Hey Kentuckians: GET THE LEAD OUT! or "Why do I hear crickets?"

[Unbridled Liberty]

Imagine you are Line Boss, and after a string of fire and the line is cleared, you holler "SHOOTERS!  You may proceed downrange and check your targets!".  The shadows are long and getting longer by the second.  You see the shooters standing around talking.  You prompt again.  A couple slowly start to head down range, but the rest are fiddling with equipment or sitting around and shooting the breeze.  Your calls of "QUICKLY!  QUICKLY!" seemingly have no effect.  What would you conclude?

Well guess what Kentuckians?  The shadows are laying long across our Republic, and they are growing longer by the second.  There are fellow Kentuckians out there that would love to come to an Appleseed.  Trouble is, they just don't know about it.  We've got shoots scheduled and I'm hollering for help with promotions.  Right now I feel like I'm coordinating a bunch of crickets, because aside from a few exceptions, that's about all I'm hearing in response.  Where is our sense of urgency?

When I talk to individuals and groups, one of the things I tell them is that a Rifleman is someone who sees something that needs doing, and gets it done.  So I ask you; are we Riflemen and Riflewomen?  Are we any different from the majority of deadbeat Americans? 

I know we are all busy.  I know times are tough financially.  I know we all have lives apart from Appleseed.  We can all come up with excuses, some are darn good ones too, but a Rifleman or Riflewoman doesn't make excuses.  Excuses don't get things done.  Folks, there is a lot of stuff that needs doin', and it ain't gettin' done.

So, let's start with a very short list of EASY things that need done.  It won't take any gas.  You won't need any trifolds.  It will take very little time. 
1. Everyone pick something from the list. 
2. Post here and tell what you've got covered. 
3. When all the items on the list are spoken for, I'll put some more up. 
4. If you've got some things that need done, by all means post it up so others can share in the opportunity.

Letter to the editor:
http://www.kentuckyliving.com/emaileditor.asp (nearly 2 million people would see this)
(Check this thread out: http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=27579.msg208275;topicseen#msg208275)
Send one to your local paper while you are at it.

Community Calendar (just about every community has one of these)
http://www.kentuckyliving.com/events/submit_event.asp

http://kentuckymonthly.com/calendar/submit-an-event/

http://calendar.kentucky.com/listings

https://bgdailynews-dot-com.bloxcms.com/users/admin/calendar/event/?referer_url=/calendar/

Check this out:
"Would you like to see your events in the SOKY Happenings calendar? It costs nothing and all you have to do is let us know. You can call, email or fax your events. If you have regular events, we'll contact you each month and make sure the details are accurate."
http://www.sokyhappenings.com/tomorrow.asp
Folks, they are BEGGING us to send them something!

Free online classified ads:
http://www.upillar.com/
http://www.kyclassifieds.com (The gun section of this free online classified has a HUGE following)
http://www.armslist.com/classifieds/kentucky/guns
http://www.usellitinky.com/index.php
And don't forget Craig's List.

Gun Shows
See separate thread listing Kentucky gun shows, but we really need someone to get us a table at this one and staff it:
http://www.nationalgunday.com/contact%20national%20gun%20day%20about%20our%20world%20famous%20gun%20shows.html
NOTE: This one is the same weekend as the Indiana IBC, so you are exempt from this if you are attending the boot camp. 

Let's go people, "QUICKLY!  QUICKLY!"

[ChuckS]

OK, I put the Cave City shoot on the BG Daily news Amplifier events calendar...or at least I submitted it.  Used a little release I found poking around on here and the event info.


now that I look for it - seems one of you beat me to it!  OK, so maybe it'll show up twice.

Anybody send something to SOKY happenings yet, so I don't duplicate effort?

[brdholman]

I'll take the classifieds. It may take me a couple days to get it done.
Brad

[ChuckS]

Here's a link to the BG News Amplifier calendar posting...

http://www.bgdailynews.com/calendar/project-appleseed-rifle-marksmanship-heritage-clinic/event_05000688-3342-11e1-9523-eb03d8d5dd55.html

Pretty good source material for other places.

[ChuckS]

Cross out the SOKY happenings one, I sent them a release about the Cave City date.

[son of liberty]

Im sorry im not a very active at planting seeds. I will try to promote the events at the forums I am a member at , many are local or have a local area.