Alexandria Chapter of the Izaak Walton League

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Range Safety Officers (RSO)

On August 2d the chapter will support National Shooting Sports month with an open house to members, friends, families and the general public. In addition, that day is also the regularly scheduled Guest Shoot Day. Thus, six RSO’s are required for the guest shoot (3 morning & 3 afternoon shifts) PLUS six additional RSO’s for the shotgun and archery ranges (2 x shotgun and 1 x archery RSO for the morning, and the same numbers for the afternoon shift). PLEASE SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT! Seven members successfully completed the NRA Basic RSO Course taught on July 11th in the clubhouse. Congratulations to Ian Andrews, Stefan Daney, Eric David, Carol Kimball, Patricia Patrick, Austin Wang and Eric Wohlrab. The Chapter now has 89 RSOs current with their NRA certification and IWLA test so they can sign up for RSO duty and assist fellow shooters to have a safe time on the various ranges. Range Safety Officers are encouraged to assist at all Chapter-sponsored shooting events. From January 1, 2020 through mid-July 2020, 34 RSOs generously supported 57 RSO requirements. THANK YOU to all those who signed up and helped our Chapter so far this year! All other RSOs are encouraged to come out and support your fellow Ikes!
Range Safety Officers (RSO) are appointed by the Chapter Executive Committee and supervise range operations during training, when inexperienced individuals may need a more formal safety education, supervision, or competition, for organized group activities, and for the monthly member sponsored guest weekends.

RSOs are trained and qualified IAW NRA RSO course. If you are already qualified as an NRA RSO, then you will need to audit one of our NRA RSO courses to become familiar with our ranges and procedures.

Members are eligible and encouraged to take NRA RSO training, taught semiannually at the clubhouse, and earn their NRA RSO certification. All members possessing a current NRA RSO certification should ensure it is on file in the Chapter database. Members transferring in to IWLA-Alexandria Chapter will need to audit the Chapter's NRA RSO course and get trained on the Chapter's particular range safety rules. Please send a copy of the RSO certificate to the RSO Coordinator if it is not on file.

All members, after attending the Chapter's NRA RSO training class, may elect to pull RSO duty and earn a $50 annual dues reduction for 8 or more hours of RSO duty per year. 4 hours of RSO duty also earns a member the privilege of obtaining guest vouchers for use any time of the month.

The Chapter has approved rules that will allow RSOs to sign up on the website to bring up to two guests per day as compensation for RSO volunteer service. This benefit will be for a 3 hour session similar to the regular monthly rifle/pistol guest sessions, but can be performed on any day the range is open. The guest pass hold harmless agreement should be placed in the box under the Caretaker's car port. In order for RSOs to be eligible for this benefit they must have a current NRA RSO certification, current IWLA range rules certification, and have performed at least 4 hours of RSO volunteer service within the previous 18 months. The vouchers may also be used at the archery range (but not the shotgun range).

Members with expired NRA RSO certifications (certs are good for only 2 years) are encouraged to renew their certification through the NRA and send a copy to the RSO Coordinator. RSO's with expired certificates will otherwise be removed from the RSO roster. They can easily be added back to the RSO list after certificate renewal.

RSO's are also required to certify that they have read and understand the range regulations (confirmed with a 3-question RSO test) annually. This will help RSO's refresh their understanding of the range regulations and be able to ensure compliance.

Occasionally some new members ask if their military or police range experience would allow them to help as RSO. For background information, the NRA provides the insurance for shooting sports in this country not the Federal or local governments, so we have to have our RSO's trained and qualified in accordance with the NRA training syllabus.

The Shotgun range RSO schedule is managed by Aslanis Pappas , (Log in to see additional contact info)
. Please contact him for information.

The Rifle/Pistol range and Turkey Shoot RSO schedule is managed by Daniel Chartier , (Log in to see additional contact info) via the RSO schedule application (below):

To see the RSO schedule, please log in.

For more information, contact:
Daniel Chartier, RSO Coordinator , tally1396[AT]yahoo[DOT]com , (Log in to see phone number)