimlott is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to jimlott For Your Post:
Unread 02-15-2026, 12:33 PM   #5
Member
James Clarke
PGCA Member
 
James Henry Clarke's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Sep 2024
Posts: 63
Thanks: 112
Thanked 186 Times in 32 Posts

Default

Thank you Jim, will do.
__________________
-"Be not the first to take up the new, nor the last to cast the old aside." - Havilah Babcock
James Henry Clarke is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread Today, 08:20 AM   #6
Member
John Davis
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
John Davis's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,176
Thanks: 4,750
Thanked 8,184 Times in 1,518 Posts

Default

If I recall correctly, $500.
__________________
"Life is short and you're dead an awful long time." Destry L. Hoffard

"Oh Christ, just shoot the damn thing."
Destry L. Hoffard
John Davis is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:15 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2026, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.