Middle TN Friends of the NRA Dinners

[Guest Len]

Hello Everyone:

Mike Webb, the NRA Field Rep for Tennessee, has asked me to serve on the committee putting together one of the middle-TN area FoNRA dinners this year. Nashville of course has a HUGE dinner, but many people dont know about the many smaller dinners scattered around the region.

Mike has asked me to spread the word about the dinners this year, help sell tickets, and help develop a steeering committee planning the Sumner County dinner this year (it will be in Hendersonville in August).

We are trying to put together a committee meeting in April sometime in Hendersonville to begin the planning process for this year. I dont have the exact time/date/location yet, but will know soon.

If anyone is interested in attending or helping out on the committee, please PM me when you get a chance. I will get you details.

These dinners are fun, with lots of silent auction items, give-aways, etc. I won a nice little Savage Arms Cub .22lr rifle last year -just for showing up. The more people that show up, the more fun there is. A great place to meet some nice people.

Btw, for those of us who are not the biggest fans of NRA, it should be noted that all the proceeds of these dinners benefit the NRA Foundation (not the NRA -they are not quite the same thing) and LOCAL (in TN) educational efforts. FoNRA dinners raise the money for the foundation grants that help support local shooting teams, JROTC programs, etc.

[molonlabetn]

PM sent

[Marswolf]

We have a strange situation here in the Tri-Cities. The guy, and his wife, who organize the dinners do it for Virginia rather than Tennessee. Now I could see them doing that when they lived in Virginia, but now they work in Tennessee and even own a gun shop here. They also are in their second Tennessee home.

A lot of Tennessee people got tired of going to the dinner and the money being spent in Virginia.

[shaftbass]

I'm not interested in the organizing part, but I'd like to attend the dinner.

[Guest Len]

All: Local dinners can be found here: http://www.nrafoundation.org/friends/states/find_event.asp?state=Tennessee

Reef: You are officially invited as my guest. Sat. Aug 25, 6pm Hendersonville High School Cafeteria, Cherokee Rd. Hendersonville, TN. If that is too far from wherever you live, we'll find you a closer one. I'll let you know when we have tickets, etc.

Mars: I have heard of this situation. The closest dinner I know of to you is in Knoxville. Details are below. We are trying to put together more FoNRA dinners state-wide. Tri-Cities would be an ideal location considering the nearest one to you is in Virginia. I'll let Mike Webb know about this. I bet he'll want to get you involved organizing one in Kingsport or somewhere, so if you dont want to be bothered, PM me and I'll keep my mouth shut.

8/16/2007 - 6:00 p.m. - Knoxville, Tennessee Location: Rothchild's Banquet & Catering

8807 Kingston Pike

Knoxville, TN 37923 Contact: Ryan Patrick @ Guns & More, Inc.

865.584.1100

sales@gunsandmoreinc.com

[Guest GlocKingTN]

A lot of Tennessee people got tired of going to the dinner and the money being spent in Virginia.

Thats not right! Is it even legal?

[shaftbass]

Excellent.. count me in!

[Marswolf]

Mars: I have heard of this situation. The closest dinner I know of to you is in Knoxville. Details are below. We are trying to put together more FoNRA dinners state-wide. Tri-Cities would be an ideal location considering the nearest one to you is in Virginia. I'll let Mike Webb know about this. I bet he'll want to get you involved organizing one in Kingsport or somewhere, so if you dont want to be bothered, PM me and I'll keep my mouth shut.

Len, you are right that we need a dinner up here in the Tri-Cities. But they do take a lot of work to put on and I just don't have the time right now. Hell, I don't know if I'll be here in this country next week. So, I'll have to pass on helping set one up.

It would probably be good to set up the dinners in places with anti-gun politicians to remind them we do vote.

[Guest Tracy Hightower]

Len,

With your permission, I will help you out by providing the info for our banquet.

The Kentucky Lake Friends of the NRA Committee banquet will be on Saturday October 6th, 2007 in Camden, TN beginning at 6:00 pm

The banquet will be at the Bank of Camden Community Room located at

180 Hwy. 641 North in Camden.

If you would like to use a credit card you may purchase banquet tickets on-line by going to the Tactical Response Gear site at http://www.tacticalresponsegear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=187

Once we receive your order, your ticket(s) will go out in the mail.

It is suggested that you purchase your tickets to the banquet at the time you register for the Free Alumni Training Weekend as there will only be 250 tickets available and they will go fast.

If you would rather use a check or money order you may send your ticket requests to the following address.

KY Lake Friends of the NRA Committee

1061 Asbury Rd.

Camden, TN 38320

In addition to the NRA merchandise package we will have several items available from donors.

We have already had a generous donation of an SLR-15 AR-15 Rifle from Defensive Edge. www.SLR15.com The firearm is an SLR-15 Operator (Level 3) valued at $1278.00. This rifle will also have the Tactical Response Logo on the receiver. This rifle will be raffled off as a pre-event raffle. Tickets will be $10.00 each and you will not need to be present to win. Tickets will be available in approximately 2 weeks. I will post details when I have them.

In addition, Calvary Arms, http://www.cavalryarms.com/ has generously donated three AR-15 Lower Receivers that will be serial numbered TN-NRA 1, TN-NRA 2 and TN-NRA 3. These receivers will be available in the auction at the event.

We look forward to this year's event and expect it to sell out this year. Thanks in advance to all of you who support the NRA Foundation through your local Friends of The NRA Event.

[Guest Len]

Here's the definite info on the Sumner County FoNRA Dinner planning meeting:

Monday, April 9, 2007

7pm

Fattoush Cafe

City Square Shopping Center

Main St

Hendersonville, TN

Agenda:

1) Begin planning for August dinner

2) Develop plans for increasing attendance/publicity

3) Ticket sales

4) Other

Hope to see you there.

Here is some info on the Friends of NRA Program:

FRIENDS OF NRA PROGRAM

PURPOSES AND GOALS

· The Friends of NRA is a local, grassroots program conducted by local volunteers to raise funds for The NRA Foundation through banquets & auctions, shoots, golf tournaments, etc. and to provide a local gathering for NRA members.

· The Friends of NRA program is here to help preserve the Second Amendment, promote the shooting sports and firearms education and other traditional, non-political NRA activities.

· Proceeds are raised under the umbrella of The NRA Foundation, which is a 501 © (3) charitable and educational organization.

· Proceeds raised go toward firearms safety training, youth education, hunter safety training programs, range development, conservation and Second Amendment education.

· Half the proceeds raised at local banquets are used to fund projects in your state, the other half is used for national NRA programs.

· None of the proceeds may be used for political, legislative, or lobbying activities due to the charitable tax status of The NRA Foundation.

· Contributions to The NRA Foundation are tax deductible in accordance with Federal law.

[molonlabetn]

I'm coming... and so is my wife.

[molonlabetn]

Quick question... Len?

Wife wants to know what the menu will be, and how she should dress? Is this formal, semi-formal, casual? (she bought a new dress, and wants an excuse to wear it...)

[Guest Len]

I've never been to this place, never even heard of it, so I have no clue what the cuisine will be. As for dress, totally casual. This is just a bunch of people getting together to plan the event, nothing fancy.

Now, if you are talking about the actual dinner itself, it is also casual (I work khakis and collared shirt) and the food was bar-b-que last year. I assume it will be the same this time around.

See you Mon.

-Len

[Guest Tracy Hightower]

The link to purchase tickets for the KY Lake Friends of the NRA banquet in Camden has changed. Please see the original post.

The tickets are also available now for the SLR-15 Rifle contest at the same link as well as the one listed below.

http://www.tacticalresponsegear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=187