Should ABA Affiliate?

[coach]

Why does ABA continue to try to be an entity unto its self? Shouldn't it be all for Archery in general? Maybe if we could pool our resources it would do Archery a great favour
I read every now and then about a club that has moved away from ABA , this cant be good so why dont they try and get along with the other associations? Surely this would encourage more people and boost morale every where :o
Just my opinion and any feed back welcome. :D

[Robert43]

Coach I have to agree with you as a ABA member I would love to all of the accoations to unite and maybe give the sport a bigger profile. :D
But I cannt see it hadppen too many people dont want to give away there bit of turf :x
Oh well we can only hope

[Eberbachl]

I agree Coach, as do many archers in this country.

We all shoot bows and arrows :wink:

I love shooting field, I love shooting indoor, I love shooting target, I love shooting 3D etc etc etc

It's my hope that all archery associations in this country will one day play nicely together :D ...and either become one - or at the least offer some sort of reciprocal rights arrangement.

The days of he's a field shooter, and he's a target shooter are well and truly over.

We're all archers :P

[dad]

Yes all archery assocations should band together, allow reciprical rights,for all archers. I could add much more but put simpley
UNINTED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL

[mbomike]

The BIG divisional factor................

INSURANCE

:o

[Eberbachl]

Not really mbfmike.

All three associations tell us that they use the same insurance policy and the same insurer.

It would seem that in reality insurance should be a non-issue...

:wink:

[mbomike]

It goes a bit deeper than that Big Dog :wink:

[Eberbachl]

ummm...yeah - been through it all before.

My point is that if they wanted to play it wouldn't be an issue :wink:

[mbomike]

ummm...yeah - been through it all before.

My point is that if they wanted to play it wouldn't be an issue :wink:


Totally Agree :wink: :D

[Marcus]

ummm...yeah - been through it all before.

My point is that if they wanted to play it wouldn't be an issue :wink:
Agreed. Don't let teh insurnce thing bother you, they could sort it out.

Here is the fact. When you have 3 organisations all trying to do the same thing 1 will usually die out.
Which will it be?

My guess is AA is safe. ;)

Care to lay down bets between 3DAAA and ABA?

Here is a tip, the one that affiliates with the stronger body will win. ;)

Of course, it doesn't have to be that way, we can all play together and have a great time.

[Bruce]

I think that all the associations need to allow recipricol (sp) rights , but to win a State or National Title , you need to be a member of the corresponding National Body.

I can't see a complete unification of all archery associations , unless there are some major comprimises by the National Execs on all sides ,

Nothing stopping individuals and clubs having fun together though

[bowhunter]

I agree with what you guys are saying , at the moment there is to much bitching between associations and this is not helping our choosen sport. When it all comes down to it in the end we all are under the same umbrella "ARCHERS" whether we are target archers (all codes) or bowhunters.

[Brad]

I agree totally. It's all just shooting arrows.

[enseth]

At the risk of stating the obvious, the issue of affiliation has as much to do with AA and 3DAAA as it does with the ABA. For an affiliation to occur it is going to require 2 or 3 of these organisations to come together.
As I understand it, 3DAAA are a

[Barry]

Still it would be nice........

[Jacob Goodwin]

Aside from the personality & ego collisions, turf battles and insurance issues, the main problem with the various associations unifying/consolidating lies in the vastly different constituencies and goals of the three organisations and thus the vastly different roles the organisations play in respect of the sport.

More specifically, the ABA should be addressing issues related to bowhunting (legal, political, bowhunter education etc), while AA and 3DAAA should be focusing their attention on their respective competitions. These are two very different sets of agendas that are not easily aligned with each other. A "single" organisation would most likely focus its resources on one of these agendas, at the expense of the other.

More importantly, the constituencies of these groups often have conflicting views on certain issues. For example, I met MANY AA members who are staunchly anti-hunting. One of the key roles ABA plays (or should play) is to ensure that bowhunting remains legal/accessible. If all of the associations amalgamated, where would it stand in respect of protecting hunting when a significant portion of its membership is against it?
Imagine a situation where a state legislature proposes to ban bowhunting. Is this "new" organisation going to lobby vigorously against the law when ostensibly 2/3 of its membership isn't opposed to the law, doesn't care OR actually supports it. The other 1/3 would be unrepresented.

[DanceswithDingoes]

The other 1/3 would be unrepresented.
There's always Trophy Takers :wink: