Frank,
There’s nothing wrong with dreaming... that's how my projects get moved from thoughts to paper and then to the machinery. We all gotta start somewhere.
40_Rod,
Good points made, and in principle, I do like your concept and your proposal.
I don’t think an umbrella organization establishing unification of the associations is needed at this time, but could come along later if felt necessary. NOT having one might alleviate some initial concerns about any one clubs loss of control.
For a present day national invitational challenge, cooperation among representatives of the associations would be required, and perhaps one or two representatives from each participating group would be sufficient to form an interim board for the first challenge. Then see what develops and is needed from there.
The following part of a post on this forum some time back by Steve Garbe makes me think the WSU might just be interested in participating...
Quote:I would really like to see an old-time "telegraph match" between the WSU and the ASSRA...and our Fall Election Day match in October would be the perfect time.
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) If the ISSA or another organization chose not to officially participate, but a large number of it's members entered independently shooting under ASSRA or WSU rules, and the challenge proved to be a success, the ISSA board might eventually come along at a subsequent challenge. There's a lot of "ifs" involved, but that's always the case with anything new.
There's been a lot of good input from all of the posts on this thread, and for my two cents, I think it's a good idea that should be kept simmering.
Regards to all,
BP
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