Hunter class limits on prize monies have been discussed ad nauseum on this board many times.
For the un-initiated, Hunter classes have been added to IBO competitions in order to provide a level of competition that is of a little more relaxed nature. The concept is to provide a place for shooters not as serious as say an MBR or MBO shooter, or the ENTRY LEVEL COMPETITOR.
That is not going to change,
The addition of Hunter Recurve is of the same nature. Perhaps the name of this class needs to be changed to Traditional Hunter as a more appropriate name. The board will have to decide that.But the class does provide an avenue for a more broad inclusion of differing styles and equiment.
Ghost, I find it becoming more than interesting that a person that has never participated, has no background in how or why decisions are or have been made and is so vocal in pronouncing the negative about so many things. What's up with that?
Also,FYI most of the board does read the forum. There are two that for one reason or another have not chosen to participate. Sometimes some of these discussions pro and or con are between them. You just do not know who they are. As the moderator,I do and I also enjoy the input from the different sides of the issues.
But they also know the number of responders on this and the other forums.Which means, that a preponderence of opinion on these forums may represent a majority opinion on any issue.But because of the very nature of the way opinions are formed through these forums it often in no way represents the opinion of the majority of IBO members.
I can tell you first hand from the phone calls and e-mails that I have recieved in the past couple weeks from IBO mambers and participants that there are some for sure, that do not agree with you.
We all have an opinion or a set of desires that reflect our own needs and wants.
Our decisions as a board that is charged with the operation and planning for the IBO are carefully considered,and reflect from each director a different set of these values. Add into that mix the recent beatings that each have suffered as a result of the previous decisions and it provides his motivation for an opinion on todays issues.
If you had been to some of the major events you could have seen this first hand. The directors are there. They work check stations,set stakes and targets,talk to the shooters and listen.
Many of them(myself included) shoot in many local type shoots. We talk to many shooters there. We get thousands of comments,suggestions,orders and directions. We have over six hundred clubs in the IBO. Making a set of traditional style classes as you suggest would have a pretty significant effect upon them. But if we can surmise the interest is there to split off another class it will be considered. But first let's see how the Recurve Hunter class(Traditional Hunter?) fares.
Any time we make a change that impacts those clubs we look at that impact carefully.
ken 12 (alias:ken watkins,IBO president)
p.s. It is International Bowhunting Organization