I recently joined the Viginia Gun Owner's Forum. They are having a "shoot and meet" at a member's property on Saturday. I figured I'd go down there with the M1 Garand and an AR and do a little shooting and see if they have an interest in learning to shoot their rifles better. The location is central VA but they have members state wide. I'll get back with an AAR when it's over.
Have you guys reached out to Phil Van Cleave with the VCDL? If no one has done so, I highly recommend it.
Hey,
I emailed Philip about my first Appleseed, and he printed it in the VCDL Alert. I've also seen it mentioned in other alerts. However, to my knowledge there is no coordination, or ongoing cross-promotion. Would it be outside the realm of what is appropriate to have a VCDL-Alert signup sheet at the VA Appleseed events? If not, I'll email Philip and mention that as a possible way of cross promotion. They are a great organization.
Quote from: Cheeks on June 01, 2010, 10:15:33 PM
Hey,
I emailed Philip about my first Appleseed, and he printed it in the VCDL Alert. I've also seen it mentioned in other alerts. However, to my knowledge there is no coordination, or ongoing cross-promotion. Would it be outside the realm of what is appropriate to have a VCDL-Alert signup sheet at the VA Appleseed events? If not, I'll email Philip and mention that as a possible way of cross promotion. They are a great organization.
Before you do that, shoot me a PM. There is serious cross pollination between state-level 2a orgs such as WVCDL, VCDL, and Appleseed. And if there isn't, there darn well should be. I'm not saying we should mine Appleseed for VCDL or WVCDL members. I have done exactly none of that for the WV organization. However, I have promoted (fairly successfully) Appleseed within WVCDL. Not one of the WVCDL members who has attended Appleseed has come away with a negative view of the experience. I need to relay all of this to Phil. He needs to see this program with his own eyes. If he hasn't been to an Appleseed, we need to get him to one. He reaches a lot of good people in Virginia.
I've got a free coupon for Philip, if he wants it. Any objections to me offering him that?
It's OK with us.
VCDL has been allowing us to distribute Appleseed fliers by placing them on the VCDL table at Gun Shows.
I always recommend that the people who come to Appleseeds get involved with local politics first because you can have more impact there. There is no better way to get involved with local politics than VCDL.
That said, we don't want to promote one side of the issue over the other as we are supposed to be non political.
VAshooter
I will be mailing Philip his free coupon, and he said there are several Appleseeds not too far from him.