[L-10_shooter]

When do slots start getting distributed. I seem to remember January last year hearing about people on here getting slots. I want to know when I will know if I earned a slot from Area 1 this year. 1st C limited 10

[Tim Egan]

First off,
I am NOT the definitive answer to this - Matt Pritchard would be.

However, since I am curious, and wanted to know who at the match
was getting slots, I kinda figured out who all could possibly be
offered slots.....

For Area matches, if a division has 1-49 participants, then only
the Division Champion would be invited to nationals.....
and we had 42 competitors in L-10....

Thats my read on it, and I could be wrong.

As an aside, you did get bumped to B as a result of your
area 1 win, and for that you should be congratulated.

Nationals Slot Distribution Policy is listed here:uspsa-nationals

[nwb01]

I would be happy just knowing the date for the 2010 Nationals !!!!!!!

[L-10_shooter]

Hey tim thanks for the info and the link. Everytime I ask about nationals around here, its sketchy at best. I got 5th in L-10 so maybe the top 4 will pass.

[Nik Habicht]

L-10_shooter, on Nov 20 2009, 02:12 PM, said:

Hey tim thanks for the info and the link. Everytime I ask about nationals around here, its sketchy at best. I got 5th in L-10 so maybe the top 4 will pass.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way. If the division winner were to pass, that slot would go back in the pool to be distributed to sections, it wouldn't be offered to the second place winner....

We're also not likely to hear anything until there's a contract for the Nationals. They'll need dates, format, # of stages, and schedule to determine match capacity -- and thereby the number of slots to be offered....

[L-10_shooter]

I read in the link above that the top 4 are offered slots then it goes back into the pool, so I am SOL it looks like. I thought that Vegas was the set place for nationals for a couple years to come?

[LPatterson]

Micheal talked about this rumor at the membership meeting during the Nationals that had about 25 people in attendance. At the 2003 Back to Back in Bend there were about a dozen that stayed for the meeting at the range but this meeting was in the evening at the match hotel. It is amazing the things discussed on this forum and the people who bitch about one thing or another and go to the Nationals but can't do a face to face with the President who has made changes and wanted to hear comments. The bumpersticker I got from the NRA says "If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem".

[Mooney]

Heck, it would have been fun to go to a "membership meeting" at Nats, but I didn't even know about it until it had passed. Oh well....

[10mmdave]

There was a membership meeting
Jeez.....where was the small print showing when that was

I'd a been there with ya Mooney.

[Chuck Anderson]

Plastered on the RO tables at each stage and I know I saw a meeting listed in one of the match booklets. For people that know there will be a meeting it's pretty easy to find. For folks that don't always go it a bit trickier. It's one thing I wish they would make more visible.

[Tim Egan]

It was also constantly plastered on the television in the match hotel rooom....
oh oh that means I flip channels a lot....

[10mmdave]

Tim Egan, on Nov 30 2009, 04:09 PM, said:

It was also constantly plastered on the television in the match hotel rooom....
oh oh that means I flip channels a lot....

All I ever saw on the tv were stripper adds, or all that other Vegas advertizing.

AFA the RO tables you mean the ones covered in tapers, water bottles, candy bowls,
sweat towels and the like ! ya, an announcment or a big ass poster down at the lunch area
might bring a few more bodies.

Anyway's, something to look into,

[pjb45]

One meeting at Nationals is not the best nor should it be the only way, feedback is given on the state of USPSA. That is not Service Responsiveness. Had I been actually aware of when and where the meeting was being held I would have attended. Part of the responsibility lies with me and part with USPSA Admin on not getting the message out better.

[davecutts]

FYI there is a membership meeting at nationals every year, but I understand people like to complain shrouded by the anonymity provided by the internet.

[Chuck Anderson]

pjb45, on Nov 30 2009, 05:24 PM, said:

One meeting at Nationals is not the best nor should it be the only way, feedback is given on the state of USPSA. That is not Service Responsiveness. Had I been actually aware of when and where the meeting was being held I would have attended. Part of the responsibility lies with me and part with USPSA Admin on not getting the message out better.

It's not the only way. You have Section Coordinators, Area Directors, the President. All of whom have emails or other ways of contacting them. I've always been able to get through to Dave Thomas whenever I called HQ. There is also a USPSA forum that can be used to give feedback. There are lots of ways to give feedback. Just because the organization doesn't do what YOU want doesn't mean they're not responsive.