Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Continued from page 40 One bailout package you can count on . Before you jump into your next business decision, plan for a safe landing day or night by clicking over to the NEW online digital edition of Shooting industry. Your co-workers can use it too! Getting Involved W hat if you’re not a member of Task Force 20/20? Perhaps, you didn’t even know it existed. That doesn’t mean your help isn’t needed. In fact, it’s vital to the industry’s success. According to Briganti, the biggest moment of the October meeting came when the Task Force decided the “Best Practices Workbook for Hunting and Shooting Recruitment and Retention” model could be applied to the plan. The 221-page manual is based on a program developed by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. It addresses everything from building a new program from scratch to helping an Now you can share it. www. s hootingindus tr y. c o m Visit www.taskforce2020.org to begin your efforts on behalf of the industry’s future. ongoing program become more effective. Some key elements in the workbook are: Chapter 3: Building Your Program. Guidance on how to develop the tools, implementation strategies and delivery to meet the goals and objectives you set. Chapter 10: Mentoring. A mechanism for new shooters that allows social acceptance into a new sport. Chapter 11: Creating Opportunities. Makes numbers recommendations and suggestions for creating hunting and shooting opportunities. Chapter 14: Outreach and Awareness. Explains how to reach people who know nothing of the hunting and shooting sports, piquing their interest and getting them to try the experience. Chapter 16: Maximizing Opportunities. Realizing and understanding the current opportunities available and how to make them more productive. “The Future of Hunting and the Shooting Sports” report tells us what’s happen- ing to the outdoors. The “Best Practices Workbook” tells us how to deal with it and hopefully change the direction. Both are available online at www.taskforce2020. org. You can download the workbook in a PDF format or order printed copies. In addition, the site has a lot of information about how you and your company can help with the goals of Task Force 20/20. It also offers tools to help with your own programs. Together We Can Task Force 20/20 will next meet in June at the 2009 Summit in Florida to present a report on its progress. However, it’s not just Task Force 20/20 whose progress will be measured. It will be the state of the entire industry. Sanetti put it in perspective. “It is an awesome responsibility. But we have to do it, and together we can,” he said. Given the additional challenges the industry is likely facing with a new administration in Washington, Task Force 20/20 is more important than ever. So is your input and support. Get involved. Visit www.taskforce2020.org. 9 43 SHOT SHOW EXTRA SUPER ISSUE 2009 • www.shootingindustry.com