40_Rod wrote on May 1^st, 2016 at 2:30pm:


That is certainly not insurmountable.  Maybe a few of us who are able could start a $50 or $100 club to support the ASSRA sort of like the NMLRA does with their 1 of 1000 club, but make it an annual contribution as one's financial status allows? It is certainly important to maintain the reserve fund reported in the Journal. I'm not sure that status  should be made public or not.  I guess that should be a decision left to the contributors, as a group or individually, or the board.

frnkeore wrote on May 1^st, 2016 at 8:46pm:

I think commingling the 2 organizations is asking for more trouble than it is worth.  ASSRA is primarily east of ol' Miss and ISSA is west with individuals participating in one or both as they see fit.

You mean you join one and are a member of both?

I am thinking that is information that should only be available to ASSRA members and not published here on a public website. Am I correct?

slumlord44 wrote on May 1^st, 2016 at 9:27pm:


If they get their 501, it won't be secret anymore and I really think a person should be able to know that info, before joining, don't you?

Frank

Currently, ASSRA is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(7) through 2014 and files an annual Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax.  These are informational tax returns that are required to be filed not later than May15th annually.
This is the 2014 Form 990, dated 02-04-2015, with the applicable organization's financial detail information ending 3-31-2014... 
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Fiscal Year 2014
Total Revenue - 54,411
Total Expenses - 63,625
Total Cash & Savings - 140,694
Total Assets - 283,891
Total Journal Costs - 45,757

Per QuideStar.org, the 2015 Form 990 has not been posted but am sure the Treasurer has a pdf copy that can be posted on the the Forum or read on GuideStar.org when it is received

Of note, per the IRS all Form 990's are public documents and can be reviewed upon request by any person to the organizations, including all ASSRA's Form 990's

Frank, Why would the guys who run it want to continue if there was no range or shooting program? It is all volunteer now. How would you attract new members without any shooting program? There needs to be a reserve fund to defend the organization in case of some kind of incident.

Yes, Tacoma's matches have always been ASSRA except when they added the ISSA Regional. 

If the editor is a paid employee, I have no issue with it.  It is a heck of a job to put on anyone for free. 

Selling off assets and letting the organization consume them doesn't sound like a very good way to proceed