2013 PGCA Annual Meeting Silent Auction Results

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Originally Posted by Jent P Mitchell III

Hello Dean, Did I understand correctly ??? We had ONLY 50 members of our PGCA show up at the annual members meeting of the PGCA ??? Please confirm the attendance at our PGCA annual members meeting in Rhode Island for me and all other concerned members. If only 50 PGCA members, plus or minus a few, showed up something went wrong. Thank You for your reporting to those of us located South of the Mason Dixon Line. Can any other member here on the bbs give an eyewitness report on the attendance at our annual members meeting in Rhode Island ??? Good Shooting To Us All, Jent

Jent,
If you don't believe Dean then I can give you an eyewitness accounting. We sold 54 tickets to the event which is on par with the last two years events which were held in South Carolina last year and Louisville Kentucky the year before. As for your concern about what went wrong I would say absolutely nothing, as I had people coming up to me for two days telling me it was the best Annual Meeting they had ever attended. If I had to find one thing wrong it would be that after all the time and effort so many people put into creating a first class experience we still have "concerned members" who "did not attend" that want to know "what went wrong". See you at the Spring Southern.

[edgarspencer]

I don't agree with the idea that something was wrong with the choice for this year's annual meeting. While the absence of a few members from the Northeast was noticed, what I noticed, when comparing this year's meeting with last years, is that far fewer members made the trip north this year, than those who traveled south last year. The net return from the silent auction is more indicative of the number and quality of items available for bidding, and has little to do with the number of members present.
While this year's event was held in conjunction with the Vintage Cup, and the number of 'Vintagers' may have been down, the number of those who came through the PGCA tent was encouraging and the display they saw was first class. I can't imagine anyone could find the least bit of issue with the venue, the decorum of the Trappers or the variety of stations. If someone didn't attend, they ought not make judgements and think something was 'wrong'.