Important Announcement to NWTF State & Local Leadership

What can we do? We are forming an organization, a very large organization, the Take Back the NWTF Committee, whose goal is to do exactly that – to take back the NWTF from the current Board of Directors that has seized control of the Federation and displaced its long-time management.   The Take Back the NWTF Committee is formed as a South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation.

The corporation is organized, and at all times shall be operated, exclusively for the promotion of social welfare and specifically to ensure that the National Wild Turkey Federation (the "Federation") conducts and observes the Federation's purposes and mission as outlined in the Federation's charter and other governing instruments and operates in a manner that effectively conducts the Federation's conservation mission.  The corporation is not organized for the purpose of carrying on a trade or business for profit.  No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, its directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents or other private shareholders or persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for goods and services rendered and to make distributions in furtherance of its purposes.

I am Michael Tull.  I have agreed to serve as Chairman of the Take Back The NWTF Committee.  I have served for 28 years in a number of roles as a NWTF volunteer including National President and Chairman of the Board.  I recentltly resigned my position on the NWTF Board in protest of the actions of the current Board.  Also, resigning from the Board in protest is Earl Groves, NWTF’s longest-serving officer and Board Member, who played a vital role in building the NWTF into a powerful force for conservation.  Earl served as President, Chairman of the Board, and for twenty-three years as Treasurer.  He was also the first recipient of the Five Star Award, NWTF’s highest award to a volunteer.  Copies of our resignation letters can be seen here.

Many leaders will be joining this crusade by serving on the Take Back The NWTF Committee.  Some who have  already committed to serve on the committee include:

 
We are just getting started.  If you are willing to help lead this effort by serving on the Take Back The NWTF Committee, we welcome your assistance.  We have a big job ahead of us.  It is our firm belief that the current Board of Directors of The National Wild Turkey Federation –  many of whom we consider friends – are not capable of leading the NWTF.  Their actions to date have shown us that.  It is our intention to organize a group large enough to exert the pressure on the current Board necessary to force their resignations.  We need as many members as possible.

My address is Michael Tull, c/o Tull Sales, 9655 Dogwood Road, Roswell, GA  30075.  My fax number is 770-998-8101.  My e-mail address is takebackthenwtf@hotmail.com.  Feel free to copy this Information Sheet and share it with others who do not know the truth of what has happened and is happening to the NWTF.  As a Take Back The NWTF Committee Member, you will receive timely reports of our progress.  Many of you have expressed frustration to us over the lack of information from the NWTF regarding recent events – especially considering the magnitude of those events.  We intend to keep you informed and this web page will post only factual information with supporting documentation.

In the past months, we have had countless conversations with members who are in shock – members who have lost faith in the current NWTF Board.  We have lost faith in the current NWTF Board as well.  Our dedication to the NWTF compels us to take action.  We feel these actions are necessary to prevent further harm to the organization.

A firestorm of protest is building.  As the NWTF membership learns the true story of the damage that has been done to its great organization by a misguided Board, the protest will intensify rapidly.

Please note that NO monies of the NWTF or any of its local chapters should be sent to us for this cause.  Those monies should continue to be applied for the purposes for which they were donated. 

Let’s get organized.  Let’s spread the word.  Let’s win this fight and Take Back The NWTF!!

Spread the word.  Share this information with your state and local boards and committees.  Have them pass it on the membership.  Sign up those willing to commit and serve on the Take Back The NWTF Committee.  Send me the names and addresses of those willing to serve on the Committee so I can welcome them aboard and get them started toward our gravely important goal.  We must win this fight!  We must Take Back The NWTF!!