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The Traditional Muzzleloading Association => TMA Information 2026 => Topic started by: Rob DiStefano on January 28, 2026, 06:17:24 AM

Title: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 28, 2026, 06:17:24 AM
No longer will there be TMA Contributing Members, or TMA Officers, or a TMA non-profit Incorporation. 

The TMA is still a non-profit Association of like-minded persons who wish to preserve and promote the rich and fascinating heritage of the traditional muzzleloading firearms of early America.

Your current TMA Officers and Board of Directors are now the TMA Council who will collectively administer the TMA website and forum for functionality, and content as outlined in our TMA User Agreement.

If you are a currently subscribed and paid TMA Contributing Member we thank you for your continued support because without you and your dollars we would not be here today. 

The TMA website and forum domain names and server space have been secured rent free for a full decade, to 2036.

The TMA would like to give back to each of our current paid up TMA Contributing Members with a "pay back" of $100.

This payback will be accomplished via PayPal or a TMA check. 

At your discretion, you can refuse your payback dollars and the TMA will add that to any existing TMA dollars that will find it all officially donated to a worthy charity.


IF THE TMA DOES NOT HEAR BACK FROM YOU BY 3/1/2026 YOUR $100 WILL BE DONATED TO A SELECT USA CHARITY

An email will be sent to all current TMA Contributing Members, alerting each of their payback offer and directing them to this thread.  We expect this payback to be completed by March of this year.  If any TMA Contributing Members have not answered our payback email or posted on this thread, their payback dollars will be charity donated.

Once the TMA Contributing Members have been paid and the remaining TMA dollars have been charity donated, the TMA bank account and TMA PayPal account will both be dissolved - no longer needed.

Thank you all for visiting our TMA forum and for supporting our/your worthy goals.

 :*:








Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Second-rate Marksman on January 28, 2026, 08:54:16 AM
It's a no-brainer: charity donation for me, please and thank you!
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 28, 2026, 09:16:35 AM
It's a no-brainer: charity donation for me, please and thank you!

Thank you ... and same for me, charity donation.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Bearhntr on January 28, 2026, 09:22:41 AM
Charity for me as well!
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Darren Haverstick on January 28, 2026, 10:40:56 AM
Donate mine as well.

Darren
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Bigsmoke on January 28, 2026, 01:09:56 PM
Well, I think I will take a check.
I can use the money to help pay the dues at my local rifle range if/when it ever reopens.
Then I can compete in the monthly shoots here on TMA.
Sounds like a good use of the money to me.
PM going to Darren with my mailing address.
Thank you much,
John
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Salty on January 28, 2026, 08:18:34 PM
Can you tell me who/where the funds will be donated?
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 28, 2026, 09:50:48 PM
Can you tell me who/where the funds will be donated?

Undecided yet ... maybe St Jude's Cancer Children's Fund ... got a suggestion?
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Bigsmoke on January 28, 2026, 11:32:46 PM
That is definitely a great idea for St Jude's.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Salty on January 29, 2026, 07:36:10 AM
If you go to St Jude?s I?m definitely in for the donation option.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: KDubs on January 29, 2026, 07:43:15 AM
For those of you donating i would consider
 Tunnels to towers or possibly DAV , disabled American veterans.
 Worthy causes
Kevin
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Nessmuk on January 29, 2026, 11:08:55 AM
Half to St. Jude's for our children and half to DAV for our brothers. Gets my vote.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: rollingb on January 29, 2026, 12:40:14 PM
Half to St. Jude's for our children and half to DAV for our brothers. Gets my vote.
Same here!  :yessir: :hairy  :yessir:  :hairy
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Two Steps on January 30, 2026, 06:23:44 AM
Yep?use mine for the donation too. So many worthy places, those mentioned, Wounded Warrior, Shriners Children's Hospital? :shake
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Winter Hawk on January 30, 2026, 09:49:14 AM
Make mine a donation also.  If we are deciding where to donate to, I vote for the St. Jude's/DAV option.

~Kees~
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Salty on January 30, 2026, 11:16:49 AM
Make mine a donation also.
I vote for half to DAV, half to St Judes.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: No Powder on January 31, 2026, 12:56:45 PM
Unfortunately our fuel oil heater has been running way too much, so will be needing a check to help refill the tanks.
Probably a portion will go to St. Jude and the rest for fuel oil. I admire your generosity.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 31, 2026, 12:58:41 PM
Unfortunately our fuel oil heater has been running way too much, so will be needing a check to help refill the tanks.
Probably a portion will go to St. Jude and the rest for fuel oil. I admire your generosity.

No problem, please PM or email me your legal name and mailing address.

rob@tradmla.org
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Hank in WV on January 31, 2026, 05:44:28 PM
If we've locked in to those two charities, I'm in also. I f not, I'll hold off for a while.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 31, 2026, 05:54:44 PM
If we've locked in to those two charities, I'm in also. I f not, I'll hold off for a while.

Not locked into any specific one or more charities as the TMA Council hasn't fully discussed the whole charity issue ... yet.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on January 31, 2026, 06:13:20 PM
Unfortunately our fuel oil heater has been running way too much, so will be needing a check to help refill the tanks.
Probably a portion will go to St. Jude and the rest for fuel oil. I admire your generosity.

in a way, me too - my furnace tank started steaming on Thursday and a whole new furnace got installed yesterday.  The water hardness in our town has tripled in the last decade and that was the prime culprit that killed an 8 year old Crown boiler.  Dang.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Hank in WV on January 31, 2026, 09:35:50 PM
Bad water heater here. About 10 years.
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Rob DiStefano on February 01, 2026, 06:20:58 AM
Bad water heater here. About 10 years.

Stuff made these dayze just don't last like they used to ...  :Doh!  ;banghead;
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: Salty on February 01, 2026, 07:51:36 AM
PM sent
Title: Re: A Major Change to Our TMA is Now in Progress
Post by: nobber on February 12, 2026, 09:51:08 PM
Shriners hospitals work for me


Nobber