Jeff Stover
Member
A summary of today’s IBS Annual Meeting is posted at www.internationalbenchrest.com.
Also on our site is my PowerPoint presentation for viewing.
Below are some highlights:
In the wake of the demise of Precision Shooting magazine, the IBS EBoard considered two options: buying space in NBRSA’s Precision Rifleman Magazine; or pursue a Web option. After careful review of many factors, the IBS Executive Board has agreed in principle to partner with accurateshooter.com. This site receives 130,000 unique visitors per week. This arrangement does NOT replace internationalbenchrest.com or IBSmagazine.com.
The partnership with accurateshooter.com will result in unprecedented coverage of all IBS Nationals (600, 1000, Score, Group) plus 12 “featured matches” per year. For those that want to see the entire results data, the full information will be on the IBS website and linked from accurateshooter.com.
This represents the first phase of the partnership. The second phase will be the development, from scratch, of a new match scoring and reporting system for all disciplines. The system could operate as a “virtual machine” without Internet access at the range. If a range has Internet connectivity, it is envisioned to be able to offer real time results on the Web. We may be looking at a paradigm shift in benchrest scoring and dissemination of information, results and shooter rankings.
One of the other ideas we discussed today was a special match later that may be held later this year. It would be a 300 yard competition and be open to rifles in various flavors: LV/HV 6PPC, VFS/H 30BR, 600/1000 yard Light Gun, F-Class and maybe others. Which of these rifles can prevail at 300 yards? We envision a day of practice and a single day of competition with one warm-up and five targets for aggregate. IBS rules will be used. We are exploring both range and possible sponsors. The working title is the accurateshooter.com/IBS 300 Yard Battle. We are pretty serious about pursuing this special shoot, it is not a "pipedream". I have already talked to one match director about using his range.
Effective February 1, 2013, IBS dues will fall to $45 per year (international dues will be reduced accordingly). Members may elect to pay a special $5 fee to receive two small informational mailings per year from IBS.
Major agenda items decisions:
>Varmint Hunter and Hunter Classes were merged into a single (6-power) class: Hunter Class (while maintaining separate records for each).
>Shooters must now be a member of IBS to compete at IBS tournaments (Williamsport 1000 Yard Club members may continue to compete at IBS 1000 yard Nationals).
>In 1000 yard shooting, the colors left by paint-marked bullets may be used to help determine crossfires.
>Bylaws were amended to allow the EBoard to institute Internet-based voting. The members were cautioned that this is a complicated matter that will take some time to implement.
>The President was authorized to appoint up to two additional members to each discipline committee (designed to ensure geographic representation).
See the IBS website for more details.
Jeff Stover
IBS President
Also on our site is my PowerPoint presentation for viewing.
Below are some highlights:
In the wake of the demise of Precision Shooting magazine, the IBS EBoard considered two options: buying space in NBRSA’s Precision Rifleman Magazine; or pursue a Web option. After careful review of many factors, the IBS Executive Board has agreed in principle to partner with accurateshooter.com. This site receives 130,000 unique visitors per week. This arrangement does NOT replace internationalbenchrest.com or IBSmagazine.com.
The partnership with accurateshooter.com will result in unprecedented coverage of all IBS Nationals (600, 1000, Score, Group) plus 12 “featured matches” per year. For those that want to see the entire results data, the full information will be on the IBS website and linked from accurateshooter.com.
This represents the first phase of the partnership. The second phase will be the development, from scratch, of a new match scoring and reporting system for all disciplines. The system could operate as a “virtual machine” without Internet access at the range. If a range has Internet connectivity, it is envisioned to be able to offer real time results on the Web. We may be looking at a paradigm shift in benchrest scoring and dissemination of information, results and shooter rankings.
One of the other ideas we discussed today was a special match later that may be held later this year. It would be a 300 yard competition and be open to rifles in various flavors: LV/HV 6PPC, VFS/H 30BR, 600/1000 yard Light Gun, F-Class and maybe others. Which of these rifles can prevail at 300 yards? We envision a day of practice and a single day of competition with one warm-up and five targets for aggregate. IBS rules will be used. We are exploring both range and possible sponsors. The working title is the accurateshooter.com/IBS 300 Yard Battle. We are pretty serious about pursuing this special shoot, it is not a "pipedream". I have already talked to one match director about using his range.
Effective February 1, 2013, IBS dues will fall to $45 per year (international dues will be reduced accordingly). Members may elect to pay a special $5 fee to receive two small informational mailings per year from IBS.
Major agenda items decisions:
>Varmint Hunter and Hunter Classes were merged into a single (6-power) class: Hunter Class (while maintaining separate records for each).
>Shooters must now be a member of IBS to compete at IBS tournaments (Williamsport 1000 Yard Club members may continue to compete at IBS 1000 yard Nationals).
>In 1000 yard shooting, the colors left by paint-marked bullets may be used to help determine crossfires.
>Bylaws were amended to allow the EBoard to institute Internet-based voting. The members were cautioned that this is a complicated matter that will take some time to implement.
>The President was authorized to appoint up to two additional members to each discipline committee (designed to ensure geographic representation).
See the IBS website for more details.
Jeff Stover
IBS President
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