Whos waiting on Grand Slam pins and how long

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 5:43 pm

Checked to see if the competition section of the NRA had my grand slam info and I was told that there were about 35 or 40 waiting because the engraver was broke. They said it was not {{ in the budget }} to get it fixed, does that mean maybe next year we might get our hard earned awards? I hope our portion of match fees are being spent correctly. It seems that with the amount of shooters and matches there should be enough to go to the local hardware store and get a cheap engraver. Lets see ???? 1.00 per match per shooter x how many matches= Where does all the money go? Who is looking after our interest at the NRA Why am I A Member?

Innocent · Post by **Innocent** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:34 pm

Shooterxtc,
Greg Conner's bosses email is:
dwilling@nrahq.comdwilling@nrahq.com

The amount of engraving that goes on the back of a grandslam pin is not that much.
Raise your questions to Mr. Dennis Willing, as this should be addressed.

As a MPA student years ago I did research on the NRA Foundation (Friends of NRA) budget in 1999...the salaries of NRA staff was incredible. Not saying that Greg receives that salary but a large percentage of your NRA dollars are not going to the programs that they are designated for. Instead they are going to the salaries and budgets for a few select persons, like many of the NOT FOR PROFIT organizations.
Mary Watkins

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:58 am

Been waiting on several for over a year now.

Dee

cedestech · Post by **cedestech** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:06 pm

Awards? I have conformation letters (4) that I haven't received in almost a year.... Then our club president hands me a Ms. Chin nasty gram today at the match for "missing" tournament reports.... I don't know what they do over at the silhouette dept but it doesn't seem to be anything involving silhouette....

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:31 pm

Thanks Mary I will contact him directly.

PhxShooter · Post by **PhxShooter** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:15 pm

I may be wrong but I believe Greg's boss's e-mail is dwilling@nrahq.org

If the first one doesn't work you might try Dennis Willing at this address.

Good luck.

boyfromcoy · Post by **boyfromcoy** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:10 pm

I have been waiting for my first grand slam for more than 6 mo.

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:55 pm

Mr.Dennis Willing does not return emails or phone calls. Aug. 10 he was contacted by email followed up about a week later with another email. He has also been called numerous times. I'm wondering if our match fees are being sent to a hole in the wall in Nigeria instead of a real organization called the NRA.If the NRA was a responsible entity they would not put people in charge who can't even return a phone call or email.I guess they are too busy sending out solicitation letters to me asking for more money.

bbw223 · Post by **bbw223** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:05 pm

In my experience, the NRA is only in a hurry to send out notices for delinquent match reports. It seems they have plenty of staff to monitor match dates and start the 30 day countdown clock match directors have to submit their reports. NRA wants to make sure they get those fees to feed the propaganda machine.

teetertotter · Post by **teetertotter** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:15 pm

They called me 3 weeks ago and I told them to put me on the, "No call list," b/c on social security with limited income. "O, can we have $25.00,"
their marketing dept does not give up. I only belong to the NRA as our club requires it. Sorry, off topic. I will be waiting for another letter needing my jury card. They spend on postage, when they can email and I can fill out another card, scan and return email. Next time, I will scan the jury card and send as attachment to the Tournament Dept, which will be in a couple days.

High Speed · Post by **High Speed** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:16 pm

I got a Ram slam, two years ago in Winnsboro. Nothing to date. The NRA has become more like the government, take,take,take. With very little in return.

Stay Safe
Mark

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:11 pm

Dennis Willing return my call today (on a Sunday) .He said he was not aware that the grand slam awards were that far out of date. He said Tuesday he would get the ball rolling on getting the awards out by having them engraved by an outside source.Please reply to this topic if you receive your grand slam award. Thanks

teetertotter · Post by **teetertotter** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:41 pm

We will see if those mailed in records got lost and comes back to ask for proofs or names. Sorry, I had to jump in on that one. You might have to call him in a week to follow-up. Hope all goes well.

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:20 am

Dennis told me the grand slam awards have been sent out for engraving. hopefully it wont be long now.Keep an eye out for your awards and post when you receive them.

shooterxtc · Post by **shooterxtc** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:45 pm

Pins are back from the engraver and are being prepared for mailing.

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