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Proper NROI Clothing Wear – Recap and Clarification

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(This information was originally published in Down Range, the USPSA News Brief, in August of 2018.)

Many NROI certified Range Officials are deservedly proud of their accomplishments, and we recognize that.  We recently, with our partner, TechWear USA, made official NROI jerseys available.  Judging by the number of orders received, those jerseys are a big hit, and rightly so—they are attractive and comfortable, and a great way to show off your NROI certification.  However, there is a right time to wear your NROI apparel, and times when it should not be worn. 

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What really matters?

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Recently I have been looking at some sports that are similar to USPSA/SCSA in that they have a very large amateur component run at a local level and a smaller professional component at a state, regional, national and world level. Many of those sports face some of the same challenges we do so it can be interesting to see how they have solved those problems. One of those ventures is a return to almost 40 years ago for me, archery. I put up the bow when I headed to college and haven’t really paid any attention to it since.

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NROI Seminar Facilities

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Over the years the Range Master Instructors have taught classes in a wide variety of facilities, some of which were perfectly suited to the seminar, others left some things to be desired. NROI requests feedback from students after each seminar to improve course content and delivery. Occasionally when the class was held in a less than ideal facility we hear about it, which is good feedback in and of itself, but it probably needs to be directed at the course organizer that picked the facility.

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On Being Human

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Despite our best efforts, we all show our human side now and then. That’s the side that is fallible. The side that we all love to hate. To err is human…or so they say. It is often how we handle that errors that defines us to others. Interestingly this seems to be something we all struggle with from early childhood until we shuffle off our mortal coil and pass on to whatever is next. And our human behavior affects every aspect of our lives including being an official at a USPSA/SCSA event.

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USPSA LOCAP Nationals Staff

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USPSA’s Lo-Cap Nationals will happen at Universal Shooting Academy, November 3-9, 2019  This match will be conducted in a back-to-back format.  The first match is the Production/L10 match, and will run from November 3-5.  First room night for staff for the first match is Friday, November 1.  If you only want to work the Single Stack/Revolver match, November 7-9, your first room night will be Tuesday, November 5.  Please see the staff benefits package before committing to these matches. 

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Questions, Answers, and Rulings

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Here’s a common misconception about rulings versus simple answers to questions:  A ruling is made through the official ruling system, which requires the ruling to be approved by the board of directors, and doesn’t go into effect until 7 days after the ruling has been approved.  Rulings can change or interpret an existing rule, but are never made without cause and a demonstrable need for the change.  There is a system for this which requires a written ruling and the reason for that ruling, along with possible consequences of the ruling—all of that information goes to the board. 

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