Target Sports Canada Membership
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they will be doing that after the renovations are completed. im waiting to take the basic handgun and holster courses.
ArcticHound
Regular
- Location
- North of the GTA, Ontario
I sent an email to Dr. Hawke based on the suggestion from JR earlier in this post. I've tried communicating via the Grange's membership email address with no response. My six weeks is up on Monday (and when I purchased my membership in April, I was told 4-6 weeks, which is also still what is posted on the Grange's rarely updated website). For a club that commands such a premium price, they have cheaper-club levels of communication. Was there such a sudden intake of new members they have no way of getting additional volunteers to help run the CLSC? Hell, once a member, I'd happily volunteer my own time to help keep up with things (including keeping that web site up to date at least weekly).
For the money they ask of their members, they should not be running the kind of service one expects at a small, private, volunteers-only club. They should be head and shoulders above the rest and look and act the part. I don't think it unreasonable to expect that they have enough support staff to manage safety courses within a month, to keep their site updated regularly, and to respond back to email queries within a few days at most.
BTW, I know this is not JR's issue, but rather Grange's - however this seems to be where this discussion is taking place.
For the money they ask of their members, they should not be running the kind of service one expects at a small, private, volunteers-only club. They should be head and shoulders above the rest and look and act the part. I don't think it unreasonable to expect that they have enough support staff to manage safety courses within a month, to keep their site updated regularly, and to respond back to email queries within a few days at most.
BTW, I know this is not JR's issue, but rather Grange's - however this seems to be where this discussion is taking place.
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paying $ 550 with below 0 service is unacceptable
yes , it is a non profit operation
and please someone correct me , you can pay for a secretary 20-25 hrs a week to clean the back log, answer few emails, fix the badge machine ........
and the list goes on.
paying $ 550 with below 0 service is unacceptable
yes , it is a non profit operation
and please someone correct me , you can pay for a secretary 20-25 hrs a week to clean the back log, answer few emails, fix the badge machine ........
and the list goes on.
I don't really know why things are the way they are. It's not a great sign when there's ALWAYS an excuse why things are behind and then never get caught up. I know some of the delay is from the physical upgrades in the ranges, but there's a limit to the amount of waiting that can be expected from members.
Since membership officially starts when your ID is processed, I expect to start hearing about the club meetings soon. Perhaps attending them will clear some of this up. There should probably be an annual general meeting of the membership that will allow for questions and answers.
there is and it was at the beginning of May.
im looking at my membership card right now and it looks so simple. it looks as if it is printed on plain paper (or possibly photo paper) and then laminated with a $100 laminator. there really isnt much to it so i dont understand the delay.
ArcticHound
Regular
- Location
- North of the GTA, Ontario
I'm at 8 weeks this Monday. BJ from Grange finally emailed me yesterday and said it would be another week or two for the CLSC and then another four weeks or so after all the probationary shoots for your ATT. They had email and database issues, according to the email, along with a large influx of new applications.
