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Ep. 22 - NRA Members' Meeting, BoD Election Results, Rigging the Election w/ guest Frank Tait
Members’ Meeting
Members’ Meeting Rescheduled for the second time (June 11th) time. NRA still has yet to put out an official statement beyond the first rescheduling (here).
Sometime TBD in November, 2020.
Springfield Expo Center
Who knows what time, maybe 0900?
The Meeting will take place in Halls A/B/C of the Expo Center and commence at 9:00am Central Time were the previous. All members are invited to attend.
“Article III Sec 8, (a) Annual Meeting of Members. The Association shall hold an Annual Meeting of Members to receive the report of the election of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. but in no case later than November 30th of each calendar year. Notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be published in consecutive issues of the official journal of the Association not less than twice prior to the holding of the meeting.”
2. Election Results
ELECTED TO THREE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2023
Jay Printz
J. William Carter
Charles L. Cotton
Linda Walker
Judi White
Leroy Sisco
Howard J. Walter
Graham Hill
Mark E. Vaughan
Thomas P. Arvas
Ted W. Carter
Barbara Rumpel
Phillip B. Journey
Steven C. Schreiner
Todd J. Rathner
Richard Figueroa
J. Kenneth Blackwell
Carl Rowan, Jr.
Curtis S. Jenkins
Herbert A. Lanford, Jr.
Allan D. Cors
Clel Baudler
Robert E. Mansell
Patricia A. Clark
Mark Keith Robinson
ELECTED TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2022
Paul D. Babaz
Todd R. Ellis
Dave Butz
Ronald L. Schmeits
ELECTED FOR ONE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2021:
Niger Innis
Anthony P. Colandro
NOT ELECTED:
R. B. Rocky Marshall, Jr.
Robert J. Wos
John L. Cushman
James L. Wallace
Craig Swartz
Kevin P. Hogan
Frank C. Tait
3. Gangsters of Capitalism "Rigging the Election"
In the episode, NRA instructor and member Dezarae Payne describes how her husband, Paul Payne, from whom she is separated, has since the late 1990s worked secretly to tilt board elections in favor of LaPierre. Paul Payne has been an NRA employee, administrator of the NRA Members’ Councils of California, a state affiliate, and a liaison to LaPierre.
Dezarae Payne told the podcast that every year LaPierre’s office gives Paul Payne the names of NRA board candidates considered allies of the longtime boss of the gun group. Payne then works through the council to lobby NRA members in California to vote for those candidates. Because such a small percentage of members take part in the annual mail ballot election for board seats, Dezarea Payne said, her husband’s electioneering has routinely been critical to victory.
Michael Schwartz, a gun rights advocate from San Diego who used to belong to the members’ councils, confirmed Dezarea Payne’s account. “The attitude from Paul Payne was very strange,” Schwartz said in regard to an NRA convention trip he made at Payne’s urging. “He was treating it like it was some kind of covert military op, which was beyond ridiculous. He had us staying at a hotel that was away from the convention center. We were told not to talk to any NRA employees or any NRA board members. We were told not to tell anybody why we were there.”
Approximately $5.5M was spent on him, according to our napkin math.H. Paul Payne’s LinkedInA google search revealed that Aaron F. Park sure didn’t like him here and here.
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By Save the SecondMembers’ Meeting
Members’ Meeting Rescheduled for the second time (June 11th) time. NRA still has yet to put out an official statement beyond the first rescheduling (here).
Sometime TBD in November, 2020.
Springfield Expo Center
Who knows what time, maybe 0900?
The Meeting will take place in Halls A/B/C of the Expo Center and commence at 9:00am Central Time were the previous. All members are invited to attend.
“Article III Sec 8, (a) Annual Meeting of Members. The Association shall hold an Annual Meeting of Members to receive the report of the election of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. but in no case later than November 30th of each calendar year. Notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be published in consecutive issues of the official journal of the Association not less than twice prior to the holding of the meeting.”
2. Election Results
ELECTED TO THREE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2023
Jay Printz
J. William Carter
Charles L. Cotton
Linda Walker
Judi White
Leroy Sisco
Howard J. Walter
Graham Hill
Mark E. Vaughan
Thomas P. Arvas
Ted W. Carter
Barbara Rumpel
Phillip B. Journey
Steven C. Schreiner
Todd J. Rathner
Richard Figueroa
J. Kenneth Blackwell
Carl Rowan, Jr.
Curtis S. Jenkins
Herbert A. Lanford, Jr.
Allan D. Cors
Clel Baudler
Robert E. Mansell
Patricia A. Clark
Mark Keith Robinson
ELECTED TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2022
Paul D. Babaz
Todd R. Ellis
Dave Butz
Ronald L. Schmeits
ELECTED FOR ONE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2021:
Niger Innis
Anthony P. Colandro
NOT ELECTED:
R. B. Rocky Marshall, Jr.
Robert J. Wos
John L. Cushman
James L. Wallace
Craig Swartz
Kevin P. Hogan
Frank C. Tait
3. Gangsters of Capitalism "Rigging the Election"
In the episode, NRA instructor and member Dezarae Payne describes how her husband, Paul Payne, from whom she is separated, has since the late 1990s worked secretly to tilt board elections in favor of LaPierre. Paul Payne has been an NRA employee, administrator of the NRA Members’ Councils of California, a state affiliate, and a liaison to LaPierre.
Dezarae Payne told the podcast that every year LaPierre’s office gives Paul Payne the names of NRA board candidates considered allies of the longtime boss of the gun group. Payne then works through the council to lobby NRA members in California to vote for those candidates. Because such a small percentage of members take part in the annual mail ballot election for board seats, Dezarea Payne said, her husband’s electioneering has routinely been critical to victory.
Michael Schwartz, a gun rights advocate from San Diego who used to belong to the members’ councils, confirmed Dezarea Payne’s account. “The attitude from Paul Payne was very strange,” Schwartz said in regard to an NRA convention trip he made at Payne’s urging. “He was treating it like it was some kind of covert military op, which was beyond ridiculous. He had us staying at a hotel that was away from the convention center. We were told not to talk to any NRA employees or any NRA board members. We were told not to tell anybody why we were there.”
Approximately $5.5M was spent on him, according to our napkin math.H. Paul Payne’s LinkedInA google search revealed that Aaron F. Park sure didn’t like him here and here.