Voting in the NRA Election < Spread The Word!!

[luvsmiths]

So, what will you do?
Go to the refrigerator, pull out a jug of milk, discover it's spoiled, throw it away, and expect a new jug of milk to magically appear?
Do something.

Sounds like he did do something.
He stopped drinking milk.

 

[cougar015]

Wasn't even going to vote as this whole ordeal with finally flushing out the corruption of Wayne LaPierre has made me sick. I hate that he even has a Full Page Farewll article in the March American Riflemen/ Hunter. While Wayne has done a lot of good for the NRA, it was obvious to the membership that he was miss-using the funds of the organization for his own personal enjoyment. Neal Knox and others tried 2 years ago to stop the corruption and bring it to light and they were instead removed from their positions . I am a Lifelong member and at the Benefactor level and I will now be sending in my vote as requested. Good luck to the 4 challengers and if voted in, I hope you are successful in helping to make the changes you seek and we, the membership, want.

 

[NYlakesider]

Mr Knox my vote is in the mail, only 4 names checked!

 

[CH4]

The Four for Reform are Phil Journey, Rocky Marshall, Dennis Fusaro, and me, Jeff Knox.

Done and done.

Me too

Not knowing anyone else on the ballot, I just voted for the above 4.

 

[D Brown]

Thank you Mr. Knox and Mr. Jarrett

I'm glad I found this thread as I had recently received a call from my brother asking if I had any insight into who to vote for on the NRA Ballot.

I told him I would try to find some information and forward it to him. What I did was forward a link to this thread Voting in the NRA Election .

I strongly suggest that everyone reading this thread forward the above link to any voting members of the NRA that you happen to know.

Sincerely,

 

[BC38]

Sure wish I could vote.

I first joined the NRA in about 1987 or 1988

I've always been an annually renewing member.

BUT, with the almost monthly solicitations offering some kind of "gift" for early renewal, I got complacent and stopped reading the mailings.

A couple of years ago I accidentally missed an actual renewal deadline notice, and let my membership lapse for a short time. So now I haven't had 60 months of continuous membership, and therefore I'm not eligible to vote.

My bad. I just wish they would stop bombarding me with EARLY renewal requests and JUST send me one renewal notice a month or two before my membership expires. If they did that I wouldn't have been ignoring them and I'd be able to vote in this election. BUMMER! I guess I need to be more diligent about reading what they send me - and/or keeping closer track of my actual membership renewal dates.

Best of luck Mr. Knox. I hope we can get some new blood in the leadership. We need it.

 

[4T5GUY]

I just wish they would stop bombarding me with EARLY renewal requests and JUST send me one renewal notice a month or two before my membership expires.

One easy way to see when a renewal is due is to look at the mailing address label on the American Rifleman. Mine is due July of 2025.

Jim

 

[VOLCANIC REPEATING ARMS]

I asked Jeff to post this rather than me posting the article from his website with his permission. I felt it would carry more weight if he posted it.
Thanks, Jeff, for taking the time to do so. I really appreciate it!

Put me on record as fully supporting Jeff Knox, Phil Journey, Rocky Marshall, and Dennis Fusaro and the new Bylaw.

Many of you have been perplexed by my policy of not allowing negative commentary or "bashing" of the NRA.
I had a good reason for that.
I knew Wayne's regime was hurting the NRA and membership was declining. However, the NRA was still the biggest dog we had in the fight against antigunners. I was not going to provide a platform to harm the NRA further and possibly decrease membership more. Even as flawed as it was under Wayne's regime, we had to keep it alive.
We are at a pivotal moment in history here, folks. Wayne is gone, and good riddance! We have a chance to elect four Directors that are focused on reform and rebuilding. We must get these four men elected!
PLEASE do as Jeff is asking, and vote for ONLY these four and vote yes for the Bylaw.

Read these key portions of Jeff's post again-












C'mon, people, NOW is the time to do something to save the NRA! Don't look back on this time and say "I wish I'd-a done that!"
If we can't get the NRA back in order, all may eventually be lost in this fight.

Take a look at Wikipedia, another biased and unfounded opinions of people that have never owned firearms. Makes the NRA look like we don't care. Quite the opposite. Do you really think that criminals care about back ground checks or buy firearms legally?
Arrogant and elitist go to the "feel good" argument. Always complain and blame with no realistic solutions.
Time to tune up the old regime and make them pay for all the out of control spending of OUR money...
NRA Life member 1976

 

[handejector]

PLEASE spread this message as far and wide as you can!
Get this message out there.
Let's get these four elected and rebuild the NRA!

WARNING!!
There are FIVE different versions of the ballot showing the names in different order, so check carefully for these four:

Phil Journey
Rocky Marshall
Dennis Fusaro
Jeff Knox

See the pic of Page E from the magazine.

 

[handejector]

But, somehow the ballot got in the shredding pile, and is gone!

You might be able to get another ballot by calling the NRA.

PLEASE spread this message as far and wide as you can! Get this message out there. Let's get these four elected and rebuild the NRA.

 

[BC38]

One easy way to see when a renewal is due is to look at the mailing address label on the American Rifleman. Mine is due July of 2025.

Jim

Thanks Jim. VERY helpful info!
I just looked at mine and set myself an Outlook reminder to renew before it expires.

 

[fordson]

Voted. I wish you all, and the NRA, luck……..

 

[MORSNO]

Thank you for this post, exactly what I was looking for! Ballot filled out and will be mailed first thing in the morning.

 

[JeffKnox]

I like Rick a lot. My only issue with him is that he's been on the Board for a while now, and has not actively or publicly decried the stupidity that's been thriving among the "leaders" of the Board. Had he been vocal for change, he probably wouldn't have been renominated. By not being vocal for change, he lost my active support. There are a few people on the ballot that I hope win seats, but not at the expense of the four of us, as we're the only ones, along with Buz Mills, actively and publicly calling for serious reform.

 

[JeffKnox]

Nailed it... But there's a window.

Jeff,

We all wish for reforms at the NRA. The problem is that the organization is structured in a way that votes don't matter. Any organization with a BoD that big means that it has little to no influence on meaningful decisions.

You're right, though your comment is a bit convoluted. With a 76-member Board of Directors, it's almost impossible for just a few to have a significant impact. We understand that going in. But a judge is about to decide how the NRA proceeds from here. No one knows what direction he's going to take. He could simply wag his finger at the Board and tell them to not do it again, or he could dissolve the Board altogether, appoint a Receiver to reorganize the Association, and basically start everything from scratch.
Right now, there's only one Director publicly speaking out against the crony cabal that protected and kept Wayne in power. We desperately need a few more. Since the verdict, other Directors are beginning to see the light and stray from the status quo. A solid victory for the four of us would send a loud message to all of them -- and to the judge -- that there are a lot of NRA members ready to fight for their Association.
Like I say, we don't know what's going to happen next, but we want to be in the best position to have a positive impact whenever whatever's going to happen is decided and implemented.
One of my goals in the reorganization is to see the Board reduced to 9 to 11 Directors. They should be 100% dedicated to protection of Second Amendment rights and the shooting sports, and they should be experienced business people who know how a half-billion dollar per year corporation should operate, not just guys who have been around a while and made the right friends.
At-large voting for 75 Directors + a 76th at the Members' Meeting, is insane. It needs to be changed dramatically, and right now, we know change is coming via the New York judge. Be a part of the change by electing people who are proactively working toward it for the benefit of the members.
Jeff

 

[JeffKnox]

You can request a replacement ballot.

Blast it! I've been waiting for information regarding "something's rotten in the NRA", and information on how (if possible) to ghange it! But, somehow the ballot got in the shredding pile, and is gone! I remember years ago when some members...the only name I remember was John Wooters...iirc... and it seemed to make a difference. Now, unfortunately, I can only sit back and watch the war!

If you are a Voting Member and didn't receive a ballot, or received one and lost or damaged it, you can call the NRA Secretary's Office and request a replacement.

John Wooters was one of the leaders, along with Neal Knox, of the Cincinnati Revolt in '77. We made significant changes then, but lost most of those reforms over the years. Being able to nominate Director candidates by petition of the members is one of the last of the Cincinnati reforms remaining, but a few years ago the Board pushed the membership to to vote in some Bylaws changes that make that much more difficult. Originally, a candidate had to gather signatures from 250 NRA Voting Members in order to get on the ballot. The new rules require qualified signatures equal to 0.5% of the number of votes cast in the previous year's election. That was about 400 for this year, and the 4 of us were barely able to qualify. It's very difficult to find that many Voting Members of NRA willing to sign a petition.
If we get a strong voter turnout this year, as we're hoping, the signature requirement could be 600 to 700 or more.
Signatures required to Recall an Officer or Director, was changed to be virtually impossible. It is now 5% of the previous election, meaning that it would require 4,000 or 6,000 or 7,000 signatures for a recall. They were shielding themselves and the membership went along with it.
Just something else that seriously needs fixing.
Jeff

 

[JeffKnox]

Big Dog, Little Dogs...

I will do something. I'll not play the "Let's give them money" to pretend to revive a corpse and I'll continue my support of GOA and the 2nd Amendment Foundation.

GOA and SAF together raise and spend a few million dollars a year, perhaps as much as $20 million total.

In 2017, the NRA raised and spent almost $400 million!

Yes GOA and SAF are important and useful -- sometimes very useful -- but they can't begin to do what the NRA can do when it's working right. Even today, the NRA has annual revenue near $200 million.

I won't get into the milk analogy, and if you're not a Voting Member of NRA, then I'm not really talking to you, but talking to the NRA members who want their rights protected by the strongest, most effective organization possible. If you want it to be better, you have to take action to help make it better. VOTE!

 

[Borderboss]

GOA and SAF together raise and spend a few million dollars a year, perhaps as much as $20 million total.

In 2017, the NRA raised and spent almost $400 million!

Yes GOA and SAF are important and useful -- sometimes very useful -- but they can't begin to do what the NRA can do when it's working right. Even today, the NRA has annual revenue near $200 million.

I won't get into the milk analogy, and if you're not a Voting Member of NRA, then I'm not really talking to you, but talking to the NRA members who want their rights protected by the strongest, most effective organization possible. If you want it to be better, you have to take action to help make it better. VOTE!

Your comment is an even further indictment of the NRA. The GOA and SAF have been getting more done to protect our 2A rights than the NRA, with 10 percent of the funds.

 

[Super Trucker]

I like Rick a lot. My only issue with him is that he's been on the Board for a while now, and has not actively or publicly decried the stupidity that's been thriving among the "leaders" of the Board. Had he been vocal for change, he probably wouldn't have been renominated. By not being vocal for change, he lost my active support. There are a few people on the ballot that I hope win seats, but not at the expense of the four of us, as we're the only ones, along with Buz Mills, actively and publicly calling for serious reform.

Thank you very much, this is very good to know.

 

[Sistema1927]

My ballot, with only four circles filled, will be in the mail on Monday.

Hopefully with a few loud voices calling for reform some of the others who have sat silently on the board will get the cajones to finally speak up. It must be hard to be one of the lone voices on such an over bloated board, but maybe some will be stirred from their stupor or get over their cowardice.