SSAA NSW

5 ISSUE 60 DECEMBER 2020 President's Message THE NEW SSAA NSW SHOOTER Welcome to our first digital SSAA NSW Shooter magazine. Our prior research indicated that our members previously liked to receive information via hard copy magazine. After this year's challenges from COVID-19, however, we have seen a massive swing to the more immediate, more responsive, and more cost effective electronic communications models. Digital communications keep people connected in an otherwise disconnected and physically distanced COVID-safe society. In addition, SSAA NSW is undergoing an austerity program, with the intended outcome of reducing expenditure wherever possible and using those savings to maximise member services. The printing and posting of the printed NSW Shooter Magazine were a high cost model and the magazine was restricted in pages and in content because of postage weight issues. This digital NSW Shooter is much more engaging and allows almost unlimited information to be shared with you. We have more flexibility and more room as a result of the new format allowing us to expand from the previous model of mainly reports and updates from the Board and Management along with updates from registry and Insurance to a more inclusive magazine. We would like to encourage you to submit news and information to make the NSW Shooter more engaging. Additional content can include: • matches and match results; • invitational shoots; • historical photos and a brief story; • hardworking member/volunteer profiles; • difficulties you have encountered and solutions to overcome those problems; • try-shooting and membership initiatives; and • range enhancements or additions. Our communications manager, Emma Tavani, has done an amazing job of restructuring our written communications with our Branches and members across NSW. You will have already noticed the increased communication of important information about COVID-19 updates and support, as well as communications around member information and range safety updates. Our website is also receiving an upgrade from Emma, to modernise the look and ease of use, while importantly, making the website more interactive for your research and engagement. COVID-19 IMPACT It is safe to say that COVID-19 has impacted every person in NSW, and our membership is no exception. Your SSAA NSW Board and Management have had to make and manage some difficult decisions around the impact of COVID-19. As a community we are now used to COVID-19 and its impact on our lifestyle, but back in March this was still very much an unknown. I am very proud of the NSW Board and Management for the accuracy of those early decisions and the ongoing work that has seen us able to reopen as much as we could, as early as possible. Our COVID-19 safety plan was essential to allow the reopening of our ranges and the quality of that plan, along with the constant updates as circumstances change, are a credit to our CEO Jai and our staff. We had to postpone the NSW Shot Expo that was programmed for June this year. The decision had to be made early because of contracts and costs that would become due and would be forfeited if we could not run the Shot Expo. Originally, we postponed the event for June/July next year and we thank the various exhibitors and vendors for their support and understanding. LANCE MILLER PRESIDENT, SSAA NSW

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