CHANGE OF ATTITUDE & COMMITTEE !!!
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:39 pm
I thought I would post this as an encouragement to others in the same situation..............................Some of you might remember my rants about range safety at my club in Blaye and the fact that I and 3 friends had decided to move clubs to Bordeaux.
WELL..................the Blaye club held it's AGM last weekend and we have a new President (actually he was M. Le President up to 3 years ago) and he wants to sort the problems out and take the club forward - So far so good.
I had a call yesterday from one of the new committee (he doesn't speak English!) to ask me if I would be prepared to stay with the club from September ( renewal time) and join the committee to help sort out the range etc., He explained that he had arranged a meeting with the Mayor of Blaye to discuss the future of the club and the range in the fortresses moat ( we get funding from the council) and to perhaps encourage the Mayor to appoint a council representative to attend meetings of the club.
He then told me that he was to meet with the No:2 of the French Governing Body of Target Shooting Clubs ( who lives in Bordeaux ) to obtain some help and support for the development of the club from him too.
Well, to say I was gob smacked is an understatement but I said I would stay for another year ( saves me 50€ !) and see how things pan out. If it works like it says on the tin then we might yet have a good, safe club to shoot at, fingers crossed.
WELL..................the Blaye club held it's AGM last weekend and we have a new President (actually he was M. Le President up to 3 years ago) and he wants to sort the problems out and take the club forward - So far so good.
I had a call yesterday from one of the new committee (he doesn't speak English!) to ask me if I would be prepared to stay with the club from September ( renewal time) and join the committee to help sort out the range etc., He explained that he had arranged a meeting with the Mayor of Blaye to discuss the future of the club and the range in the fortresses moat ( we get funding from the council) and to perhaps encourage the Mayor to appoint a council representative to attend meetings of the club.
He then told me that he was to meet with the No:2 of the French Governing Body of Target Shooting Clubs ( who lives in Bordeaux ) to obtain some help and support for the development of the club from him too.
Well, to say I was gob smacked is an understatement but I said I would stay for another year ( saves me 50€ !) and see how things pan out. If it works like it says on the tin then we might yet have a good, safe club to shoot at, fingers crossed.