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The National Association of Target Shooting Sports (NATSS), was a working group comprising representatives from the NRA, NSRA and CPSA to explore the possibility of merging the UK's three main National Governing Bodies for Target Shooting. ==Background== Shooting in the UK had been criticised by a number of funding groups including UK Sport as well as its athletes for its scattered and disparate governance structure, in addition to its absence of a coherent development ladder for British Target Rifle shooters to progress from grassroots to elite level. Immediate reaction amongst shooters to the group was mixed, with some embracing the possibilities that a single, consolidated organisation would bring, whilst others raised practical considerations regarding the implementation and impact of a single coherent body. These included the fact that the CPSA did not have the same charity status as the NRA and NSRA, and would require substantial restructuring to amalgamate into a new body that would be eligible for charity status. Some shooters also thought a third party was attempting to usurp the existing bodies, which resulted in angry postings to a number of Internet forums. Resistance remained, even when it was made clear that NATSS was formed of representatives of the existing bodies. Serious practical concerns remained regarding the nature of a merger and how such an action would be implemented, and who wanted a merger to take place at all. Much hostility to the merger proposal arose because the NSRA and NRA are member associations, so could not merge without explicit permission from their memberships at an AGM or EGM. The NATSS steering group had no powers beyond conducting research and the project was essentially a viability study. As the project was funded by UKSport, it was believed by the proponents there was no need to seek permission from members before undertaking the studies. The project was instigated by mutual agreement of the respective executive committees. The accuracy or otherwise of the NATSS "Surveys" may be gauged by the fact that at a NRA Council Meeting, the NATSS and amalgamation proposals were unanimously rejected. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Association of Target Shooting Sports」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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