QUOTE: Hissing Sid: “It’s difficult to have confidence in any organisation that refuses to discuss its objectives, it’s methods, it’s plans or its qualifications for the task at hand.”
The Association of British Airsoft (http://www.associationofbritishairsoft.org/) are a body set up to fight the Airsoft purchase-and-manufacturer ban section of the VCR Bill. Has it gone astray?
My feelings are that the ABA are not reaching out to the community it represents. We have many smart and experienced people available that could make a real difference to the operations of the ABA and they feel left out.
For example, a committee could devise the arguments to present to the government in this meeting that is up and coming next month. I have a degree in Philosophy and frankly am more than willing to help strengthen the arguments. Everyone could do something to assist making the ABA a focus. Consider, for example, the state of the ABA website. Frankly, its ######. Many people on this board have contacts in the web design industry that could assist in making a much better site, but no.
Is the ABA supposed to be a one way organisation? No. It is a community body and should be working with that community in such activities as raising money to fight a campaign. It is far too exclusive at the moment.
The government are not stupid. The only real problem with airsoft is the realism. Unfortunately this is also the heart of airsoft. It will take very strong reasoning to change the governments minds, reasoning I don’t think the ABA are capable of (judging by the posts here).
The ABA had a golden opportunity to unite airsofters and effectively get what in political terms is a fantastic grass roots mandate. None of this has happened and people on this forum (the forum elders you might say) are upset that such a chance has been squandered. Sure the ABA are fighting the government, but they are left the rest of us behind.
I am not sitting down on my back side. I have written to my MP, the Prime minister, the Blears lady, the Home office, the police commission, all the major newspapers, all the special committee members and the Lords. I was interviewed in the TV documentary and had my letter read out on the radio.
No one can say we are sitting down and not doing anything.
I just want to do more! If the ABA leaders feel too busy to organise more then appoint new members to do so for you. This is the key to effective management: delegation! The lack of this is another reason that we are getting stressed.
I ask the ABA to become more representative and not withdraw even more; that would be the most tragic of mistakes.
Basho
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