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Originally posted by Frustrated Middle Child:

Welcome, Amanda. It's refreshing to hear replies and rebuttals from the mouth of the horse, as it were. I wish you, and your co's, the greatest success in returning the NRA to the outstanding organization it once was.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
I read the reform website, and read the thread on Ruger. The reform website doesn't have a link on how to vote just a link to become a member (I've been a life member for 15+ years). The Ruger forum just describes how to vote if you receive a hard copy magazine (I'm a digital subscriber).

I can't find a way to vote electronically and haven't received a paper ballot from NRA. Has anyone received a paper ballot via mail (i.e. not in their hard copy magazine) or a link to vote electronically?

Great question. Digitals need to watch their mail ( and ugh... open it) till they find the one that contains your ballot. Should be mailed in the first 2 weeks of Feb.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Welcome Amanda! We are glad you are here for answering questions and enjoy our fellowship!

Welcome. You will have my vote.

Also, as pace40 points out above, the board size needs to shrink.

Thanks - I am not on the ballot this year.

GASP - a board member who surfaces and discusses and is not running? What is this world coming to? I am just fighting to save the NRA. Its survived 150 years and my family has been members something like 80+ continuous years of that. And its not going down on my watch.

I also applaud the reform work that Amanda and the other reformers are doing

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Also, as pace40 points out above, the board size needs to shrink.

I've been railing for years on the size of the NRA board. I realize this is a future issue not a 1Q25 issue.

There was a study a few years ago that said the ideal number of directors of a corporation or non-profit is 7 and every additional board member decreases decision making by 10%. The NRA executives can do whatever they please since it's so difficult to get a majority of 76 people to align, and I'd suggest this is the primary reason the board was set-up to be that size.

If it were up to me, the NRA director geographic boundary would match geographic boundary of each federal appeals court. That would align them to better fight for the rights of its members. I'd reduce the number of board members to 9 by combining:

1, 2, and 3

6 & 7

DC Circuit and Federal Circuit

The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) will send out their recommendations either this evening or tomorrow according to their president. IIRC, they recommended four individuals last time and all four (?) got on the board. I will copy that here when I get my e-mail update.

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) will send out their recommendations either this evening or tomorrow according to their president. IIRC, they recommended four individuals last time and all four (?) got on the board. I will copy that here when I get my e-mail update.

They boosted last years 4 for Reform
Jeff Knox
Phil Journey
Rocky Marshall
Dennis Fusaro

I worked with Jeff Knox’s dad Neal Knox in 1997/1998 on NRA reform and was one of the NRA Life (Patron) members that he promoted to run for BOD that year. It was also the year Charlton Heston ran and won so the voter turnout was huge. I got what in most any other year would have been a winning number of votes, just not that year.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
I read the reform website, and read the thread on Ruger. The reform website doesn't have a link on how to vote just a link to become a member (I've been a life member for 15+ years). The Ruger forum just describes how to vote if you receive a hard copy magazine (I'm a digital subscriber).

I can't find a way to vote electronically and haven't received a paper ballot from NRA. Has anyone received a paper ballot via mail (i.e. not in their hard copy magazine) or a link to vote electronically?

Correction....

Just found out that ALL eligible voting members will get a magazine with a ballot. So even if you get an electronic copy - for voting purposes you will get a Magazine containing the ballot in the centerfold.

Thanks FMC!

Update: Today, I received my hard copy of American Rifleman which included my NRA ballot.

Time for some reform!

Unfortunately Wayne may have spoiled me for life with that organization. There are better choices in my opinion.

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Originally posted by 400m:
Unfortunately Wayne may have spoiled me for life with that organization. There are better choices in my opinion.

Only life members and people who have been annual members 5 straight years can vote.

Myself and many other Sigforumites have been life members well before the NRA lost their way. Only way to fix it is to vote. It's in everyone's interest for the NRA to get back to being the 800 lb gun rights gorilla.

Sure, I'll vote for the NRA 2.0 people.

waiting for my ballot.

(NRA Life member since 1989)

Got mine, never have voted, finding information on the directors in the past wasn't easy, this will help in voting for a new board.

Mailed mine today.

This thread was very helpful, thanks for posting. I mailed my ballot in today. Maybe we can resurrect this old beast and make it useful again. In the meantime, my contributions are going to GOA.

I haven't contributed one dime to the NRA since the Wayne debacle for six or seven years other than renewing my NRA Instructor credentials.
I won't contribute another dime to the NRA until the BOD is reformed and the NRA returns to the organization they were in the distant past.

At one time, they were the ONLY organization effectively fighting anti-gun legislation.
Right now, the GOA and SAF are more effective fighting the fight.

If the NRA can clean up their act and get their mission back on track, I might consider resuming contributions.
But it's going to take all the Life, Endowment, Patron, and Benefactor Members along with the 5+ year annual Members to make the necessary changes at the BOD.

Thanks for the timely post.

NRA voting members, vote for the BOD reform candidates!

Hey FMC, I sent you an email with a couple questions. Hope you’re able to continue participating here. Thanks