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Sunday, May 26th, 2013
GCA Makes a Big Move
One of the biggest changes in GCA history has been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors. Memberships are no longer restricted to a membership year starting on September 1.
If you are already a current GCA member, you will soon receive a special one-time renewal notice in the mail, showing your new expiration date and offering a pro-rated membership renewal fee. These new renewal dates will divide the membership body evenly across all months of the year.
If you are new to GCA, please know that your membership will run for a full year from when you join.
If you are a former GCA member who wants to return to active member status, your term of membership will start when your renewal is processed and run for the next 12 months.
There were several reasons which led to this change. The most common source of complaints and dissatisfaction from GCA members came from receiving a term of membership shorter than 12 months when they either joined late in the year, or were late in renewing. With year-round renewals, every member will always receive a full year’s term of membership for their $25, which includes four issues of the quarterly GCA Journal.
Another reason for the change is the exceptional growth that GCA has experienced in recent years. All the members trying to renew all at once creates quite a traffic jam in membership processing. We will still have to get through this traffic jam one more time, due to the fact there are over 16,000 memberships set to renew on September 1, 2013. But after this cycle, membership renewals will be leveled off at a steady rate where better turnaround time can be maintained year-round.
Making the transition from a fixed membership year to a year-round renewal structure is not a small undertaking. GCA has operated on a September 1 renewal cycle for over 25 years, and over 16,000 of our 18,000+ members will be affected. Every effort has been made to make this transition as smooth and easy as possible for the members. Your patience and understanding as we make this conversion is greatly appreciated.
Both The FAQ and GCA’s Policy page have been updated to reflect changes
If you are looking to forward this piece of GCA news, please use the following link:
http://www.thegca.org/gca-makes-a-big-move
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
“CONVENTION NEWS UPDATE”
In the Spring 2013 issue of the GCA Journal there was an error in the prize amount for best table.
Please be advised the prize amount is actually $500, not $50.
We’ve updated the website post regarding the 2013 Convention by including the corrected Convention article from the Journal is here:
http://www.thegca.org/2013-gca-convention
Saturday, March 30th, 2013
UPDATED: How to Pay by Check, MO, or CC via mail in forms
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Added pictures from the 2012 Camp Perry Event onto the Camp Perry page:
2013 GCA Convention
Upcoming 2013 GCA Convention, click here for details
“America’s Rifle – The M1 Garand” DVD
The GCA, as approved by our Board of Directors, used surplus funds to underwrite the production of “America’s Rifle – The M1 Garand” by Semper Vi Entertainment. We are proud of this worthwhile project, and it perfectly aligns with our mission statement. As a bonus to our membership, the Board of Directors additionally approved a free copy of the DVD for current members, those renewing memberships, as well as new members with a cut-off date of 15 December 2012. As a result of an oversight on our part, that information was not posted correctly on our website. A new cut-off date was established as 22 February 2013, and that is the date currently published on our website. It is important to note that unpaid volunteers comprise the GCA leadership in addition to the unpaid volunteers who write, edit and help publish the GCA Journal, our world-class magazine. For those who paid for a DVD that otherwise would have received a gratis copy, please contact our management company, if you desire, to make reasonable arrangements that will make you whole. Additionally, if you are still waiting on your copy to arrive, please be patient with our management team.
For additonal information and see a preview, please see the News post , click here.
Member feedback of the GCA’s DVD has been wonderful. We at the GCA are very happy to hear the project is being well received, and thank the members for their positive feedback.
Here’s just one of the kind letter’s we’ve received;
| Subject: GCA DVD “America’s Rifle – The M1 Garand”. Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 12:20:32 -0500 (EST) From: Gary S. To: GCA Board of DirectorsThank You for the great DVD that I received on Saturday. I watched the entire thing, including the bonus extras, without stopping.I was amazed at the quality and the insight to the history of the M1 along with all of the bonus material, which just added to the experience.The quality of this DVD is as good as it gets, and I believe anyone who owns a Garand would want to own a copy.Thank you for the information that I always wanted to know about my Garands without reading a series of books to learn some of what you presented. I also liked the coverage of other military rifles in comparison to give a better prospective as to the history of the M1.I am sure that I will watch this many times again in the future and especially when I finally go to break my Garands down for a good cleaning – that part was very valuable.Thanks again for the great addition to my membership – this is certainly an example of going above and beyond expectations for what is expected as a member of any organization.Gary S. |
Just arrived
“Best of The GCA Journal Book 4″
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Best of The GCA Journal Book 4 has just arrived.
Back orders are being filled.
Best of The GCA Journal Book 4 is also now available through the GCA’s E-Store as well (along with Books 1 through 3).
http://www.thegca.org/store/botgcaj.html
PDF of Table of Contents for Preview, Click Here
GCA Awards Grants
Sunday, June 24th, 2012
M1 Garand, Ceremonial Rifle Maintenance :
Click Here
A link to the video is also in our Supply Shack.
2013 Competitions/National Matches Calendar :
Jim Adell has made available the NM calender for 2012 and 2013.
Click here to download a PDF of it.
” The Best of the GCA Journal Book 3 “ Table of Contents pdf available
Monday, October 17th, 2011
PDF of the Table of Contents for “ The Best of the GCA Journal Book 3 ” is now available.
Click here….
” The Best of the GCA Journal Book 3 ” now in the GCA online Store
Monday, September 12th, 2011
You can now purchase the “ The Best of the GCA Journal Book 3 “ via the GCA’s online store.
Book 1 and 2 are still available as well.
http://www.thegca.org/store/botgcaj.html
Two new M1 Garand National Match articles….
December 30th, 2010 , Authored by Robert W. Seijas and posted on the GCA website.
For more info: Two new M1 Garand National Match articles….
GCA Dress Shirts Are Available!
| October 22nd, 2010 GCA Collared Long Sleeve Dress shirts now in and available for order…. |
 click for more information |
| Now can be ordered through our store.Or by “mail-in” form: |
About the GCA
The purposes of GCA are to exchange information and expand knowledge of the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1; to preserve and publicize the history of the rifle and its inventor John C. Garand; to assist and encourage new collectors; to assist authors in writing new reference works; to assist members in their collecting; and to encourage competitive and recreational safe shooting of the rifle.
It is our high hope that you’ll enjoy this site and learn much about the GCA and many good reasons to become a member.
Feel free to surf around the site. If you still don’t find what you’re looking for.
The M1 Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.”
General George S. Patton