News and Notes
USA Shooting Adopts Governance Reforms
At its March 12, 2016
meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Shooting’s Board of Directors unani- mously and positively ap- proved comprehensive re- forms in the governance of USA Shooting. In response to a Com-
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