Archery Trade Association
The Archery Trade Association (ATA) is a manufacturer and dealer organization in the industry of archery and direct successor to the Archery Manufacturer's Organization (AMO) . It introduced international standardization of parameters and measurement methods in archery and archery equipment for the first time , the AMO standards .
The association represents manufacturers, distributors, retailers, sales agents and other workers in the archery and bowhunting industry. It represents its members since 1953, and dedicated to, among other things as a lobby group of economic support for the sector industry in the areas of expenditure reduction, tax reduction and reduction of government regulations and the increasing participation in archery and bowhunting .
The association is the founder and organizer of the ATA Trade Show , the world's largest and uninterrupted trade fair for the archery industry. The trade fair is a sales event not open to the public and operated by member dealers.
history
The organization was founded in 1953 in Wisconsin , USA under the name Archery Manufacturers and Dealers Association (AMADA) . Among the founding members were the bow makers and archers Fred Bear and Bob Lee, who are recognized in the archery world .
One of the first projects was the standardization of bow and string lengths, from which the AMO standards , which are still widely used today, emerged . The 22 basic standards are now defined in the ATA Technical Guidelines , a guide based on engineering knowledge and practical experience accumulated over around fifty years. It goes back to the times of Earl Hoyt , founder of Hoyt Archery , one of the world's largest bow and equipment companies, Dick Mauch of Bear Archery and Chuck Saunders . Regardless of their business competition, the early entrepreneurs jointly propagated standardized and consistent industry guidelines for dealers and customers.
In the 1960s, the association shortened its name from AMADA to Archery Manufacturer's Organization (AMO) . As a result of the invention of the compound bow , the number of members, mostly from manufacturers, rose sharply in the 1970s. In 1991, under the presidency of Dick Lattimer, the association moved its headquarters to Gainesville (Florida) , USA . With the first event of the AMO Archery Trade Show in 1997, the association's funding, which previously consisted of donations from members, was replaced by the profits from this event.
In 2002 the AMO was reorganized into the Archery Trade Association . The ATA sees itself as a non-profit promoter of growth in archery and bowhunting. It works with various organizations in the archery industry to promote archery.
Partnerships
- USA Archery (USAA) - Olympic archers' academy, national organization on the United States Olympic Committee
- Archery Shooters Association (ASA) - United States-wide tournament organizer for professionals and amateurs, Kennesaw , Georgia
- National Field Archery Association (NFAA) - the United States ' largest non-commercial field archery association , national tournaments and leagues
- International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) - International bowhunting organization
- American Crossbow Federation - American crossbow association
Goal setting
- Growth of archery in the field of recreational sports
- Increase the public awareness of archery and archery
- Maintain and increase the number of archers and bow hunters
- Association of archers and bow hunters as well as archery and archery organizations
- Lowering barriers to entry to archery and archery, creating opportunities for participation.
Members
In 2000 the association consisted of more than 600 manufacturers, dealers and sales companies. Currently (2016?) The annual ATA Trade Show has around 600 exhibitors and more than 9,000 visitors. Only ATA members are admitted as visitors to the fair .
Publications
The association regularly publishes articles in the trading magazines Inside Archery , ArrowTrade and Archery Business .
He also publishes in press releases and maintains the websites archerytrade.org and archery360.com .
The association is a sponsor of the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance , an organization that educates people about chronic wasting disease , a disease of the central nervous system in deer similar to BSE .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Via the Archery Trade Association. In: archerytrade.org/about . Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ↑ Dick Lattimer: I Remember Papa Bear: The Untold Story of the Legendary Fred Bear Including His Secrets of Hunting , p. 23, Ihunt! Communications, 2006, ISBN 0-9721321-3-9
- The article is originally mainly a translation of the English Wikipedia article.