steve49
99 posts
Jul 18, 2009
6:01 PM
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i retrieved a copy of Pensom's, "The Birmingham Roller Pigeon", which had been tucked away until i found it today, and inside was a letter i received from 'Joe' addressed to me about my joing the IRA. whatever happened to that club? btw, the letter was dated......4/23/1976!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! geez, i don't think many on this forum were even around back then. :-)
interestly also was he said the area rep was Ron Kumro. who just happens to have bred the foundation stock of my new kit! small world??
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3570 posts
Jul 18, 2009
6:14 PM
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The IRA went away when the leadership went away.
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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steve49
102 posts
Jul 18, 2009
6:58 PM
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Nick, when did that happen?
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME
104 posts
Jul 18, 2009
7:17 PM
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I dont know ....but I have a hen that is banded IRA 1999 . Any information on this club Is great.
She produced some real nice birds for me.
Larry
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Good Times Roll
49 posts
Jul 18, 2009
7:26 PM
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It went ot in 2000 they devided up the account and sent the remaining members a check, Those who chose not to cash there checks the money went to the Monty Nieble memorial, I still have mine for $8.17
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3571 posts
Jul 18, 2009
9:05 PM
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Yep, the year 2000. Too many clubs just follow a handful of people who do everything for the club and the rest do very little. When that small handful of leaders die or get sick and have to drop out of the hobby nobody picks up the slack and even good clubs sometimes dies because of this. Too many people just can't pull thier thumbs out of their ass fast enough to save something good it seems
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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Bricksfall
28 posts
Jul 19, 2009
1:07 PM
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I have a Bird Banded IRA 95 1919 I like this bird. A very nice bird. He's A Red Check, Very strong.
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GEORGE ALDANA
HIGH GRAVITY LOFT
Last Edited by on Jul 19, 2009 1:08 PM
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Ballrollers
GOLD MEMBER
1987 posts
Jul 19, 2009
7:47 PM
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Nick
That also goes for regions, we loose a few key people and nobody steps up. The next thing you know a region cannot even get one qualifier.
Today we are seeing examples where a good strong region that split, for numerous reasons, in a few years the weaker region suffers. Seldom do we see two strong regions from a split, more often we see one stronger of the two, something like a sudden death or the BOPs cause men to leave the hobby.
We need to think about forming regions that have TWICE the minimum number of flyers so if a few drop out the rest can carry on.
The way this economy is going, it is tuff on flyers, men loosing jobs , high cost of feed and of course the ever present sky sharks growing in numbers each year.
Cliff
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Spin City USA
235 posts
Jul 19, 2009
9:43 PM
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It all goes back to the 80-20 rule, in any organization no matter the size 20% of the members will do 80% of the work.
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They gotta Spin to win.....Jay
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DeepSpinLofts
1516 posts
Jul 21, 2009
5:44 AM
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IRA???
That band inscription sounds very familiar. I'm almost sure that several birds Richard Jaconette shipped to me in the 80's had bands engraved with IRA on them.
I seem to have forgotten.... but what exactly was IRA abbreviated for?
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
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Sunflower
GOLD MEMBER
473 posts
Jul 21, 2009
9:49 AM
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If I remember correctly, it was International Roller Association. It folded because someone absconded with the money as I recall.
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Keep em Spinning
Joe
Last Edited by on Jul 21, 2009 9:50 AM
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