September 14, 2011 Greetings, An interesting question was posed at the NRA Women’s Leadership Forum. When was the last time US Citizens acted as a ‘militia’? One woman guessed the Civil War aloud, and the rest mostly sat silently pondering. The answer? 9-11-2001. There were folks on an airplane who knew their plane had been hijacked. They knew…
NRA Women’s Leadership Forum
September 12, 2011 Greetings, This past Saturday, I had a wonderful opportunity to attend the first Colorado meeting of the NRA Women’s Leadership Forum. We met at a lovely venue, the Wellshire Inn of Denver, a quaint castle-type structure with tons of character. There were about 25 of us present, and we were privileged to…
What I’ve Learned in my First Six Months as NRA Field Rep – Part 5
August 31, 2011 Greetings, It has been a while since I posted anything. My fall banquet season is up and running. We had four events in the past three weeks, and after a couple of weekends without one, will have six in another three week period. Life is good … busy, but good. There are a…
What I’ve Learned in my First Six Months as NRA Field Rep – Part 4
July 19, 2011 Greetings, “Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” ~Francis Chan Have you ever noticed that none of us like boredom? We are all searching for something to do. Not just something to do, but something with significance. We all long…
What I’ve Learned in my First Six Months as NRA Field Rep – Part 3
July 12, 2011 Greetings, “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” ~Alan Simpson How does one define integrity? Morals? Character? Honesty? All three of those apply. I think the best definition I ever heard was ‘How you behave when nobody is watching.’ That is what integrity…