Would you like to do it? No kidding!
I'm going to a show this weekend that has PGCA tables. I was asked to display a few guns and sit by a table. That is the easy part and I'm glad to do it. That "PGCA event" is only because one member of the PGCA took it upon himself to get a table and coordinate with other members that the show will have a PGCA presence. Its work, and the people that organize it should be commended for their efforts.
I suggest if you want to take on the project, you talk to a member of the BOD and see how they can help you with banners, raffle tickets and advise... etc. Then get two or three local "Parker guys" to help; get them to agree to display their guns and hang around the tables. Post a request for help on this forum and see what response you get.
I think you will find its a lot of fun, meeting some great people with like interests. Work yes, but fun too. And a little help makes the work seem less daunting.
I went to a New Years Day shoot in New Hampshire that was set up the same way. One or two members invited other local PGCA members via this forum to attend a shoot at their club. That was three years ago. It was spoken about here on the forum with pictures posted and now its getting bigger attendance. We get together, shoot and eat, talk Parkers and the club hosting us makes a good profit by our attendance; which would not otherwise be there on New Years day. Everyone wins and it is a great time might I add.
In early summer several years ago, another PGCA individual organized a shoot in Road Island which is attracting people from many states. Even the wives who are not shooters have bonded and attend, its now a family event. We had a young man last year, that was not even in his teens, that almost out shot us; he was a neighbors son of a PGCA member. Great fun! Again, one PGCA member setting it up and getting it going.
I am sure that if you would do a table or a shoot, and get some help from local members, you will have a ball! Start small, and it will take off. Test the water and see how it goes. You could have an annual Colorado event going in no time and it only takes a week of so of concerted effort.
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