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Originally posted by 229DAK:

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Some excellent candidates for the NRA Board of Directors elections coming up

I’m often asked by other fellow NRA members which Board of Directors are good to vote for.

VCDL as an organization takes no formal position. But answering for myself, I know two candidates personally and trust them both to keep a watchful eye out:

Jeff Knox and Dennis Fusaro. Both Jeff and Dennis are running with two people they trust: Phil Journey and Rocky Marshall.

If you vote for all of them or just a few of them, I suggest not voting for anyone else. That concentrates your votes.

If you are an NRA member and you are getting one of the four magazines, you probably received your 2024 board of directors ballot. You are instructed to vote for no more than 25 names; 26 of the 34 names are incumbents, i.e.., Wayne's people. Maybe some will change now that he's gone and maybe some will continue his ways. The quote above is from the president of Virginia Citizens Defense League and while NOT an endorsement, here is some new blood for the BOD if you are interested. Don't vote for 25 names; it dilutes your vote (see the link).

The four names in the quote above are numbers 11, 12, 17 and 29 on the ballot (oddly, they are numbered differently than the list on page 63 of the March 2024 issue of Shooting Illustrated).

Bullet Voting

Read your ballot carefully. The four names listed above are NOT numbered on my ballot as the quote above said. They’re all on the ballot, but in different positions. No idea why but just be aware that your ballot’s names and numbering may be different as well!

If 9 Supreme Court Justices is enough to decide the Laws of our Great Land, 9 BOD members should be more than enough to run the NRA.

Got my hard copy of TAR yesterday, with ballot. And another ILA funding letter (about every two weeks I get one). I could see twelve on the BOD, three-year terms with staggered years of appointment/election.

I cast my votes for Knox, Fusaro, Journey, and Marshall.

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Originally posted by tsmccull:
Read your ballot carefully. The four names listed above are NOT numbered on my ballot as the quote above said. They’re all on the ballot, but in different positions. No idea why but just be aware that your ballot’s names and numbering may be different as well!

We get four ballots (self, wife, and each child). The names are often in different orders. I’m not what the reason is that NRA does this, but some organizations have different ballots with different ordering of the names to avoid positional bias.

Should we come up with a list of say the top 12 candidates?

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
Should we come up with a list of say the top 12 candidates?

Only 8 candidates are NOT incumbents, i.e., NOT Wayne's people. The other 26 are Wayne's sycophants and we need to start getting them off the board - they supported Wayne and his corrupt ways or looked the other way. See my post above. It's a start. Less people one votes for means more concentrated votes.

Bullet Voting

I'm glad for the verdict but I'm not going to cheer it. As I said earlier in this thread, holding LaPierre accountable for his shameful behavior and theft is something American gun owners have wanted for years, but the motivations of the state of New York and the disgusting radical District Attorney are not the same as ours.

D.A. "Letitia" wants to destroy the NRA; we want to see it restored to the advocate for American gun owners and the Second Amendment it once was.

That being the case, screw Wayne LaPierre and the rest of his grifter buddies who have been draining the life out of this much-needed gun rights organization and screw "Letitia" and her commie bullshit.

The ballot has a space for write-in names. How about writing in Oliver North and Tom Selleck. Both have held positions in the NRA previously. I sincerely believe they are both honorable men.

I would vote for ONLY the four men listed above. Voting for additional candidates will just decrease their chances of election, as previously explained. I believe they were the only ones nominated by member petition. All the rest were chosen by the Nominating Committee (which has long been comprised of Wayne sycophants). This is why it has been difficult or impossible for an outsider to gain a seat on the Board. I'm sure Ollie North would otherwise be OK, and I do like Selleck, but he's just another person chosen based on celebrity. Hopefully, the judge will order a complete overhaul of the management structure and reduce the ridiculous number of Directors to a reasonable number, in line with most corporations. Everyone on the current Board needs to go, as they were all either complicit or failed to exercise even the slightest bit of fiduciary responsibility. Ollie North would, I'm sure, be OK, and while I do like Tom Selleck, he's just another person on the Board based on celebrity.

In addition, you'll see on your ballot a vote to change the regulations and appoint a "Compliance Officer." I think the Board is doing this (too little and too late) to feign some sort of proper governance. I voted against this, as I see no need for it if there were honest people at the helm.

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How about writing in Oliver North and Tom Selleck

I agree with savoy6's post. However, in my opinion, I believe Oliver North and Tom Selleck have probably placed the NRA in their rear-view mirror by now.

My ballot finally arrived today Saturday.

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Jeff Knox and Dennis Fusaro. Both Jeff and Dennis are running with two people they trust: Phil Journey and Rocky Marshall.

I'm voting for the 4 indicated. I trust the judgment of my fellow Sigforum members to help right this ship.

When will we have the results?

At the NRA convention?

Ballot just came today, I'll be monitoring this thread for any additional suggestions.

NRA responds to NY trial verdict.Came in email from American Rifleman


https://www.americanrifleman.o...tm_source=newsletter


A jury verdict in a high-profile New York trial confirms what the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) contended all along – that it was victimized by certain former vendors and “insiders” who abused the trust placed in them by the Association. The jury found no cause to remove NRA General Counsel and Secretary John Frazer, the remaining NRA employee who is an individual defendant in the action.

NRA officials set a confident tone today following the verdict in the New York Attorney General v. NRA lawsuit. In August, 2020, the NYAG filed a “dissolution lawsuit” against the NRA, along with claims against four individual defendants: former EVP Wayne LaPierre; Frazer; former CFO Wilson Phillips; and former Chief of Staff Joshua Powell.

During a 24-day jury trial, the NRA established the NYAG cannot prove self-dealing or bad faith by the NRA Board of Directors. The NRA disputed key allegations in the NYAG’s complaint – namely, that any governance issues at the NRA are “persistent.” As importantly, the NRA established that it adopted new policies and accounting controls, displaced vendors and “insiders” who abused the Association, and accepted reparations for costs determined to be excess benefits. Most of these corrective measures – part of an internal investigation ignited by the NRA Board – were adopted before the NYAG filed her lawsuit.

The NRA’s commitment to good governance was on full display during the trial proceedings.

“We appreciate the service of the jury and the opportunity to present evidence about the positive direction of the NRA today,” says NRA President Charles Cotton. “NRA members should be heartened by the NRA’s commitment to best practices, and we will continue to amplify our compliance record in the pivotal next phase of these proceedings. To the extent there were control violations, they were acted upon immediately by the NRA Board beginning in summer 2018.”

The six-person jury found that many of the business arrangements in which the NRA entered were appropriate and did not qualify as improper related party transactions. However, the six-person jury rendered a verdict that found the NRA failed to properly administer the organization and its assets, and that it violated whistleblower protections of New York Nonprofit Law.

With respect to other individual defendants, the jury found Mr. LaPierre and Mr. Phillips violated their statutory obligations to discharge the duties of their position in good faith and with care. The jury found the monetary harm suffered by the NRA for each individual was $5.4 million and $2 million, respectively. (Defendant Powell reached a settlement with the NYAG prior to the start of the jury proceedings.)

The jury decision paves the way for the second phase of the proceedings – a bench trial before Justice Joel M. Cohen where the judge is expected to rule on any final remedies against defendants.

In the final analysis, individual defendants could face financial awards payable to the NRA. No money damages will be awarded against the Association.

The NRA’s case focused on its compliance efforts, and the organization’s commitment to good governance following summer 2018 whistleblower complaints and the substantial evidence that it was the victim of fraud by a number of its vendors. When the NRA Board was alerted to these facts, it led an investigation into spending allegations and determined that certain individuals participated in transactions that ran afoul of NRA policies and procedures. Trial testimony confirmed the NRA Board was unaware of the arrangements in question.

In furtherance of its governance reforms, the NRA terminated a string of vendors, including Ackerman McQueen/Mercury Group, Associated Television, International, Under Wild Skies, and a travel consultancy. It cancelled consulting arrangements with certain NRA board members, adopted a new whistleblower policy in 2020, and recently hired a new compliance manager.

“A parade of NRA witnesses and independent experts established that the NRA was the victim of actions that were pursued in secrecy and not in the interests of the Association – by former vendors and fiduciaries,” says NRA counsel William A. Brewer III. “In any event, the NYAG’s case focused on the past and the NRA lives in the present. It was the NRA that ultimately established the record being pursued by the NYAG. Our client looks forward to phase two of these proceedings – emboldened by its record of good governance.”

Although it was not a matter before the jury, the NRA effectively demonstrated that the NYAG’s lawsuit was motivated by political animus. As a candidate for NYAG in summer 2018, Letitia James called the NRA a “terrorist organization” and “criminal enterprise.” She vowed to pursue the NRA if elected, and quickly did so upon taking office in 2019.

The election results are in .

https://www.americanrifleman.o...tm_source=newsletter

ELECTED FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2027

Ronnie Barrett
Phillip B. Journey
Rocky Marshall
Wayne Anthony Ross
Jeffrey A. Knox
Don Saba
Owen Buz Mills
Carolyn D. Meadows
Dean Cain
Craig Haggard
Bill Miller
Edie P. Fleeman
Robert J. Wos
Maria Heil
William Bachenberg
Dennis Fusaro
Jim Tomes
Donald J. Bradway
Scott L. Bach
Niger Roy Innis
Craig Swartz
David G. Coy
Charles R. Beers, III
Janet D. Nyce
Rick Ector
ELECTED FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM ENDING IN 2026

Susannah Warner Kipke
NOT ELECTED -- ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR 76THDIRECTOR

Joel Friedman
Kim Rhode
John C. Sigler
Greer Johnson
David A. Keene
Regina Roberts
Antonio A. Hernandez
James L. Wallace
In addition, the members voted overwhelmingly to amend the bylaws to create a Chief Compliance Officer position, to be filled by the Board.

In my view, there is some good news in these results:

1. Four reform candidates, as recommended by Jeff Knox, were elected to the board.
Phil Journey
Dennis Fusaro
Rocky Marshall
Jeff Knox

2. Buz Mills appears to be back on the board (I was under the impression that he had resigned a few years back).


But significant problems remain.

A recent article in Ammolandreports that William Brewer is the individual actually pulling the strings within the NRA. If Ammoland’s allegations are true, this means that a man who has donated to the Clinton’s, Joe Biden, and Beto O’Rourke is running the preeminent gun rights organization.

Anyone with a more accurate picture of the implications of the election results?

Silent

https://www.thetruthaboutguns....-members-gun-owners/



NRA Reform Was the Winner in Dallas, Will It Translate to a Win for Members, Gun Owners?

After years of turmoil and the resignation of longtime Executive Vice President Wayne LaPIerre, the NRA appears to be charting a new course after electing reform candidates to three of its top four leadership positions. During a board meeting on Monday, Doug Hamlin, who previously ran NRA publications, was elected Executive Vice President and CEO, succeeding LaPierre, who resigned amid corruption allegations.

Hamlin’s victory over Ronnie Barrett in a 35-to-31 vote signifies a shift towards greater transparency and improved financial stewardship.

“We want to welcome all of our members to the new NRA,” Hamlin told The Reload. “We want to welcome those that we’ve lost in the past five years to come back to us. And we want them to bring friends and family with them.”

Hamlin’s election was part of a broader sweep by reform candidates, with Bill Bachenberg and Mark Vaughn winning the first and second vice president positions, respectively. Their success comes as the NRA faces legal scrutiny for failing to safeguard its charitable assets, leading to millions being diverted for personal expenses by LaPierre and others.

The new leadership aims to provide more transparency and accountability.


More in the article.

The NRA still hasn't publicly denounced WLP and his fleecing of the NRA.

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The jury decision paves the way for the second phase of the proceedings – a bench trial before Justice Joel M. Cohen where the judge is expected to rule on any final remedies against defendants.

And when will this happen? I want to see the judge hammer him.