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Daddyjan
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:12 pm: | |
Fellow Sportsman ,i know that there are fellow members of the NWTF here so i would like to ask a question about banquets.
What has been the atmospher of your banquets? Where they family oreinted or where they just for a bunch of good ole boys to come to sit round get drunk and spend money?Where women and children welcomed and appreciated.There seems to be alot of dirrerent ideas about how we should conduct our banquet,we have had people leave our chapter becouse of this and other issues.I know that there will be problems like this from time to time.
I belive with the Nationals push in the areas of Wemon children and the handicapped the our banquets can not be just for the men.We as hunters know that the fight for our rights gets tougher every year,we alone [men] can no longer keep that fight going.Recruitment is the only way we can spread the word that hunting is safe fun and GOOD.Ther is no special superfund event just for the ladies or the handicapped,so i think our banquets should be all inclusive.Chapters that wont bring in the family to there banquets are not presenting the true NWTF message.
This is just one humble hunters opinion. JMF |
Daddyjan
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:13 pm: | |
Please excuse my terriable spelling.JMF |
TScottW99
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 8:15 pm: | |
Very well spoken Daddyjan and I agree. |
Freddy McGuire (Vaturkey)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 8:24 am: | |
I agree Daddyjan... we try to make our banquets a family atmosphere. Women and children are certainly welcome. We do of course get our drunk old men that spend money too... ;o) Our banquet Chairman is a woman and my wife is the chapter sec. and does a lot of work for the banquet... |
VA Hen
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 8:39 am: | |
Daddyjan,
I agree with you. All banquets, in my opinion, need to be a "family affair"....after all that is what we (men and women) are out here working for. To keep the woods safe for our "JAKES" that are coming along to follow in our footsteps.
We have gone to other banquets and there were no children present at all. It was really different and I thought it defeated the purpose of trying to get youngsters involved in hunting.
Amy |
Coach
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 9:57 am: | |
My problem is the sale of Alcoholic beverages at the events. From the Banquets (including our own) I can't see this as a family event. It's an adult event. There is no teaching or geat speakers to learn from, nothing but food, raffels, and drinking, silent auctions, and the main auction. So you tell me whats in it for the kids! The object of the banquit is to raise money, and lets face it there is nothing for the kids to do at these banquets. They don't have much if any money to spend really. Besides I don't want their money.
I consider the banquits a necessary "evil". Without them we can't fund our JAKES days and our WIO events and anything else we do that's good. So I'm disappointed, and I wish we could do something different to tell you the truth.
I would love to see the banquits turn into a education event, great speakers, callers, presentations where I walk away with knowledge and not just a smaller check book. I do have fun seeing my friends, telling stories and such. I also know if we changed it, we could never get the thing to finish.
So anyway, not to spoil anything, These are just my comments.
Coach |
gobbstopper1946
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 11:33 am: | |
DJ
All the local chapter banquets I've attended are family orenited. No alcoholic beverages! Everyone had a great time and the food was good also. I've never attended a national banquet by the NWTF. Could be a lot different.
GS... |
Ryan Tucker
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 1:49 pm: | |
I have been a part of both types of chapter banquets. I prefer the ones that are more family oriented, but I also don't have a problem with the drunkfest other than I don't care for the atmosphere. As long as it isn't promoted as one thing then put on as another. The problem is to many chapter only do the banquet and don't have the jake days, etc... That is my favorite part of the NWTF. Like Coach said the raising money is a necessary evil. However, I have seen banquets geared to the family raise a lot more money at times than the ones that don't. |
Daddyjan
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 9:02 am: | |
I would like as many folks as possiable to post a reply to this even if its just 2 or 3 words THANKS JMF |
HODY
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 2:23 pm: | |
The James river chapter seems to be a mix. No one really gets out of hand there but alcohol is served. I see several family members there also. They have special prizes for the Jakes and even call them up to be recognized. I have been trying to go to other banquets, but always have something else to go to so I am not sure how everyone else does it. |
GN
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 4:18 pm: | |
DJ -I could make a lot of arguments each way. I think the waterfront has been covered pretty good by others though. Sometimes well-intentioned poeple can make some (in retrospect) serious errors in these type events and I do not wish to criticize anyone's approach, so I prefer to stay out of this if I can have a pass. |
daddyjan
| | Posted on Saturday, March 16, 2002 - 10:37 pm: | |
I personaly dont think we have to call it one way or another.I hope we can serve limited alcohol and still have everyone in good spirits plus promote the NWTF to the ladies and our children , we dontneed Hooters girls and unlimited booze to do that,The anti hunting public and alot of non hunters all ready see us as a bunch of drunken gun toteing morons ,i hope we can change some of that while we support the efforts or conservation and protection of our hunting rights..JMF
P.S. Thank you for talking about this it has realy helped me gain perspective , i think you folks are the best.Ill let you know the out come of our next meeting.JMF |
wingman
| | Posted on Monday, March 18, 2002 - 9:26 pm: | |
in 13 years of banquets we have only had one person get out of hand due to alchohol. It did cause a problem, that we took care of. I would love to have the kids there and have the family atmospere but this is a fund raiser and the kids meals cost the same as the adults and they do not have the money to spend. Luckily we now have some people that are really interested is putting on some JAKES events. (Ryan is one of them.) The chapter has raises a lot of Superfund money and we should now spend it in our local and show our local members where there money goes. |
LukiLadi
| | Posted on Monday, April 01, 2002 - 11:55 am: | |
Well I have been helping out with NWTF Banquets for about 7 years now. I agree with Coach. The banquets are not a place for children. There is alcohol involved at most and alot of the banquets even have open bars. This is not an atmosphere for children. We hold JAKES Events for the kids.
The Super Fund banquets are a necessary event to raise the money to be able to do the Super Fund Projects, JAKES Events, WITO Events, and Wheelin' Sportsman Events. I consider them to be a night out for the adults. They seem to be too long to hold the interest of the children. There is not really anything for them to do at a banquet.
Some banquets have even started making the tickets so expensive for the children to discourage the adults from bringing them.
This is not true for all banquets but for most. I would suggest if you want to take your children to a banquet, find a banquet that does not serve alcohol. |
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