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The name badge attachment has been viewed 387 times, so it'll be interesting to see how many I can spot in the exhibit hall today. I'm on the road to the convention center in 30, and will be at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum this afternoon.

Hope to see 387 of you there!

The Annoyed Man wrote:We were planning to attend, but then we got a formal invitation to attend my aunt's 90th birthday party in Commiefornia the same weekend.

You will be missed, very much.

Display your "extra ID" and we'll do our best to find 'ya.

Crossfire wrote:OK, please forgive my ignorance. This is my first NRA convention.

How do you get the credentials badge? We are registered for several events, and have received nothing in the mail. What am I missing?

What Steve said. If you didn't pre-register for the exhibit hall, then it's too late to do so now. They've removed the the pre-registration link from http://www.nraam.org. Registering for the "special events" doesn't get you the exhibit hall badge.

The registration desks will be at Entrance C and Entrance E to the exhibit hall. When you register for the exhibits, I assume you'll be given the same credential holder as was sent to the pre-registrants. Midway USA sponsored the credential holder, and I gotta believe they printed up about 80,000 of them.

Just take the cut-to-fit TFC logo printout with you and slip it into the back of your credential holder after you register. And look for me; haven't seen you since the Texas Firearm Instructors Conference last April.

I talked with Charles about coming up with an easy way for Forum members to identify themselves at the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting in Houston, May 3 through 5. A significant number of us are likely to be there, and it would be a shame if we just passed each other by and didn't have a chance to shake hands.

I think we have a very simple solution:

The front of your credential badge has a large window pocket to hold your exhibit hall pass:



On the back of the credential badge is a smaller window pocket, presumably intended to be used to hold business cards. But it also makes a great place to hold something to identify you as a Forum member.

Attached at the bottom of this post is an image you can download, print, cut along the marked borders, and slide into the window pocket on the back of your credential badge. It is the Texas Firearms Coalition logo, so it doesn't specifically identify you as a CHL holder. Above the logo is a line where you can, if you want, write your Forum User Name:



Once you enter the George R. Brown exhibit hall, simply flip your credential badge around so that the back is displayed. Look for other folks displaying the TFC logo and stop and say, "Howdy!"

If non-Forum members ask you about the TFC logos they're seeing all over the place, take a moment to tell them about the Texas Firearms Coalition and the Texas CHL Forum.

You can also download the image from the Internet at: http://www.tacticsandtraining.com/TXCHL ... dge-ID.jpg.