It was great meeting fellow forum members at the RO class.

 

George Jones is a great instructor and presented the material in an easy to understand manner.

 

Big thanks to Jim Norman for setting up the course and to Dave for hosting us.

 

See you at the range.

 

Jan

Agree very good class and good to meet you and the others.

very good class..lets you know 1st hand how much their is too learn..

 

 

Nice weekend-long class. Definitely learned a lot.

Glad you guys enjoyed it and was able to get this going, and jim for making it happen. =)

 

how many folks total?

Started with 24 and 1 guy didn't come back today.

wow, big turnout.

 

Who did not come back? someone from the forum?

I don't think so.

I was definitely impressed by George Jones, to say the least. The man seems to know anything and everything there is to know about USPSA...sure, even for shooting, ROing, and even being on the board of director's for MANY years, he is still learning in a sense but DAMN does he know a lot! I felt proud being one of his students.

 

It was great meeting some new guys, seeing the usual guys, and having fun during the class. Sure, the classroom part was a bit dry at times but it's gotta be done...and it was nice to look forward to the hands-on range time of the class for the last few hours of the second day.

 

I must say, even for shooting a couple matches every month for the past ~6 months, I definitely did NOT realize how much RO's and score keepers must do and their endless responsibilities. I definitely give them MUCH more credit now!

 

Edit: And yes, of course a big thanks to George, Dave, and especially Jim Norman for organizing the class in the first place...but also thanks to the 23/24 attendants who also made this class happen if you think about it. Without everyone interested in bettering themselves for the sport, and expanding the sport, we wouldn't have been able to fill the spots needed to get it going.

On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Section committee, thank you one and all for taking the time to learn about our sport. Without ROs, matches could not happen. We appreciate that you've decided to volunteer to help. Please don't hesitate to ask us to assist you in becoming excellent range officers in the next few weeks and months. We want to help you succeed.

 

Again, Thank you!

 

Nik Habicht

Mid-Atlantic Section Coordinator

Nik,

 

Looks like you folks did a fine job! Old Bridge has always been a trend-setter when it comes to having a SAFE good time in the shooting sports. Glad to hear of such a good turn-out! Kudos to Dave, Jim, George & yourself!

 

Rosey

Great class, always great to see you guys. Thanks George, Jim, Dave, and also Maks for letting everyone know that this class was being put together.

 

It was a long class, but full of information, really gets you thinking about all the possible scenarios and things that can happen at a match.

So which of you guys who attended want to jump into designing stages? It's really the other half of fully understanding the game, and it doing it will make you a better USPSA shooter.

 

Anyway, seriously. We always have a need for more stage designers at CJ and old bridge, and we try to mentor a lot for new designers if you need/want it.

 

If you are interested, PM me you email info, and which clubs you are interested in OB or CJ, and we will get you included on the email lists for stage designers.

I would like to try my hand at it.

yeah designing is something i definitively want to do, gonna have to get really familiar with chapter 2. would be nice to know exactly what props are actually available.

I would like to try my hand at it.

yeah designing is something i definitively want to do, gonna have to get really familiar with chapter 2. would be nice to know exactly what props are actually available.

 

Here's the templates.

http://www.uspsa.org...tage-design.php

good looks, will have to check it out after work

Nik,

 

Looks like you folks did a fine job! Old Bridge has always been a trend-setter when it comes to having a SAFE good time in the shooting sports. Glad to hear of such a good turn-out! Kudos to Dave, Jim, George & yourself!

 

Rosey

I had nothing to do with it......

 

This was all Old Bridge's doing -- and George volunteering to fit it into his schedule. I'm just really grateful everytime there's a class, and 20-30 folks give up a weekend, and then some, to give back to the sport!

Here's the templates.

http://www.uspsa.org...tage-design.php

 

Blah - doesn't work in Windows 7 64-bit.

If you want, first... draw it out on paper, then learn google sketch it. send me a pm, will send you my templates.

just downloaded google sketch it, looks like a fun little program.

Found some templates for MS Powerpoint if anyone's interested. http://www.toptonfga.org/IPSC/Stage_Template/PowerPoint_Template.html

I'll post some tools and templates with some guidance on what works for what.

 

I've been a bit occupied as my kid decided that for his first birthday a raging fever and a visit to the ER was the way to go.

Is this a NRA RSO course or just related to USPSA/ IDPA etc...? Is tthere a cost to take the class?

NROI (National Range Officers Institute) - for USPSA.

Bryan, as Nick said NROI but it was a RO class not a RSO Class..

Ok, if you don't have word or powerpoint, you can download Open office at http://www.openoffice.org/

 

If you do use open office and wnat to submit anything, make sure you export the page with the diagram as a pdf file, as there cna be some issues going back and forth between word and OO with these templates.

 

For tmeplates, you cna download them all zipped up at the following URL.

 

http://bloodimage.com/stage_building_examples.zip

I got my info back from George. My final grade is a 98%.

Congratulations Frank, nice job..

Took 3 months but i finally got the official paperwork and swag from USPSA today in the mail.