My son is a sophomore at Cal Poly. He loves to shoot action pistol, so when he went to off to school with no way to have access to a gun for practice we talked about how maybe there was a club or maybe he could start one...
Well it turns out a couple of older students had done the ground work to charter a "marksmanship" club and called an initial organizing meeting late last school year. Sam went along with about 50 others and when asked to explain how action pistol matches worked, he talked for a half hour. They decided that he should be president and the older guys (who are close to graduating) would work with/coach him to get the club up and running.
It has been a great success as you can see from the news report below. Lots of interest from the students. Good support from the school staff (the president of the college is reportedly a hunter). My son has learned a lot about running an organization and dealing with people.
BTW, the industry response has been great, NSSF ($10K grant), Apex (support and connections), S&W (donated pistols and a rifle), their local range (San Luis Obispo Sportsmen's Association) has worked closely with them to get through all the legal hoops, Hoague and other offering discounts and support.
http://www.shootingwire.com/features/229342Michael do you know anybody that would like to do their industry speaker gig?
I'm one proud dad,
Joe