2013 PGCA Annual Meeting Silent Auction Results

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[JLoew]

Well said, Mr. Day. This organization is in better shape today than it has ever been and many thanks are in order to members like you, Charlie Herzog, Ed Morgan, Dean Romig, Chuck Bishop, and others who freely give of their time, talent, and treasure. It takes a lot more to keep the PGCA humming than many folks think.

As with any organization made up of volunteers, lots of "you should do this" and "you should do that" followed up with "I am too busy to help make it happen...."

[Mills]

[/QUOTE]As with any organization made up of volunteers, lots of "you should do this" and "you should do that" followed up with "I am too busy to help make it happen...."[/QUOTE]


Here here. I agree completely

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

John, maybe I'm dense but I don't understand. Is me saying that the PGCA has had yearly major events beyond the east coast beating a dead horse?

[Bindlestiff]

Bruce, thanks for the work at PH and NRA! I know it takes a lot of effort by the folks that put any event together. Don't let the low PGCA member attendance discourage you, I'll bet a lot of people at the show really enjoy what you do and maybe we gain a new member or two in the process.

Also, I would like to point out that I t doesn't take the PGCA directors to put a Parker event together and I suggest anyone wanting to gather Parker shooters together in their area to set one up.

I attend two Parker events each year that is all Parker and not "paid for" by anyone other than the shooters. A PGCA member gets his club to allow us to dominate their trap &skeet range on the first day of the year here in New Hampshire. We pay for each round shot and the club makes some good money; people bring a hot dish to share at lunch and we all eat well. Also, in the spring we get together any PGCA members and guests (Fox guys) interested and meet at Addieville, RI and shoot sporting clays. Again, we all bring something to eat and because we have a good history as PGCA members they allow us to use their clocking facilities. Each of these events grows in attendance each year.

There is more than a little Parker talk and show and tell going on too, all great fun. No tents or sponsors but none the less all Parker and a lot of fun.

I am not sure what the "paid for by the PGCA" is all about. At the annual meeting I don't seem to get discounts or free stuff. Actually, at The annual meeting at Addieville I pay more to shoot a round of sporting clays than I do at the spring shoot and on top of that I shoot 1/2 as many birds, no discount there. I also pay to attend the banquet, nothing free there either. The PGCA does the leg work to find a good place to stay and works to get a discounted rate, although I'm not sure it is any better than my "old person" or AAA discount?

I suggest you set up a shoot at one of these places suggested and let us know and I for one will make every effort to attend. I have never been to any of these locations and I am sure they are nice places. I think I would enjoy a visit there and the opportunity to meet new Parker shooters!

[Bruce Day]

The 2015 NRA meeting will be in Nashville. A PGCA member there owns a private sporting clays course and has told me that he would love to have members shoot if they can tear themselves away.

If the directors want to give serious consideration about a venue different from the usual routine, this might be a good opportunity.

[Big D]

Bruce - Not directed to you alone. It appears to me that nothing new has been presented in the last two pages of postings.

[Bruce Day]

The PGCA exhibits at the Pheasant Fest and NRA shows are and have been since the inception, PGCA sanctioned events, insured by PGCA insurance carriers, approved by the board, making money for the PGCA and soliciting members for the PGCA. PGCA owned guns and accessories are shown. Although expenses have been minimal, where they have occurred, they have been paid by the PGCA. For example, the Houston show, it was too far for Charlie and me to haul tables, so tables were rented by the PGCA. The monies brought in at Houston far exceeded the expenses incurred.

Past board members such as Charlie or me lead the effort and are responsible to the board for the appropriate conduct of the event, and we usually have one or more present board members assisting. We have evening dinners and have usually identified them as PGCA dinner meetings and all in the area are invited to join us. Usually Charlie or sometimes me has a short talk about where the PGCA has been and where headed, in a positive and encouraging manner.

Unless a PGCA event is defined solely as an event where there is shooting as opposed to collecting and fellowship, IMHO, these events are PGCA events.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

"Allan, you don't have to apologize for your choices. Many Parker collectors go to Las Vegas every January regardless of where they live. It was always a cheap trip for me when I went, even though I live on the East Coast. If the PGCA annual meeting is at a California Side by Side Association event, I will consider going, even if I have to fly. I didn't like Louisville as much as Vintagers, because it was a gun show venue rather than a shooting venue, but I am an old Louisville attendee, so I went. I even liked Richmond, because we drew some collectors and guns out of the brush. I think we should go to Cody because most of us have never been there. Did we have a Cody meeting? I would be willing to do it again, even if we have been there."


Cody has a great gun club too!!

[Bruce Day]

How about an annual meeting at Fort Smith, Montana, on the Big Horn River, where I can use my Parker-Hawes fly rod for brown trout?