Nope, according to the ATA rule book, the executive director gets his marching orders from the executive committee. Rule 1 F.3 The Executive...
My thanks goes out to the techs, moderators and the administrator. Thank you all.
A old pastor told me to always remember, that the absence of proof is not proof of absence.
OP asked: Is there any more news on the new championship series? Merlo replied: There may not be a lone shoot for this year. More than likely 3 or...
N1HI, Merlo's thread titled Rules and information on Championship Series posted on April 13, 2018 identifies the planned rules. Garry
Based on the comments above, I am not going to spend any more time on an ATA petition. I want to thank all who participated and I am sure a lot of...
AZCOTRAP, I can't speak for the other members of this site, but I like and appreciate your suggestion. I am hopeful, that others will jump on board....
Gary, here's what I wrote: Are you suggesting an age limit for voting on change requests? Thanks
This is a Draft, that has not been proofed for mistakes. But I appreciate your concern over my typing error.
AZOTRAP, can you assure the ATA membership, that checks and balances have been put in place to prevent this impropriety from ever happening again?
Not true, there are requirements. Read the rule book. The criteria for election as a State Delegate or Alternate Delegate are: -actual physical...
A shorter and softer version. Petition for changes within the American Trap Shooting Association – Draft 2 Date: We the undersigned, are...
I agree and that why I said: Having said that, I know from experience that if changes 1-5 and not agreed to by ATA management, the ATA replacement...
I forgot change number 15 - Everyone must shoot a semi-automatic. Just kidding, it's been a long day for this old guy.
FrankL, yes I can see where you are coming from. Thanks for pointing this out.
Listed below is my first draft of the ATA petition. Please let me know what changes you would like to see. In my opinion, there are way too many...
User 1, the members have voiced a lot of Wants since I have been a member of this website. It's my understanding that for a petition to have the...
wpt, here's my response to your post to me, (number 8), in the above thread. You are the only one who has said they liked the petition idea. I thank...
cfandg, Are the two clubs you referenced above, throwing more, less or about the same amount targets per year compared to 2006?
At my age in those weather conditions, a 1 1/2 break would have been much appreciated. How much of the 1 1/2 hours was used to recognize the state...
FrankL, I can only answer for myself, but yes I want the ATA to survive by growing the membership and increasing the number of ATA targets thrown...
Tell me the top 3-5 changes, that would significantly increase the number of active ATA shooters and the number of ATA targets thrown annually, if...
Gary, I never won thousands of dollars at Troy but I did win a big television there that I sold as soon as it was given to me. Shoot the Grand during...
wpt, in my area there are several trap clubs that have already closed and more are on the brink of closing because of a lack of trap shooters. Some...
How about an on-line certified petition signed by thousands of trapshooters demanding that the current flawed process for implementing changes to...
Nice, it looks like everyone is having a good time. Thanks for sharing these pictures.
Discount on membership fees. Discount on new shells. Discount on practice targets.
Gary, check again, it works for me. Cut and paste the number to avoid typo's.
Mark, weren't the 3 big shoots also held that close together during 2017?
John Doe, There were zero defectors from Ohio. If you look at the championship events for singles, doubles and caps, there were zero shooters from...
Total attendance through Saturday is up 4.4 percent. http://www.shootata.com/Portals/0/pdf/18USOpenAttendance.pdf
The 2018 U.S Open attendance through Thursday. http://www.shootata.com/Portals/0/pdf/18USOpenAttendance.pdf
http://www.shootata.com/Portals/0/pdf/18USOpenAttendance.pdf
Have you called Kolar?
Have the organizers made a decision on which gun club(s) will host this new venue?
Silver Dollar Withdraws Appeal for Trap Fields. Trap Bunkers Boarded Up This is breaking news from Hillsborough County Code Enforcement: 05/17/2018,...
Tim Stewart, a resident of the Silver Dollar has posted his blog on the Silver Dollar situation. Scroll down and starting reading from the bottom to...
This Garry has never said anything about wobble traps.
Neil, I disagree with your quote above. How can it be clear if there isn't an official process documenting the required steps to be followed that's...
Note: Total accountability and total transparency also means that whenever a change request has been submitted and during the process it is voted...
Gary, am I correct in thinking that you are referring to good ideas to improve and grow ATA registered trapshooting? If so, there have been many...
You have got to be kidding!!!
I do!
My comment above assumes the new championship venue will be held at the Cardinal Center which may or may not be true.
The goal is to honor Jack Fishburn and his wife. How about naming the new championship venue that being talked about the Jack Fishburn Championship?
Great idea. Why not make it an annual event?
Smithy, I did use the word should. The first sentence is straight from the ATA website.
The winner will be the person with the least amount of Donuts.
As the faithful protector of trapshooting, the ATA not only governs the sport's rules and regulations, but also seeks ways to enhance the sport and...
How do these shooters get to shoot on bank 3 every time?
Separate names with a comma.
