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. Don�t 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.