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Lansing, MI IBC February 21-23, 2020

Started by ITB, February 24, 2020, 05:05:45 PM

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February 24, 2020, 05:05:45 PM Last Edit: February 24, 2020, 05:08:32 PM by ITB
The eighth annual Michigan IBC is officially in the history books. 

Over the last 7 years we've had at least 40 instructors in attendance.  We had exactly 40 preregs for this one, so I'm declaring the streak intact for an eighth year.

Appleseed instructors from all over Michigan (and beyond) converged on the Capital Area Sportsmen's League in Lansing, MI for a weekend of learning, fun, and camaraderie. 

Friday evening saw a last-minute change from the usual medical training to a 1907 sling clinic, followed by a talk on NRA highpower/CMP presented by our Regional Coordinator, SteelThunder.

The official IBC started at exactly 8 AM Saturday morning, with 36 blue, orange red and gray hats.  First up was the presentation of service pins - a total of 25 instructors receiving, 10, 25, 50 or 75-event pins.  And a special shout-out to the ultimate workhorse, Graywolf, who received his 100-event pin!

We then got down to business.  Breakout sessions included the safety briefing, prone, 6 steps, NPOA and IMC.  Other modules included effective storytelling and the first and second strikes presented by Michigan's official history family - Graywolf, 3.Dogs, and Click. 

Saturday wound down with talks by Rascal21 on Applecore, "TL" on LadySeed, and Maximum Ordinate.  The activities ended with the last module on Rifle Familiarization, which ran through dinner.  Special thanks to SteelThunder, who singlehandedly provided about 30 rifles for this exercise!

D.O.M. was a last-minute recruit to teach the medical module moved to Saturday evening, and did an excellent job teaching how to handle/respond to emergencies, as well as breaking down the items in an effective trauma kit.

Sunday started with a talk on using the forum and TIPS, then proceeded with a few more breakouts for the seated and standing positions.  The rest of the morning was spent on a State of the State, State of the Region, Third Strike, and KD.  After lunch we covered Troubleshooting (with a breakout), the elevator speech, DOMs and the Pistol Program.  Day two wrapped up with closing comments and the Red Hat de-brief.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and giving us your precious weekend.  Special thanks to Maximum Ordinate and Google for driving all the way from Alabama to join us.

Now that everyone's fired up - let's get going on making 2020 a great year!

The exit survey included a request for the instructors/students to grade the IBC on a scale of 1-10.  Based on 18 responses, the average score was 9.38!!

Now with some pics….

Saturday morning view from the front of the room:


10-event recipients (L to R): Whippet, Sir Kay, Pepper Spray, T.Wolf, Devil Kitty, BillWinkle, Fidget, Captain America


More 10-event honorees: TL, Lil Dragon, ML, and Slapshot


25-event recipients: Rangerat67, FlyBoy, mrsurplus, D.O.M., BeeFree


50-event recipients: SteelThunder, Click, Rascal21, 3.Dogs and number 6


75-event recipients: Superheat and yours truly


MaxOrd recognizing Graywolf for 100 events:


DOM (teaching) and FlyBoy (modeling) doing the standing demo.


Seated demo


Rifle familiarization


SteelThunder running the AR15 RF module


DOM running the M1/M1A RF module


NPOA demo


Slapshot teaching IMC for 3.Dogs and mrsurplus


William Gruff teaching prone to BeeFree and Rangerat67 (modeling), as MI Copperhead looks on


Stark teaching prone to 3.Dogs and Captain America, Nordo modeling:


Graywolf teaching history:


Slapshot receiving a belated Michigan patch:


Yours truly presenting the Michigan patch to MaxOrd and Google


There goes some serious trouble!


MaxOrd "dubs" BeeFree an official DSB (12 years in the making!)



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Tennessee Beast

#1
February 24, 2020, 05:34:25 PM
WOW! That looks like a great event! 
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#2
February 24, 2020, 07:56:16 PM
Quote from: ITB on February 24, 2020, 05:05:45 PM
MaxOrd "dubs" BeeFree an official DSB (12 years in the making!)


Huzzah! Congrats!
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Maximum Ordinate

#3
February 24, 2020, 09:32:23 PM
This was a first class event... thanks to the entire Michigan crew for their warm welcomes and hospitality!

Liberty, yo!

-MO
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#4
February 25, 2020, 11:46:19 AM
I'll echo what Max Ordinate said -- top notch event and wonderful hospitality.  Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

Google

Ramblin' Wreck

#5
February 26, 2020, 09:06:32 AM
What a great looking event! I'd love to come work with y'all sometime soon.
One question though, what's all that white stuff laying around on the ground outside?  ???
See you on the line.
Ramblin' Wreck
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#6
February 26, 2020, 11:26:28 AM
Love the pictures. Looks like you all had a great event up there!
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Cadence

#7
February 26, 2020, 12:19:55 PM
Congratulations on another great IBC!
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