Newly elected Boardmember Jeff Knox asks, “What Do Members Really Think About Their NRA Organization?”
I encourage all members to send your opinions to Jeff either over at the Ammoland article, the Facebook group Members Take Back Our NRA, or his website before the next board meeting scheduled for September 7.
This is my response to his five questions:
1. Are you a current or past NRA member?
Current Patron Life, member for 30+ years.
2. Have you rejoined or are you financially contributing to the NRA now, or planning to do so in the near future?
No.
3. If so, what convinced you to do so?
n/a
4. If not, what is holding you back? (Please be as specific and brutally honest as you can. We need to understand your issues.)
- Bill Brewer needs to go.
- The entire incumbent board needs to go.
- The entire executive staff needs to go.
- Wayne and company need to repay what the court says they do.
- An audit needs to be done by an accounting firm specializing in non-profits that has no prior connections to NRA or any current or former board member. The results shall be published in the member’s magazine.
- A review of current by-laws and business practices needs to be done by a law firm specializing in non-profits that has no prior connections to NRA or any current or former board member. The findings shall be published in the member’s magazine.
5. What internal issues (in priority order) do you think the NRA Board most urgently needs to address?
- Board size needs to be reduced to at most 12-15.
- Board members must be Life members for at least 10 years to be eligible.
- Members who have been elected to a state or federal office or who are or were functionaries in a state political party shall be ineligible to sit on the Board for 20 years to prevent a conflict of interest.
- ILA shall be required to keep a list of ALL tracked state and federal gun bills on their website with current bill status and support/oppose notation. This list shall be updated in a timely manner, at least once ever other week during the legislative session.
- Lobbyist disclosure reports shall be posted on the ILA website in accordance with the required reporting schedule for the jurisdiction where they are registered, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, etc.
- ILA shall produce a voter guide for BOTH primary and general elections and publish this on the website. Incumbent elected officials shall run on their voting record and NOTHING else. Incumbents who do not sponsor pro-gun legislation shall not be given a grade higher than B. If there is any doubt, it shall be policy to vote the incumbent out.
- Campaign donations will be distributed based upon NEED with priority given to challengers opposing antigun incumbents. Donations shall not be given to incumbents in non-competitive races and shall not be given when the opposition candidate is as good or better on gun issues than the incumbent. At least 50% of member contributions from any given state shall be spent in that state. NO donations to R/D party accounts or 3rd party election committees.
- ILA shall publicly encourage member participation in the candidate selection and election processes for BOTH Republicans and Democrats, especially in urban areas long neglected by 2A groups.