How to Increase CGN Membership 10x (to 1/3 million) in 1 yr?

[xrMike]

I think the Girls of Calguns calender would bring in some members.

No good. You'd need at least 12 of 'em.

[wash]

I wonder how we could reach out to the less computer literate out there?

Almost everyone has a phone, perhaps we could set up an automated 1-800 information line that people could call periodically to get up to speed and perhaps "register" by voice mail.

Maybe even set up to robo-call people for action alerts or something.

[armandolo]

Problem is that people are scared of guns and think gun owners are crazy wakos. alot of folks do not even know what Calguns is. I propose a car sticker that goes on tha back windshiled that says something like "local gun owner and not a criminal. Calguns foundation" something like that.

[yellowfin]

Problem is that people are scared of guns and think gun owners are crazy wakos. alot of folks do not even know what Calguns is. I propose a car sticker that goes on tha back windshiled that says something like "local gun owner and not a criminal. Calguns foundation" something like that.

Good idea, but that requires our own people to get over their own semi-rational fear of being identified as a gun owner which is the root of the problem in the first place.

[Cal-Irish]

Get a statement off to Nutnfancy (http://www.youtube.com/user/nutnfancy) and request his help in publicizing the cause. He has got 40k+ subscribers and his latest vid that hit youtube's front page is at 100k views in a matter of days.

And I like the general public friendly sticker idea. "Gun owner and not a criminal! CGF.com"

[mmartin]

I think the Girls of Calguns calender would bring in some members.

yep.
so would recruiting more girls FOR calguns.
women are a huge untapped population... teach the women around you to shoot, and then sign'em up here...
megan

[mmartin]

I know Bill hates this idea. But I've always loved the idea of having a bunch of gunnies help out the poorer communities. Help paint a church or build a garden shed for your community center, etc. It could be in your own local community. In addition to recruiting gunnies, we should also recruit potential gunnies & educate them from all the hogwash they've been fed with all their lives.

I also love the fact that Oaklander lives in the middle of the "bad" part of Oakland. He is educating his neighbors with their rights & the responsibilities of being a gun owners.

We already have a legal division in CGF so now we need to show our PR side & show people that we are not the blood thirsty Rambo type.

Imagine seeing 20-30 folks in CG T-shirts helping a community project. Now that will be a showstopper.

like this.
megan

[mmartin]

There just might be a calendar; Mrs.Wildhawker and another CGNer have agreed pose *if* they retain creative... might have one in time for mid 2010 thru 2011.

dude you have no idea how fast my bellydancing shooters would sign up for this... you want us, we're in.
megan

[Kestryll]

How to Increase CGN Membership 10x (to 1/3 million) in 1 yr?

Just for reference..

This is NOT how to get people to join.

I was eating lunch dude!!!!

[mmartin]

No good. You'd need at least 12 of 'em.

you really haven't been paying attention... we're here.
megan

[Kestryll]

my bellydancing shooters ...

I just had the most horrible flashback to bad 70's B movies.....

[wildhawker]

Two quick points:

* any statements need to come from Kes, Ivanimal, Artherd or myself.

* we need to remember that CGF and CGN are two separate and independent orgs. Our outreach program is thru CGN.

[johnny_22]

Appear on Guntalk radio

Opencarry.org appears on Tom's radio show many times. Calguns.net should be welcome as well. Lots of internet listeners in California, as well as in adjacent states.

[mmartin]

1) does CGF have a "sign up to have regular monthly donations" feature?
automatically billed to your CC or paypal?

2) offer a bonus of some sort to donation subscribers - a monthly gun review, a whitepaper on reloading, a cheat-sheet on improving your accuracy, a bullet-pointed guide to talking about guns to the gun-timid.
takes a little effort to write this stuff up, but once written, it costs almost nothing to distribute, and nothing if done electronically.

3) is there a program in place to get shops / vendors / ranges to give a discount to calguns members? we give them some advertising indicating they offer a discount, they promote us with flyers in their location, customer signs up to calguns and gets a discount too... everyone wins.

megan

[mmartin]

I just had the most horrible flashback to bad 70's B movies.....

dude we are SOOoo much cooler that that...
actually, I've got 4 sherrif's officers in my classes right now.
megan