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The Connecticut Sport Shooters have decided to call it quits at the end of this season. This obviously isn't good for the USPSA community, particularly those members in western New England and NY. Please don't start a discussion regarding canceled matches; that won't help address the possibilities of keeping USPSA matches in Connecticut.
CSS has a beautiful and supportive venue at the Hartford Gun Club. Typically, securing a venue is the most difficult part of establishing a USPSA club. Todd Muller has completed the herculean task of establishing CSS on the calendar. Before this venue is lost, are there competitors in the area who are willing to step-up and invest some time to keep the project alive?
The fundamental issue may be related to generating and maintaining a critical commodity - ... enthusiasm. Every club needs a "critical mass" of enthusiastic individuals who can keep the fire burning when individual members experience the normal highs-and-lows of involvement. Often, the critical mass requires only 2 people, so that each can support the other. But sometimes it takes 3, or 4, or whatever.
I don't know. Perhaps Todd has taken the pulse of competitors in the area and learned that this is the consensus. I just thought I'd toss this out in open space to see if there are others who want to make the effort to keep USPSA in Connecticut.
CSS has a beautiful and supportive venue at the Hartford Gun Club. Typically, securing a venue is the most difficult part of establishing a USPSA club. Todd Muller has completed the herculean task of establishing CSS on the calendar. Before this venue is lost, are there competitors in the area who are willing to step-up and invest some time to keep the project alive?
The fundamental issue may be related to generating and maintaining a critical commodity - ... enthusiasm. Every club needs a "critical mass" of enthusiastic individuals who can keep the fire burning when individual members experience the normal highs-and-lows of involvement. Often, the critical mass requires only 2 people, so that each can support the other. But sometimes it takes 3, or 4, or whatever.
I don't know. Perhaps Todd has taken the pulse of competitors in the area and learned that this is the consensus. I just thought I'd toss this out in open space to see if there are others who want to make the effort to keep USPSA in Connecticut.