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How to Increase CGN Membership 10x (to 1/3 million) in 1 yr?
Brainstorming thread alert! 
Okay, we got spanked by the antis in Sacto on AB962. Time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get in better shape for the next political fight.
IIRC, a few months ago Gene said the plan was to increase CGN membership by a magnitude (that's 10x for those in Rio Linda
), within one year. I don't recall hearing anyone say how to achieve that. So, let's (for a moment at least) take off our tin-foil hats (
) and put on our thinking caps and figure out how to get from here (~34,000 members) to there (1/3 of a million members).
I'll start.
1) We need members on all the big national/international gun forums to regularly post updates re what is going on in CA, CGN, and CGF. Sure, we'll get a lot of out-of-stater and former CAians as new members, but I'm also sure we'll pick up a lot of CAians too.
2) We need to divide up the state, probably county by county, and have certain members take the responsibility of keeping certain shooting ranges and gun stores stocked with CGN/CGF fliers (new ones for general promotional purposes). The gun stores and ranges I hit (I did not post on the spreadsheet since I do not like specifying where I roam --), were all VERY supportive, even suggesting how I could get around their own rules forbidding these sorts of activities. 
Note: there may be legal restrictions on what we can do to promote CGN and CGF either separately or together due to tax regulations.
3) Personally, I like the idea of "business card fliers" (see #13 at the link in my sig line re "16 things YOU CAN DO to help pass 'Shall Issue'"). When I'm driving around and I see a parked car w/a military, hunting/fishing, or shooting related decal/bumper sticker, it usually takes me less than 2 minutes to pull over, grab a card, walk to their car and stick it under their wiper, get back in my car and be on my way again. Yet, I'd guess, the odds are 2 out of 3 that they'll visit and 50:50 that after they visit, they'll join (i.e., 1 out of 3 cards given out). They're also handy to give to others reading gun mags at newsstands, or people with whom you start talking to about guns, self-defense, 2nd A RKBA, totalitarianism, etc.
Now it is time for your ideas. Remember, time, money and effort required are always limiting factors, esp when dealing w/volunteers (i.e., us!).
Okay, we got spanked by the antis in Sacto on AB962. Time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get in better shape for the next political fight.
IIRC, a few months ago Gene said the plan was to increase CGN membership by a magnitude (that's 10x for those in Rio Linda
), within one year. I don't recall hearing anyone say how to achieve that. So, let's (for a moment at least) take off our tin-foil hats () and put on our thinking caps and figure out how to get from here (~34,000 members) to there (1/3 of a million members).I'll start.
1) We need members on all the big national/international gun forums to regularly post updates re what is going on in CA, CGN, and CGF. Sure, we'll get a lot of out-of-stater and former CAians as new members, but I'm also sure we'll pick up a lot of CAians too.
2) We need to divide up the state, probably county by county, and have certain members take the responsibility of keeping certain shooting ranges and gun stores stocked with CGN/CGF fliers (new ones for general promotional purposes). The gun stores and ranges I hit (I did not post on the spreadsheet since I do not like specifying where I roam --
), were all VERY supportive, even suggesting how I could get around their own rules forbidding these sorts of activities. Note: there may be legal restrictions on what we can do to promote CGN and CGF either separately or together due to tax regulations.
3) Personally, I like the idea of "business card fliers" (see #13 at the link in my sig line re "16 things YOU CAN DO to help pass 'Shall Issue'"). When I'm driving around and I see a parked car w/a military, hunting/fishing, or shooting related decal/bumper sticker, it usually takes me less than 2 minutes to pull over, grab a card, walk to their car and stick it under their wiper, get back in my car and be on my way again. Yet, I'd guess, the odds are 2 out of 3 that they'll visit and 50:50 that after they visit, they'll join (i.e., 1 out of 3 cards given out). They're also handy to give to others reading gun mags at newsstands, or people with whom you start talking to about guns, self-defense, 2nd A RKBA, totalitarianism, etc.
Now it is time for your ideas. Remember, time, money and effort required are always limiting factors, esp when dealing w/volunteers (i.e., us!).
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