Signed NRA Petitions
Needed
by
Weldon Clark
We need you to sign the TWO bylaw petitions to change NRA bylaws to (1)
allow members to elect directors from their own state and (2)
prevent multimillion dollar vendors from controlling NRA elections.
If you are a NRA Life Member
or an annual member for 5 years continuously without interruption, please print
out both petitions and sign the petitions found at: http://www.nealknox.com/NRA2001/petitions and return them immediately
to:
Dr. Bill Davis
Second Amendment Action Committee
465Riverhill Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
30328-3178
NOTE: the EASY way to do this
is to click on the HTML versions of the petitions, then click EDIT then SELECT
ALL, then EDIT then COPY, and then PASTE the text into a new document in your
word processor. Do any cleanup of format a few seconds work, mostly
selecting all the text and moving the margin markers to the left then print,
sign and mail it.
We NEED this NRA bylaw
reform! And we NEED these petitions by next Friday, Aug 31! Any that we get to
NRA HQ after Sept.1 are worthless. PLEASE: take a moment to get involved in
correcting the flaws in your NRA. Dont expect someone else to do this for
you.
More Complete Explanation of the reforms:
At present, there are 76
members of the NRA Board of Directors, all elected at large on recommendation of the
Nominating Committee selected by the Board they are to
select. Most members don't know even one of the Directors they choose.
One of Bill's and my petitions calls for at least one Director elected from each
state -- by members from his or her state.
Twenty-four more would be elected at large, to allow big- population states to
elect more of their residents, or those recommended by people they trust. One
Director would continue to be elected by the members at an annual meeting. That
would mean that at least two-thirds of the NRA Board would be elected by NRA
members who actually know them.
By changing the electorate -- from the Board-controlled nominating committee to
the members within a nominee's slate -- I'll guarantee you that directors
elected under that system would be far more concerned about the wishes of you
members than are the present Directors.
The second proposed bylaw amendment states that NRA employees or contractors --
those with a financial interest in the NRA Board elections -- would be
prohibited from funding or attempting to influence the elections.
One
NRA Director told me: "I don't see how anyone could oppose that." I
told him: "You watch them."
To print out a letter-sized or legal-sized copy of the petitions and our cover
letter describing them, go to http://www.nealknox.com/NRA2001/petitions.
Or see the link off the home page at http://www.nealknox.com
If you're a voting member -- Life or continuous
5-year please sign them and get
them to Bill at the address listed on the petition.
