2/18 meeting recap

I would like to thank everyone again for such a great turn out at our first meeting. I wanted to touch base and give a quick recap on what we covered. If you have any ideas for the program or feel I did not answer your questions, please email me and let me know.

Requirements-

All NOAH guidelines for players, parents, and coaches will be followed. Forms will be required with a signature for code of conduct for each.
• All students must be homeschooled.
• Safety will be FIRST!!! This will NOT be a drop off sport!A parent /guardian is required to stay with the student at all activities where the firearms are present.
• Students must complete the Oklahoma Hunters Safety Certification (free).
• One parent /guardian representing the student is required to be Range Safety Officer certified through the NRA.
• Coaches/Assistant Coaches must apply and be approved through the NOAH board.

Building the Program-

We are hoping to offer the following disciplines:
• Shotgun
• .22 Rifle
• .22 Pistol
• Air Rifle
• Air Pistol
• Archery (compound & recurve)

For each discipline to go forward, we must have at least one NRA certified coach per discipline and the firearms. Firearms may be personally owned, obtained through a grant or raised funds, or donated to the program (NOAH is a 501 3c and this is a tax deductible donation).
Coaches will be required to be NRA certified. Training dates will be arranged throughout the year. The following dates are already on the calendar through the Boy Scout Resource Center. You must pre- register and prepay for each of these courses by the due date. Do NOT register online through the NRA website for these courses. These are being given at a special rate to NOAH to support youth shooting sports. You must contact me to let me know you are taking the course for NOAH so that I can inform the instructors to give you the NRA certification and not the Boy Scouts certification. You can send me a copy of your certification once completed.

Scheduled course dates are as follows:

• Feb. 27, Range Safety Officer, 8am-6pm, pre register by Feb. 24, $29.50.
• Mar. 24, 26, & 27, Shotgun Instructor, pre register by Mar. 17, $72.50.
• May 5, 7, & 8, Rifle Instructor, pre register by April 28, $68.00.
• June 2 & 5, Basic Archery Instructor, pre register by May 26, $48.00.
• Sept. 1, 3, & 4, Pistol Instructor, pre register by August 25, $69.50.

You may be certified in any or all of these disciplines. I would recommend you be certified in the disciplines that your child participates in so that you can always attend meets if your coach cannot go.
My goal is to schedule our team's Hunters Safety course in late spring. If you see another schedule works better for you, please feel free to take the course at your convenience. You do not have to take the course with the team.
There are several leagues and programs to participate through: SCTP, NRA, CMP, USA Shooting, Amateur Trap & Skeet Associations, etc…we will look at programs with the coaches and team members to determine our participation.
I will be scheduling meetings "per discipline" for a more in depth look of programs and participation. Currently, there is more interest in shotgun and rifle, so these discipline meetings will be scheduled first.

We also need to build a staff:

I will need an Assistant, Treasurer, Secretary, Uniform Committee, Fundraising Committee, etc. if you feel you can assist in any of these areas please let me know.
We do have a team blog. You may sign up through the NOAH site on the shooting page. I will also have a yahoo group for team members that will have a calendar and other pertinent information on it.

Fees:

Fees are yet to be determined. This will be fees on the discipline you choose. We will have a nominal NOAH participation fee, but my goal is to get sponsors that will help carry some of the team expenses. Commitment and helping to raise funds will help tremendously in keeping costs down.

Thank you,
Stacy Smith
Athletic Director, NOAH Shooting Sports