Nashville Chapter of the TFA Meeting

[dunndw]

TFA Meeting 6:30pm

Spet. 18th

Academy of Personal Protection and Security

336 Hill Ave.Nashville, TN 37210

Lets get a good showing to keep this chapter from fading away

[Guest dpeneguy]

It would help if we had more then a days notice... I will not be able to attend anymore on tuesdays I have a bowling league that starts at 6:05 pm every tuesday night

[dunndw]

I know....It took me several emails to track down what little info I DID get.

Just run in...bowl your 300 and run out...time management :-)

[bteague2]

Are these always on week nights? If they were Friday or Saturday I could probably make a couple.

[Guest Len]

Methinks there wont be much of a crowd...

And I am now TRIPLE-booked for that time period...

I know....It took me several emails to track down what little info I DID get.

Just run in...bowl your 300 and run out...time management :-)

[molonlabetn]

As of right now (0448 CST 9/18), I am 98.4% sure that I will be there.

See ya'll when I wake up...

[TGO David]

As of right now (0448 CST 9/18), I am 98.4% sure that I will be there.

See ya'll when I wake up...

Want to meet for dinner somewhere before hand? I'm still planning on being there.

[molonlabetn]

Want to meet for dinner somewhere before hand? I'm still planning on being there.

Anywhere's fine with me, name the place... I assume around 6pm or 'quarter-till.

[TGO David]

Anywhere's fine with me, name the place... I assume around 6pm or 'quarter-till.

I presume you'll be OC this evening. That limits our dining options somewhat as a lot of these places nearby serve booze. Do you like Italian? There's Nick's deli over here off of 5th Ave in Nashville. No beer, no alcohol. Not sure what Nick would think about OC, though, and the place is frequented by Metro PD all the time so we might end up like those poor VCDL guys.

[molonlabetn]

As of right now (0448 CST 9/18), I am 98.4% sure that I will be there.

See ya'll when I wake up...

Well crap... the 1.6% occurred

I have to go in early to take care of some stuff. I won't be able to make it to Nashville tonight... I'm sorry guys, Tungsten... I'll have to make it another time.

Guess ya'll don't have to worry about the weird guy OCing restricting dinner options

Sorry again, I was looking forward to this one... hope it turns out better than I'd hoped though.

[TGO David]

No worries, man. I am going to head home, get changed, eat some dinner then see about heading back to Nashville to attend. I hate making two 50 mile round trips in one day, but it beats staying here at the office for another 2 hrs.

[Guest tjbert47]

I am booked tonight myself. Looks like I won't be making it tonight.

Did we hold a meeting last month? I never heard a word.

Tom in TN

[TGO David]

Recap of the September 18, 2007 Meeting

Standard Meeting Date & Time

Several key things were accomplished tonight, not the least of which was the decision to establish a set date and time at the Nashville chapter will meet from this point forward. That date and time is to be the 3rd Tuesday of Every Month from 6:30pm - 8:00pm at the A.P.P.S facility.

Unless an announcement is sent out superseding this for a given month, that meeting date, time and place stands. This should alleviate any future confusion over whether there is a meeting and when it is. The answer will be YES there is a meeting, and it's at 6:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday. The only exception would be if this fell on a holiday of some sort.

Communication Is Key

One of the things we've complained about here is that communication from the TFA regarding the Nashville chapter seems to have been lacking. I'm going to take John Harris up on his challenge to not just cajole from the sidelines and will be getting together with him this week to try and facilitate good communication to the greater Nashville TFA members on things pertinent to the chapter.

I don't know if this means that Nashville will be represented in TFA email alerts or what. But it does mean that -- for the interim at least -- I am going to make it my personal responsibility to keep the Nashville members informed electronically.

Electing Club Officers

It was also decided tonight that the TFA Nashville chapter will kick off 2008 by electing officers. All posts will be up for election, including that of the chapter President ... a declaration made by Perry, the incumbent President himself.

The January 2008 meeting will consist partially of taking nominations for the various offices. After nominations are taken and that part of the meeting is closed, there will be a guest speaker. Several ideas for the speaker were tossed around, one of which being a member of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations. Perhaps we could get him to tell us more about the "instant background checks" ...

The February 2008 meeting will consist of each candidate for offices being given a set amount of time to tell us all why they feel that they are the person for the position they are applying for. Immediately following, elections will be held and officers will be appointed.

The posts up for election will be:

• Chapter President or Chairman
  
• Chapter Vice President or Vice Chairman
  
• Secretary / Treasurer
  
• Sargent at Arms

If you're interested in any of these, you should get involved and definitely be there for the January and February meetings.

The Long Term Plan

Quite a few ideas for guest speakers and chapter projects were tossed around tonight. More ideas will certainly be generated as more people get involved and obviously more people will get involved as the chapter holds productive, informative meetings.

I think the general consensus tonight was that (a.) having a set date and time for meetings and (b.) electing officers to lead the chapter for 2008 were important things that will greatly shape the future of things.

October 2007 Meeting Plan

So what's up for October...

When: Tuesday, October 16th at 6:30pm

Where: Academy of Personal Protection and Security

We are hoping that John Harris, TFA's Executive Director and lawyer extraordinaire, will join us once again but this time have a topical presentation followed by a Q&A session. I have yet to speak with Mr. Harris about any of this (sorry, John) but at least one idea was to have him speak on the subject of what you should do immediately following a self-defense shooting.

I'm sure many of us would like to hear a lawyer's perspective on this... especially if that lawyer happens to be one who has been as instrumental in shaping some of our recent gun laws as Mr. Harris has.

So there you have it. The Nashville chapter is alive and moving forward. But like any newly formed (or re-formed) venture, the success of this chapter depends on people getting involved. That part is up to you.