I have just spent a few minutes reading just about all the threads on this subject. Over the last year to year and a half I have read and suggested just about every thing that I read here today. None of this means a thing if you can not get the people who make the rules to understand that the shooters should be heard. The response that the BOD and the State reps are giving the input that is making the rules is very doubtful in my humble opinion. Do a little looking and see what kind of organization this really is. I have been looking further than the threads that are pro and con and there seems to be some very intelligent people out there. Let me give you one example of where we are butting our heads. Look in your program and look at the distribution of the State Reps. 26 States have no State Rep. The IBO has members in many more States than 24 but who brings their views to the BOD. Look at the number of states who have one rep and the number that have 8 or more and try to figure where the most influence is coming from. One example is Penna., the state is one of the biggest bowhunting states in the USA and has just one state rep. There are many other things that need to be fixed besides trying to establish who shoots where and how. The Hunter Class is the biggest class this year at the World with over 400 shooters, the Pro class had less than 50 and is less than last year. If you think that you things need to be changed than look around and try to find the real problems. The hunter class is not represented by the threads here on the forum as the people that are making their comments are a small protions of a huge class. The hunters class had over 600 shooters in the money and trophy class out of a total of about 2600 total shooters. It seems to me that the archers have made their choice clear and the only people that can change that are the ones that need to be listening.

I have shot for more than 45years and have seen a few organization come and go in archery. If there are problems, people make them. If a class has grown to over 400 and the membership shooting at the world for example is not 400 people bigger than I would say that, that say something. Pointing fingers means nothing.
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