Mike, feel free to talk with me at our next meeting. But here is a bit of info. I did visit some other clubs when I received my NRA Instructor certification and a number of them refuse to allow any instructors to use their clubs.
Sharon F&G - I was told that "we have our one instructor for the club and don't allow anyone else to teach here" when I asked the club president at the time I got my NRA Instructor credentials. My understanding is that they ran one NRA BP course/month using pistol team volunteers with the one certified instructor. All monies went to the club.
Ames R&P - When I was a member they only allowed a couple hand-picked instructors to teach there. There was a huge uproar about one instructor who used the facilities . . . don't think he had permission. No idea of the situation as I left that club ~2006 (before I became an instructor).
Mansfield F&G - Built an instructor range so as not to impact club members shooting. Only BOD approved instructors can teach here . . . must name the club as additional insured and submit a copy of said policy to the BOD, submit copies of your instructor certification (and keep BOD updated on renewed certifications), get approval by having an authorized instructor sit in on a class of an applicant for approval to teach here so that we don't approve some yahoo who teaches a 4 hour course in an hour. We pay the club $10/student to use the clubhouse for training and another $10/student to use the range for training.
Braintree R&P - Although I did submit my credentials recently to Eric and Zoo, I seriously doubt that I'll be doing any teaching here. I love the club but the layout of the ranges, rules and fact that there is no dedicated range for training outdoors makes it impossible to follow the curriculum laid out by NRA and give the students the right experience in the class. NRA BP (new/current version) mandates that we first have students shoot specific paper targets at 10' for a minimum passing grade . . . BR&P recently changed the rules to allow shooting at 15', not the same. Our shooting booths are great, but for training they block the view of the shooters hand/gun so that the instructor can't properly control the situation and/or provide guidance if they are holding the gun wrong. When I teach NRA HFS, I add live-fire to the class and have students shoot .22 pistol/revolver/rifle, 9mm pistols, plus AR-15 and AK-47 . . . can't do that indoors or even on a single range at BR&P, so that is a no-go. NRA PPIH/PPOH (the classes I teach most often) mandates shooting drills repeated at distances of 9', 15' and 21' plus one drill at 3-6', also drills use high and low barricades and one drill has you put the unloaded gun on floor/ground with loaded mag next to it and run ~20' to the gun/load/shoot (to induce some stress) . . . no way to do this at BR&P and even if we could we'd need to do this outdoors (currently disallowed) without taking over numerous shooting positions or calling continuous cease-fires (pissing off members). Before changes in our rules, I did run >50 students thru the Moon Island drills on the short pistol ranges (distances are close enough to use for that training) . . . proud to say that all passed and had scores within a few points of what they did with me . . . that range is perfect for this training but we're only supposed to use the indoor range now. Although I could run my MA Gun Law Seminar at BR&P (no shooting, 6+ hr class only), since I usually only get 1-2 students per date, no way I can afford to pay the club $50 (I only charge $90/student) to use the conference rooms available to us and the old clubhouse is (IMNSHO) too busy and noisy to really teach anyone anything.
If the BOD would like me to attend one of their meetings to discuss any of this, I'll be happy to do so. But they would have to make that request, as I'm not about to impose myself on the BOD uninvited.
