[WARC] Interesting Numbers

[Jim Brown]

Seeing I started this thread I will throw in my $.02 worth.

As a former club member I can tell you the meeting format is one of the
major reasons I haven't attended a club meeting in almost 5 years. I
enjoy a lively discussion as much as anyone but let the subject be radio
related. How can a club with so few members have an hours worth of
business every meeting?

Another issue I have is that the focus of the club is not on operating
events. Case in point is Field Day. Other than Len's plea for help there
has been little discussion about Field Day. How much chatter have you
seen about Field Day on this reflector? In the current issue of the
Hamgram the minutes indicated there was so little interest that 8 people
actually abstained from voting on a Field Day motion. There was a time
when the Field day Saturday night dinner attracted 20 plus people. Last
year it was four. Why are the numbers down? One thing I don't understand
is why the club meeting before Field Day is always at Dick's cabin.
Traditionally this is the lowest attended meeting of the year. I brought
this question up at one of the Friday night dinners and I was told
because June is always the month we have the meeting at Dick's cabin.
Hard to argue with that logic. It is difficult to promote an event when
there are only a few people at the meeting. It's great Dick has a
meeting at his cabin but wouldn't a different month make more sense?

Lastly if the club really wants to know why people don't join ask non
members and former members. You may not get the answers you want but at
least you will have the facts.

Jim NØWE

-----Original Message-----
From: warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org [mailto:warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org]
On Behalf Of Leslie Hittner
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:05 PM
To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
Subject: Re: [WARC] Interesting Numbers


ELIMINATE THE BUSINESS MEETINGS! Do the club's business a different way.
Concentrate on activities. If people are concerned about the "long"
meetings, why look for a place that allows even longer meetings? A time
from 7-9 is long enough - especially if you want young people to attend.

The "business meeting" answer has been staring us in the face for years.
Let's deal with it. People who "love" business meetings can come to the
board meetings. Keep the rest of the time to ham radio.

-Les, K0BAD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Jefferson Jarvis" <jj at aprsworld.com>
To: "Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion" <warc at lists.w0ne.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:11
Subject: Re: [WARC] Interesting Numbers


> On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Dick Lindner wrote:
> > I respond to Len's comments and second his comment on
meetings.  There
> > also needs to be variety in the meetings - some historical,
some "show
> > and tell" for newcomers, and some programs that perhaps have
nothing to
> > do with ham radio - the weather center visit was certainly a
good step.
>
> I'd love to do more show and tell at the meetings. I've
brought a few things
> this year, but haven't been able to show them. With the lights
going while
> the business meeting is still going, it doesn't make it very
easy to do that.
>
> > The "old days" also had hamshack visits.  It would be
unwieldy to have
> > all of the meeting attendees show up at someone's house at
the same
> > time.  But perhaps, if there were 3 or 4 people willing to
open their
> > shacks, and someone willing to coordinate the "round robin"
on the
> > meeting night by clock time, then the groups could be small
enough and
> > everyone could visit all 3 or 4 shacks.  What a kick that
would be!
>
> I would be happy to volunteer a "shack" visit to my work.
Electronics R&D,
> machine shop, and tiny amateur radio installation. And a
meeting run and
> facilities to host a meeting as well.
>
> > I have hopes for new hams to attend Field Day.  Perhaps if
we had a list
> > of names and telephone numbers, some members of the club
could make a
> > personal call to remind/invite the new hams to Field Day.
> >
> > HF and VHF contests used to be run by those interested with
a couple of
> > other hams showing up at a designated "contest station".
WB0HAD and
> > WB0PRK and I think N0BUI and myself did this a few times and
had a good
> > time.  I'm not sure we ever sent in the contest results, but
the whole
> > thing was a good time.
>
> Good ideas, Dick!
>
> -Jim KB0THN
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