GNAS Number & Temporary Membership Card

[JamesR]

Hopefully this is nice and easy! I'm filling in a form to shoot in a tournament, and I'm not sure what to put under "GNAS Number". My membership card is only a temporary one at the moment, so do I just put down the number on the sticker? (I can see it's a different number from the one on the previous sticker, so I'm not sure how meaningful this is).

Thanks in advance!

[mk1]

Just put down the number and say its a temporary card. If there is any problem the tournament organiser should be able to trace you through your Club. Secretary who will have numbered the Club's stickers.

I think "real" cards are beginning to get through from GNAS now.

[JamesR]

Originally Posted by mk1

Just put down the number and say its a temporary card. If there is any problem the tournament organiser should be able to trace you through your Club. Secretary who will have numbered the Club's stickers.

I think "real" cards are beginning to get through from GNAS now.

Thanks. I'm sure it won't be a problem - especially as the person in my club who gave me the card is actually one of the judges on the day! Just thought I'd check, to avoid any confusion.

[Furface]

Originally Posted by JamesR

(I can see it's a different number from the one on the previous sticker, so I'm not sure how meaningful this is).

As everyone said, just put that number. But why has your club issued you with two stickers?

[JamesR]

Originally Posted by Furface

As everyone said, just put that number. But why has your club issued you with two stickers?

They're only valid for 6 months, so I needed a new one when the old one expired.

(Cue rant about GNAS taking forever to issue proper cards etc. )

[andrew.paterson]

Originally Posted by mk1

Just put down the number and say its a temporary card. If there is any problem the tournament organiser should be able to trace you through your Club. Secretary who will have numbered the Club's stickers.

On a Sunday when an archer turns up to shoot, as a T.O. the only way of determining if the archer in front of me is insured to shoot as a GNAS member is their GNAS card.

Again this does get back to liability which is on another thred.

As a T.O. I must make all "reasonable" steps to determine the archer's valid right to shoot. I know GNAS did put out a notice that ALL archers at a shoot should have the GNAS cards ready to check. A lot of archers get in a humph if you insist on seeing the card, but if someone were to get injured by an uninsured archer the T.O. is responsible for safety at the event. I do not have a list of club seretary's telephone numbers to chase up on the day, so it is only the card to go by. Plus I really should insist on some form of photo id to make sure that you are the person listed on the GNAS card.

Nightmare scenario: Uninsured archer injures a junior archer. Junior archer raises complaint against the T.O. GNAS's insurance company drops me like a lead balloon (as their policy states that if a complaint is raised by Junior against Adult then the Adult is not covered). I get sued for a shed load of cash, with no legal assistance

[mk1]

Prior to "Temporary Cards" Club secretaries had to issue "reciepts" or a Club Letter to say that a new member had paid their GNAS subs should they ever have to provide proof. Its so much better for someone who has paid to be issued with a card that has the "Head Office" stamp on it, and the system of temporary cards has been running secessfully for quite a number of years now.

As an organiser its not your job to detect fraud, merely adhere to the system your governing body has put in place.

[Furface]

Originally Posted by JamesR

They're only valid for 6 months, so I needed a new one when the old one expired.

(Cue rant about GNAS taking forever to issue proper cards etc. )

As (I think) has been well publicised, the new GNAS membership system has taken a tad of bedding down, and, as a result, the "six month" restriction was relaxed. So your club secretary in issuing a second sticker must either have a) sent your name in to GNAS with details of the second sticker, in which case you might now be appearing twice in lists or b) not told GNAS about the new number, in which case no one would be able to track you down.
But it IS all coming together - soon

[laminatekid]

Originally Posted by mk1

I think "real" cards are beginning to get through from GNAS now.

If someone at gnas has remembered to wind up the dot matrix printer first!