Years ago, I belonged to the Thompson Center Association. Do you think they'd let the members know of upcoming new products or changes? Answer - NO!
Meanwhile the elite of the organization, having been privileged to inside information, kept it to themselves and always seemed to get early production, collectible low serial numbered guns. When the Encore was introduced, I read about it first in a gun magazine and felt that the TCA should have informed its membership, which it didn't. I haven't belonged to the TCA since that time.