We're not going anywhere, and we're certainly NOT folding! We have ZERO intention of merging. We provide opportunities that no other group does, and we have a proven track record of sell-out attendance numbers even though most here choose to not participate. Organized shooting events that ensnare gun owners and turn them into 2A advocates in an enjoyable social setting. We also make ourselves available to assist other groups and entities with their programs and outreach, especially to women's & kids events.
You want flyers? Design & print & distribute them. Show some initiative! Send us a proof (don't screw-up spelling & design) & explain your distribution plan and ask us to help pay for them! We're nimble & can hold a Board Meeting electronically to approve the initiative and pay said invoice... We're all volunteers. I personally devote more than 12 hrs a day to the Second Amendment, sometimes 18 hr days when the SHTF!
Basking in the limelight in front of a mike OR a camera isn't my style. At the Rally Monday I intro'd our Communications Director & GOT OUT OF THE WAY! I also didn't waste time introducing all of the folks I wrote about that make this organization what it is. Our own President was in the foreground, standing with other Trustees holding a T-shirt because I forgot the fricken banner! Yes, I was tired & screwed the Pooch! I'm also the antithesis of "the grenade thrower", and I'd rather be mentoring & leading by example than patting myself on the back! Two months ago we asked Theresa Inacker to join our Executive Committee as our Communications Director. On day #1 she expertly handled an inquiry by The Washington Post newspaper. Since then we've given her assignments to chat with & be quoted by NJ.com, Asbury Park Press, and several other "Newspapers of Record" in NJ. She's also handling our Twitter account, and has tweeted with folks ranging from NRA's Cam Edwards (the Lacey HS incident) to Shannon Watts from Mom's Demand! Eric Trump took an interest in the Lacey story, so we've already hit the First Family! So now we to "fold", lol?
We've been invited to ANJR&PC Board Meetings since last year because we are trustworthy & don't piss in the soup kettle. We get-along. We're TEAM PLAYERS! It's taken years to build that trust, and quite frankly it's something that I'm very proud of. No organization is perfect, and that includes CNJFO.
Finally, speculation about what IS or isn't going-on behind the scenes is a huge waste of time & resources. I realize this is a FORUM, and folks feel a need to opine ideas (some of which are good ones btw), but remember an email or phone call will take us less time to handle than some of these grandiose ideas, some of which are blatantly ILLEGAL (such as joining bank accounts of for-profits & non-profits). Instead, how about more folks here JOIN, VOLUNTEER to be on a committee, or otherwise offer TIME, TALENT & TREASURE? capt14k is a MEMBER of CNJFO. He said he was going to contact SAF and GOA, which is an excellent idea. He was at the Rally, and so were Peel, Zeke, DeerSlayer, Johnny, RayRay & lots of NJGF members & over 2,000 others. Communicating. Forming alliances. Working TOGETHER! These are our friends. These are MY friends. I will not stand for their involvement to be smudged & belittled by Keyboard Commandos!
Rosey