Good morning guys!
I started to write a group text message and then rethought it and switched to email as I knew I would not be brief this morning. And then I decided to also make it a blog post to share with our students as nothing herein is confidential or top secrete.
As you are aware I’ve been busy working on our appsheet app. I’ve been trying to improve a number of things, mainly syncing and notifications. I believe that I have the synchronization issues fixed. It seems that way when I test on my phone. I’ve also changed directions with the notifications we get when an entry is saved. I liked the idea of the text notification but appsheet has done away with their sms offering. That left me with a choice to set up a 3rd party sms service which is available at a price both financial and time. It looked like it was going to take far more time than I wanted to spend learning how to implement it. So, I trashed that idea and returned to appsheet to explore other ways to notify you that your entry is saved and the waiver generates & stores correctly. #1 I have enabled in app notifications no different than the notification we get using any other app on our phones. I like this as it gives you instant confirmation. #2 I have also enabled email notifications that contain all data entries except for the signature. Please let me know if you want to opt out of those emails. Unfortunately I have not figured out how to add the signed waiver to these emails. Perhaps with more time and exploration I will be able to make that happen. For now anyway, if you need a copy of a particular student’s email please send me a message with the students name and I will email you a copy of their signed waiver.
Now the news…
Item #1 We are now able to take students in the 18-20 year old age range. Earlier this week the MN BCA sent an email that gave us the green light to immediately start accepting these younger students that had previously been prohibited. While I personally have strong feelings on both sides of the fence concerning this issue, e it is not my position to flatly refuse to train them. I have made an executive decision that we will honor the Decision made by the US Supreme Court and the MN BCA. Davey Defense will be at on the firing line training these students when they request our services. The company’s official position is that we train all persons legally not prohibited. Obviously, we as individual instructors reserve the right to use our discretion as we would with anyone over 21. I am not going to change position on our right as instructors to refuse to train if an individual fails to pass our internal profiling criteria. I need not explain what that means, you all are aware.
Item #2 Davey Defense now has 7 instructors on the team! Blake will be doing his live fire with me some time in the next few weeks and I am looking forward to meeting him. My goal for this year was to add 5 instructors by year’s end and here we are at 7 already. I think we have a great team of like minded individuals and I am proud to have each of you on my team.
Item #3 Yesterday with a Blakes assistance I started working on some ideas in terms of Company philosophy, mission statement and a company vision statement. I will share these with the group, once I have completed writing, prior to publishing them on the website where our students will be able to read them if they choose. I am very excited about this task, I’m not sure why but I am.
Item #4 I need to thank our English major Blake for pointing out the one grammatical error in our classrooms that I missed when I put it together. Blake, thank you sir! I appreciate it.
Item #5 As you know, I have not nor will I ever set any specific number of certificates that need to be done each month. All I ask of you is to be available for those requesting your services and to set your own personal goal you want to reach by year’s end. My personal goal for the year is to write 100 certificates which is more than I’ve ever done in one year. By the end of the day I will be at 39 which puts me on track to hit that goal by the end of the year.
Item #6 Start looking for those 5 year renewals that you know should be coming up. Starting in September I will be looking for my first year renewals, in particular the first quarter. My thinking here is to get these done yet this fall before the weather gets cold and nasty. I did a number of certificates that first year when the weather was cold and nasty. It wasn’t much fun for myself or my students. I’d prefer to think ahead and get them done when the weather may be a bit nicer.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to continue to be great ambassadors for the 2nd Amendment. Share your passion with others through polite conversation. Pass on to younger generation things you’ve learned along the way. If you find people disagreeable, just agree to disagree with them and move on.
And that’s all I have for now. Until next time!
John
Remember this:
Shoot. Shoot often and shoot straight! Only Hits count.
Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you’re ready to fire!