The AANS site - discussion

[huntwisely]

The forum on the AANS site regarding the meeting between BANS and AANS has been really quiet. But the is anothe thread called New Idea that had an interesting comment - This comment was made

"As for hunting! Why not? AANS only enrolls about 3% of the total archery community in Nova Scotia. If we want the rest of the 97% to be part of AANS Lets give them a forum to participate in also.


As I just read in the AANS content,

2.01 The purposes of the AANS are to perpetuate, foster, and direct the practice of archery in all its forms.

Last time I checked target was archery, 3D was archery, bowhunting was archery as so on.....


There was another comment and I said I would post the original comment on the BANS site. My feeling is that a lot of bowhunters would like to see something change regaring AANS and BANS being two separate organizations to join and there is a lot of interst in the up coming meetings. I don't think Bowhunters have an axe to grind with AANS -

Speaking for myself - I can't see why I should have to join AANS, BANS and TAANS to have a voice in the sport of Archery in the forms I enjoy and have the comfort of additional insurance or be able to shoot in the provincials if I choose. I figure if I join any one of them (and they were affiliated) I could join one or all and have the same rights and priviledges.

Comments any one ?

[ironfistcanada]

I can't see why I should have to join AANS, BANS and TAANS to have a voice in the sport of Archery in the forms I enjoy and have the comfort of additional insurance or be able to shoot in the provincials if I choose. I figure if I join any one of them (and they were affiliated) I could join one or all and have the same rights and priviledges.

Comments any one ?




HW TAANS makes no bones about what is involved in membership. We are there to simply represent Traditional Archers and to promote Traditional Archery. We are affiliated with AANS through a club membership. You dont have to join the above associations to have a voice in the sport of Archery,simply leave a message on the message board. Joining TAANS did not give you the right to shoot the provincials or did it give you added insurance. Thats not what we are about.There is no where in the TAANS mission statement that states this.Figuring that membership to TAANS would give you these benefits was not a good idea. John.

[huntwisely]

I know all that IF and never believed that if I joined TAANS or BANS that I'd be able to shoot provincials if I wanted to, or have some supplemtal insurance.

What I am saying is that it would be nice if AANS, TAANS and BANS were close enough affiliated that you DID only have to join one - the dicsipline of your choice - to have the same benefit as joining 2 or three. But that is my opinion only, as I said.

[Matt]

nott sure if this will come out right or not, but taans does not do as much as bans and aans, nope that didnt come out right lol, what i mean is, aans sets the standards, rules, and defides when the shoots will be held, bans implements, or delegates for, changes in bowhunting in the province, taans promotes traditional archery, but is more like a club rather than a provincial association, dammit that didnt sound right either, i think you will all understand what i mean here. anyways, i dont joint two assosiations, i pick aans, yeah i hunted, and will in the future, but to me its aans, to others its bans, i would much rather see us ALL joining the same assosiation and have that assosiation working for all of us, strength in numbers!

[archeryman57]

TAANS is a provincial archery association and they send a delegate to the federation table. BANS not only works to improve hunting. They along with TAANS work to keep hunters from losing what was fought so hard to achieve. Most archers belong to all orgs. with overlaps in members. Some folks choose not to support all because they don't know what they are missing out on. I belong to four prov, orgs and did not participate in any of the sponsered shoots last year. I don't think my money was wasted.
BTW, when you see the new regs this year you will see some changes that were made with BANS cooperation. Changes that show bowhunters have lost something, hopefully for the greater good of all hunters.

[ironfistcanada]

And when BANS initiates club and association affiliation, TAANS will be the first one to join up . I dont belong to four Provincial associations like archeryman but I do belong to three and three archery clubs. My money is not wasted either. I must say though that being an active member of all of them is impossible.So I focus my energy on one association and one club.
I would like to point out to those who are not aware.TAANS is an association that simply brings together Traditional and primitive archers across the province and other provinces. . We choose to affiliate with what we feel is the parent body in Archery because we feel its important.Affiliating with BANS would also be an important undertaking. Thats it TAANS does not interfere with the running of any other association and we do not forbid or recommend our archers to boycott certain events and activities. We do however hold one shoot per year that is participated with only Traditional and Primitive gear. Thats our centerpiece and showcase ,everybody is invited to shoot but you must use a Trad bow. Anything else and we are with you guys all the way. TAANS also urges its members to Join AANS for the benefits they bring to archery and if our members hunt then we encourage them to join BANS.In fact anybody that bowhunts really should belong to BANS. They owe their privaleges to BANS. Thankyou for speaking up Archeryman . I just thought I would give the members here a little bit of TAANS lore. Thanks John

[matt]

Joining TAANS did not give you the right to shoot the provincials or did it give you added insurance

thats the comment i was getting at, not that taans does not do anything, or support other assosiations in ns, but like you said, no insurence is given by joining the org., with aans i get that, how about bans? ive heard there is insurence (which is what ive always believed) but ive also heard there is nothing extra with it? as for you being a member of 4 orgs, thats great, never said it was a waste of money, but i still think it would be better if instead of joining 4 orgs, i would rather joint 1 that combines them all, sure the fee would be higher, but personally thats the way i would go, otherwise is aans only for me. the comment some folks choose not to join all orgs becase they dont know whta they are missing out on? perhaps thats the problem, why not enlighten them to what they are missing out on instead of keeping it all hidden inside the society. alot of people would likely join other orgs if they knew what they were getting, perhaps some would join other orgs as well, i know myself ould likely be perswuaded to join bans, probably not taans as traditional is not my thing right now, perhaps someday ill be more interested in it but not right now, is there anything wrong with not belonging to all provincial orgs? certainly not. NO offense was meant to the taans org by my earlier post,

[ironfistcanada]

None Taken Matt.

[biggame]

"BTW, when you see the new regs this year you will see some changes that were made with BANS cooperation. Changes that show bowhunters have lost something, hopefully for the greater good of all hunters. "

What are the changes your talking about Archeyman57? I would like to know. PM me if you want rather than put it on the site.

[alpo]

just saw this post, and altho most everyone on here is likely seeing it on the aans site or the NSH.som .........here it is anyways

as quoted from Nock On on the AANS web site
"I've heard through the grape vine that some individuals are trying to start-up a new Association catered to 3D. Apparently they are canvasing people already. It must be a secret association because they don't have the anatomical male parts required to come public with their plans

What a great way to weaken and divide our already divided groups of archers

Its a shame that some people would rather destroy what is already in place instead of building and improving upon it just in order to accomplish their own selfish agenda.

I'm posting this in order to bring to light a situation that could cause a lot of damage to our fragile community.

I guess some people never understood the basic priciple of strenght in number.......They would rather divide and weaken some more instead

Maybe all that talk about trying to join people together was non-started from the get go after all are maybe just a smoke screen. We'll see who stands up where at the end of the day..... "

Any comments, anyone ?
I was also wondering how/if the merger talks were proceeding, but am reluctant to ask given my overall lack of participation in any of it.