Wisconsin Carry Inc. - Chairman
Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
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minuteman wrote:
Thank-you for sharing your perspective on the organization.
Though we haven't earned your membership yet, I'm confident we share your values.
The goal of Wisconsin Carry was to demonstrate action first before we began to ask for financial resources to support those actions.
We saw many groups in Wisconsin that asked for money first on a promise of action later. We thought people expected more. We also worried that the motivation could become income, not principle. If a person's source of income was based on "demand" from gun-rights persons, we felt their vested interest was in continuity of the struggle, not achieving results. For that reason everyone who participate s in Wisconsin Carry is 100% volunteer. No one gets paid for their time.
We also thought it was important to establish a network of individuals who shared a common interest who could be mobilized to various actionable items. Those who were willing to do more than cheer from the sidelines while others did the work but make (at a minimum) a token demonstration of support. Creating a membership option for nothing more than the cost of a case of beer ($15) we felt would allow us to identify those individuals who were willing to step off the sidelines and participate. While weeding out those that don't support a cause enough to actually "do" something for it. Ironically, there are many people who've we've acted on behalf of that were not members when we took up their specific issue.
We hope to be the best stewards of the membership fee's we collect. In the end, our members will be the judge of that.
I would never ask anyone to join who didn't yet believe that we would be good stewards of the cause and true to the principles we state in our mission. But I would ask that you keep us on your radar screen because I'm confident we will surpass your expectations and when we do, we DO need your support to build a network of freedom-minded people IN Wisconsin who we know will act and fight for freedom with us.
minuteman wrote:
Thank-you for sharing your perspective on the organization.
Though we haven't earned your membership yet, I'm confident we share your values.
The goal of Wisconsin Carry was to demonstrate action first before we began to ask for financial resources to support those actions.
We saw many groups in Wisconsin that asked for money first on a promise of action later. We thought people expected more. We also worried that the motivation could become income, not principle. If a person's source of income was based on "demand" from gun-rights persons, we felt their vested interest was in continuity of the struggle, not achieving results. For that reason everyone who participate s in Wisconsin Carry is 100% volunteer. No one gets paid for their time.
We also thought it was important to establish a network of individuals who shared a common interest who could be mobilized to various actionable items. Those who were willing to do more than cheer from the sidelines while others did the work but make (at a minimum) a token demonstration of support. Creating a membership option for nothing more than the cost of a case of beer ($15) we felt would allow us to identify those individuals who were willing to step off the sidelines and participate. While weeding out those that don't support a cause enough to actually "do" something for it. Ironically, there are many people who've we've acted on behalf of that were not members when we took up their specific issue.
We hope to be the best stewards of the membership fee's we collect. In the end, our members will be the judge of that.
I would never ask anyone to join who didn't yet believe that we would be good stewards of the cause and true to the principles we state in our mission. But I would ask that you keep us on your radar screen because I'm confident we will surpass your expectations and when we do, we DO need your support to build a network of freedom-minded people IN Wisconsin who we know will act and fight for freedom with us.
