OK GUYS, THIS STUFF IS GETTING REALLY OLD. I HAVE BEEN READING AND NOT LOGGING IN LATELY. I AM GOING TO EXPRESS MY FELLINGS ON THESE TOPICS. AS I SAID, IVE BEEN READING AND NOT LOGGING IN, NONMEMBERS CAN DO THE SAME. IF I WERE TO READ SOME OF THESE POSTS, AND NOT ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE IBO, BUT CONSIDERING IT, I WOULD NOT JOIN. BUT, I AM HERE, AND DONT INTEND TO LEAVE. I LIKE THE SHOOTS, THE COMRADERY, AND GETTING AWAY. I HAVE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I CAN CONSIDER FRIENDS TO CAMP WITH, SHOOT WITH, AND HANG OUT WITH.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THE IBO DID WHAT THE IBO (AND SNOWSHOE) DID IN AUGUST. I WAS THERE, I DIDNT PARTICULARLY LIKE IT, BUT I UNDERSTOOD IT (I JUST WISH THAT IN THE FUTURE THE IBO WILL DECIDE ON SOME OTHER FORMAT THAT WILL ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GET ALL FORTY IN). I REALLY DID NOT LIKE THE WAY KEN JUST WALKED OFF AT THE BRIEFING, IF HE WOULD HAVE JUST ANSWERED A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT SOMEWHAT AT EASE. WHEN HE LEFT, YOU COULD SEE THE CROWD CHANGE. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT COULD HAVE TURNED REAL UGLY, REAL FAST----THANK GOD EVERYONE KEPT THERE SENSES. I AM SURE THAT THE IBO WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF ALTERNATE GAME PLAN NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY.

AS FAR AS DELETING POSTS, I AGREE....THEY SHOULD NOT BE. UNLESS, OF COURSE, THEY ARE OFFENDING TO OTHERS. WELL, APPARENTLY IT WAS. THE BAD THING IS, IT WAS THE PERSON WHO CAN DELETE THEM THAT WAS OFFENDED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE IBO HAS A CERTAIN OBLIGATION TO THE SPONSORS, BUT THAT IS ALSO LIKE TELLING ME I CAN NOT USE A---OH LETS SEE---A SIGHT MANUFACTURED BY " XYZ CO." WHEN THEY NEITHER SUPPORT NOR SPONSOR THE IBO. I TOO WAS, AND STILL AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION, THAT THIS FORUM IS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE IBO TO EXCHANGE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND INFORMATION. LIMITING WHAT IS POSTED BECAUSE SOMETHING THE IBO HAS DECIDED TO PROMOTE IS THAT ENTITIES COMPETITOR IN BUSINESS OR THEORY IS JUST NOT RIGHT. IF THE IBO DOES NOT SUPPORT IT, LEAVE IT BE AND DONT SUPPORT IT, BUT DO NOT LIMIT SOMEONE ELSE FROM DOING IT. WE ALL KNOW WHO THE IBO SUPPORTS OR PROMOTES. THESE POSTS ONLY LAST FOR A FEW DAYS ANYHOW BEFORE THEY DROP TO THE BOTTOM AND THOSE OF US WHO CHECK IN EVERYDAY HAVE SEEN THEM AND DO NOT NEED TO VIEW IT AGAIN. SO WHATS NEXT, IF THAT CLUB THAT WAS HOSTING SAID SHOOTERS SCHOOL IS IBO AFFILIATED, ARE THEY NOW GOING TO BE ON PROBATION OR MEMBERSHIP DROPPED.

KEN, JUDY, GANG AT THE IBO, DONT GET ME WRONG, I THINK A FINE JOB IS BEING DONE BY ALL AT SETTING UP THE SHOOTS AND EVENTS AROUND THEM. I FEEL THAT THE SHOOTS THEMSELVES ARE WELL ORGANIZED. I THINK SOME REALLY GOOD DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT---SOME BAD ONES TOO (JUST FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THE SNOWSHOE ONE WAS A GOOD ONE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO FINISH). THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL EVER KNOW THAT IS IF WE TELL YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY HEAR A WHOLE LOT MORE BAD THAN GOOD. IF THINGS ARE GOING FINE, NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING. WHEN THERE BAD, YOU' LL HEAR IT. WE ARE NOT ALWAYS ATTACKING YOU, WE AS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE IBO, ARE MERELY TELLING YOU OUR FEELINGS ON TOPICS THAT AFFECT OUR ORGANIZATION. I REALLY DONT KNOW EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO TO PROMOTE BOWHUNTING. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY SOME DECISIONS ARE MADE THE WAY THEY ARE, THATS WHY YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN IT TO US. I AM ALSO CURIOUS AS TO HOW DIFFERENT POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED OR ELECTED (i.e. PRES., BOARD MEMBERS, ETC.) OR HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS THERE ARE. BUT, IF ONE OF THOSE BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS COMES OPEN, GIVE ME A CALL, I WILL BE GLAD, AND PROUD, TO SIT ON THAT BOARD.


JUST MY THOUGHTS, NOW CAN WE GET ON TO SOMETHING ELSE?

BUTCHB

OH, P.S. DOES THAT BOARD MEMBER POSITION PAY ANYTHING?