The North Texas Battle Group has general membership meetings in January to elect
club officers, and in December to set goals for the coming year. In addition, two
quarterly general meetings are held. At these meetings, members show off their
progress on their latest ship construction and refit projects, help and advice
is freely given, battle plans finalized, and other miscellaneous business is
discussed. In addition, several construction/repair sessions are scheduled throughout
the year, and the Board of Admiralty meets monthly. Guests are welcome at all North
Texas Battle Group meetings and other events. Refer to Battle Stations
for the next event date, time, and location.
Battle Schedule
Battles are the third Saturday of month, weather permitting. Setup usually starts
at 9:00 AM, with the actual commencement of live fire at 11:00 AM and running
until everybody's sunk or all ammo has been expended! Contact a club member for
battle pond directions. Refer to Battle Stations! for the next battle date, time, and location.
Club Bylaws, Construction Rules, and Battle Rules
We've chosen to break our club's governing rules into multiple sections.
This has been done to make it easier to change or suspend certain less-critical
rules, while protecting those rules that should be difficult to alter.
We think that this gives us a good degree of flexibility to stage games
as we see fit, we can still ensure that visitors' ships and equipment is
compatible with us, and our equipment is compatible with other clubs.
Rules are organized into logical documents, which are organized a little
differently from the all-encompassing rule documents that most clubs use.
Rest assured, however, that all of the appropriate "standard" rules are
in there, and this organization makes it very easy to refer to specific
rules once you understand how it's all layed out.
Bylaws of the North Texas Battle Group
contain the body of rules governing the operation of the club itself.
Rules regarding the construction of ships and their operation are deliberately
omitted from this rule-set. Bylaws function as the "Constitution",
and set down the framework in which all other rule-sets exist. This
is the most difficult rule-set to change.
Rules of Construction
contain the rules for building and fitting out ships and other equipment
used in games. Rules for operating the equipment is deliberately
left out of this rule-set. This rule-set is the second-most difficult
to modify, to protect captains from having their ships suddenly declared
illegal, and also to help make sure that our ships are compatible with
everybody else's.
Rules of Combat contain the
rules for operating ships and other equipment, such equipment having been
constructed according to the Rules
of Construction . This rule-set is the easiest to change, to
allow flexibility in the design of games. Sections may even be temporarily
suspended, as long as safety is not compromised.
Technical Appendix contains
reference tables used by the other sections. Although most of these
tables will be familiar, some of them have been consolidated to make it
easier to determine the correct parameters for a variety of related data.
For example, the gun table includes caliber and rate-of-fire data together,
instead of presenting it in separate tables.
Policies
Club administration may make policies to consistently deal with various
circumstances not covered by the rules. The following policies are
in effect:
Inclement Weather Policy - Events
are not cancelled just because there is a potential for a little personal
discomfort. However, circumstances that might affect personal safety
or cause damage or loss of equipment are another matter. Individual
participants need to make their own decisions whether or not to attend
events that are not cancelled based on their own expectations of personal
comfort.
Dues Policy - Annual dues and per-battle fees
are charged to members and guests attending North Texas Battle Group events.
We've put together a brochure to hand out or mail to interested individuals,
leave at hobby shops, etc. to promote our club and the Big Gun R/C warship
combat hobby. If any club would like to use ours as a basis for a
similar project, feel free. The brochure is a PDF document, and
may be downloaded from the following link. Note: The brochure
is formatted for a Canon BJC-4300 printer; other printers may trim at the
margins. If you find that you're losing letters at the end of a line,
try adjusting the margin.
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