There is a 4 page double sided newsletter coming out to the entire membership here very shortly, we are currently finding the best price on printing. The big state wide events were just voted on as well, being that we have a few new officers, and they're vote doesn't count until Sept 1, 2011 when the new office starts. We had that vote, and now that everything is finalized, we're ready to print. We have a year full of events, that will keep us officers very busy. For the time being, the Expo has been replaced by working the Sportsmans show. At the sportsmans show, we have already made a display, we don't have to make all the arrangements, everything is ready for us, and we've found a larger stage for a calling championship and have dubbed it the East Coast Predator Showdown. We feel that it is less work for the volunteering and the officers which are also working on their dime, to use the sportsmans show for everything it is. The sportsmans show is actually less expensive than the expo as well. We get national advertising, 8 solid days of way more exposure than any expo, and last year we've gained 70 new members. The pro's from foxpro are still giving demo's at the sportsmans show, which are the same guys that we had coming to the expo's. Last year we also got discounted tickets to get into the show for members only, and would expect to get the same this year. It is kind of a no brainer for us. We understand this will not be liked by all, but when it comes down to it, there are just too many pro's than con's as referring to going to the sportsmans show over the expo.
