This is a cut and paste……….
NRAAM 2024 is a wrap. Attendance seemed down, which makes sense, but events occurred at the board meeting Monday that give me a lot of hope. 3/4 establishment candidates were defeated, including the EVP/CEO role. Doug Hamlin is the new EVP/CEO. Doug was formerly head of publications, and is as honorable and honest of a man as I’ve ever met. He’s a USMC infantry Colonel that I’m pretty sure wouldn’t take a pencil.
There’s a chance, right now, to get things back to where they need to be—to make the NRA the champion of 2A rights that its members deserve, to clean things up entirely, and to usher in transparency and accountability, and that’s exactly the intent. Thank you to the board members who survived the purges and still stood up and did the right thing Monday. Thanks to Doug for sticking his neck out to make this run. Thanks to Buzz Mills and everyone on the board that helped to make this happen.
As for me, apparently I’m now on the nominating committee, which controls who makes it on to the BOD ballots, among other things. This committee was previously used to purge the disloyal and make sure that there could only be a few anti-establishment candidates on the ballot that had run by petition, preserving status quo. My goal will be to work with the other committee members to ensure that candidates will be true 2A supporters that understand board responsibilities, are willing to put in the work, and who understand and are willing to serve in transparency and with accountability.
There’s a lot of work to do, and I’m not counting any chickens until at least the first steps beyond this momentous vote actually occur as promised. But, for the first time in years, I think we can pull this out and get back to being the largest and most powerful civil rights organization in the country…with clean hands and a clear conscience.
It will require people coming back, industry coming back, and yes, donors coming back. But, if we’ve got principles back in the leadership, the rest will come. I’ll keep you posted on how things progress.
NRAAM 2024 is a wrap. Attendance seemed down, which makes sense, but events occurred at the board meeting Monday that give me a lot of hope. 3/4 establishment candidates were defeated, including the EVP/CEO role. Doug Hamlin is the new EVP/CEO. Doug was formerly head of publications, and is as honorable and honest of a man as I’ve ever met. He’s a USMC infantry Colonel that I’m pretty sure wouldn’t take a pencil.
There’s a chance, right now, to get things back to where they need to be—to make the NRA the champion of 2A rights that its members deserve, to clean things up entirely, and to usher in transparency and accountability, and that’s exactly the intent. Thank you to the board members who survived the purges and still stood up and did the right thing Monday. Thanks to Doug for sticking his neck out to make this run. Thanks to Buzz Mills and everyone on the board that helped to make this happen.
As for me, apparently I’m now on the nominating committee, which controls who makes it on to the BOD ballots, among other things. This committee was previously used to purge the disloyal and make sure that there could only be a few anti-establishment candidates on the ballot that had run by petition, preserving status quo. My goal will be to work with the other committee members to ensure that candidates will be true 2A supporters that understand board responsibilities, are willing to put in the work, and who understand and are willing to serve in transparency and with accountability.
There’s a lot of work to do, and I’m not counting any chickens until at least the first steps beyond this momentous vote actually occur as promised. But, for the first time in years, I think we can pull this out and get back to being the largest and most powerful civil rights organization in the country…with clean hands and a clear conscience.
It will require people coming back, industry coming back, and yes, donors coming back. But, if we’ve got principles back in the leadership, the rest will come. I’ll keep you posted on how things progress.
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