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Mike Jennings
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Fellow NBRSA Members,
Based on a recent experience, I am considering proposing a new rule but first wanted to get input from other NBRSA members.
First the background. About a week ago, I attended the first half of the SE Region championships. The regional championships typically are the opportunities our Director uses to hold regional meetings during which items of interest and importance are discussed and voted on. These meetings are held at the firing line and take place after the 100 yard stage while the target crew is moving and setting up the target frames. The Director takes a central position and the meeting participants spread out up and down the line. I don't know for sure but presume other regions hold similar meetings for the above reasons.
Unfortunately for several of us attending the meeting, one of the match attendees not only decided that he was not going to participate but also decided, with apparent indifference, that it was a good time to set flags. As I'm sure you can imagine, this flag-setting banter was a major distraction, especially for those of us closest to it, and to say the least made it very difficult to hear the comments of the Director and members. Finally, one of the members sitting next to me turned and shouted to this person to please stop. Unfortunately, more bad judgment prevailed and this person not only didn't acknowledge the request, but continued to set flags. At that point it appeared that nothing short of a "physical" approach - a temptation to be sure - would stop the distraction so, right or wrong, we just took it. Because of his focus on the meeting and his position on the firing line, I believe our Director did not fully realize how big of a distraction this really was to some of us. If he did, I feel certain he, or any other Director, would appreciate something meaningful to bring to bear.
I have been thinking about this since then and it seems to me that the Directors and those of us who care enough to attend these meetings should not have to face such disrespect and lack of common courtesy without a specific and meaningful rule to address it. This person not only showed blatant disrespect for the Director and meeting attendees but also for the very process itself.
Therefore, as much as I hate to acknowledge that there are people (or at least one person) like this among us, I feel it would be appropriate to propose a new rule that would essentially state that anyone who knowingly shows disrespect and causes this type of disruption/distraction to a regional meeting be given one warning by the Director to cease and desist and if they do not, their NBRSA membership would be revoked.
I look forward to your comments on this proposed rule, the suggested penalty and the duration of the penalty.
Thanks,
Mike Jennings
Based on a recent experience, I am considering proposing a new rule but first wanted to get input from other NBRSA members.
First the background. About a week ago, I attended the first half of the SE Region championships. The regional championships typically are the opportunities our Director uses to hold regional meetings during which items of interest and importance are discussed and voted on. These meetings are held at the firing line and take place after the 100 yard stage while the target crew is moving and setting up the target frames. The Director takes a central position and the meeting participants spread out up and down the line. I don't know for sure but presume other regions hold similar meetings for the above reasons.
Unfortunately for several of us attending the meeting, one of the match attendees not only decided that he was not going to participate but also decided, with apparent indifference, that it was a good time to set flags. As I'm sure you can imagine, this flag-setting banter was a major distraction, especially for those of us closest to it, and to say the least made it very difficult to hear the comments of the Director and members. Finally, one of the members sitting next to me turned and shouted to this person to please stop. Unfortunately, more bad judgment prevailed and this person not only didn't acknowledge the request, but continued to set flags. At that point it appeared that nothing short of a "physical" approach - a temptation to be sure - would stop the distraction so, right or wrong, we just took it. Because of his focus on the meeting and his position on the firing line, I believe our Director did not fully realize how big of a distraction this really was to some of us. If he did, I feel certain he, or any other Director, would appreciate something meaningful to bring to bear.
I have been thinking about this since then and it seems to me that the Directors and those of us who care enough to attend these meetings should not have to face such disrespect and lack of common courtesy without a specific and meaningful rule to address it. This person not only showed blatant disrespect for the Director and meeting attendees but also for the very process itself.
Therefore, as much as I hate to acknowledge that there are people (or at least one person) like this among us, I feel it would be appropriate to propose a new rule that would essentially state that anyone who knowingly shows disrespect and causes this type of disruption/distraction to a regional meeting be given one warning by the Director to cease and desist and if they do not, their NBRSA membership would be revoked.
I look forward to your comments on this proposed rule, the suggested penalty and the duration of the penalty.
Thanks,
Mike Jennings
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