NRA Club University Coming to Nashville!

[Guest Len]

Is your club interested in starting a youth club, expanding your membership, or networking with other NRA supporters?

Attend this one-day comprehensive seminar on how the NRA can help you and your club make a difference!

Topics of discussion include:

• Grant Funding

• Range Issues

• NRA programs

• Marketing to your community

• How to increase club membership

• Guest Speakers from the Tennessee Shooting Sports Association and much more!

$30 registration fee includes a free hat, conference materials, Range Sourcebook CD ($19.99 value), complimentary snacks, breakfast, and lunch.

Saturday March 21, 2009

Registration and Breakfast - 8:00 am

Hotel Preston Nashville

733 Briley Parkway

Nashville, TN 37217

(866) 986-8089

Please register at www.nrahq.org/clubs/club_university/registration.asp

To pre-register for this event or for more information call (800) NRA-CLUB or email clubs@nrahq.org

[Guest Len]

Below is the detailed agenda (subject to change) for the Club University event in Nashville.

8:30 a.m.- 9 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9 a.m. NRA Clubs & Associations – How NRA can help your club prosper & grow!

· Overview of Club University – Clubs Staff

· Benefits of NRA Club & Business Alliance Affiliation (brief overview)

Take a Look At Your Club

· What is your club’s goal/mission?

· Reviewing your bylaws

· Overview of Incorporation

· Membership recruitment (incorporate women/youth programs)

· Public Relations/ Community Events

· NRA Club Awards/Gold medal

· Example from Local Club and Marketing tactics – Local Club

· Benefits of State Association Affiliation – TNSSA

o Community Relations

o Opening Lines of Communication

o Managing a Club/State Association

10:30 a.m. NRA at the State Level

NRA Field Representatives – Mike Webb

· Friends of NRA

· The NRA Foundation Grants/ How to fill out a grant (bring in sample grant)

NRA Institute for Legislative Action – Brent Gardner

· State’s legislative updates

· Q&A

12 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m. NRA Endorsed Insurance – Lockton Affinity

· Overview of Coverage – Jeff Hewitt

· Insurance for Clubs & Business

· Overview of Healthcare Insurance for Members

2 p.m. Range Services

· Overview of Range Issues – John Joines or Eric Whitescarver

· Range Development & Operations Conferences

· Range Grants (sample range grant)

· RTTA Program

· National Registry of Places to Shoot

3 p.m. Programs Overview – Amanda Millward

· Youth Programs

· Women on Target

· Shooting Sport Camps

· Instructor Classes

· Competitive Shooting

· Eddie Eagle

4 p.m. Round Table Discussion

[Guest David Waldrip]

Since Len origingally posted this last week, some GREAT door prizes have been added.

From http://www.nrahq.org/clubs/club_university/default.asp:

There will also be a chance to win two door prizes:

1. Remington R-15 Rifle .223 Caliber Camo (value $1199.00). Donated by Joe Lundberg of Hero-Gear, LLC.
   
2. A Fighting Rifle Course (2-day class) & Advanced Fighting Rifle Course (2-day class). Both of the courses include lodging and are valued at $400.00 each. Courses can be exchanged for other two-day classes. Donated by one of the owners, Tracy Hightower, of Tactical Response.
   

Anyone want to bet a steak dinner that the initial seating will go quick and the NRA will have to book a bigger room?

-David

[Guest Len]

Just registered online. Took about 90 seconds. Looks to be an informative day. And a great deal --for 30 bucks you get breakfast, lunch, snacks, the NRA Range Sourcebook CD ($20 if you buy it from NRA) and entry into the door prizes contest. NRA only holds a few of these a year, and the only other two in 2009 are in NY and CA.

Since Len origingally posted this last week, some GREAT door prizes have been added.

From http://www.nrahq.org/clubs/club_university/default.asp:

There will also be a chance to win two door prizes:

1. Remington R-15 Rifle .223 Caliber Camo (value $1199.00). Donated by Joe Lundberg of Hero-Gear, LLC.
   
2. A Fighting Rifle Course (2-day class) & Advanced Fighting Rifle Course (2-day class). Both of the courses include lodging and are valued at $400.00 each. Courses can be exchanged for other two-day classes. Donated by one of the owners, Tracy Hightower, of Tactical Response.
   

Anyone want to bet a steak dinner that the initial seating will go quick and the NRA will have to book a bigger room?

-David

[TripleDigitRide]

Sounds like a date.

Thanks for the info, Len and David.

[BimmerFreak]

This is going to be a great event! Thanks to Len and David for getting the word out.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Already signed up. See you there.

[Guest Len]

Less than 4 weeks out now. Registration is starting to nudge up. If you belong to a club, make sure some representatives of your club attend. We need to preserve and grow the shooting sports in TN, and gun clubs are on the front lines of that battle!