[WARC] Interesting Numbers
Lance Tagliapietra
lancetag at Luminet.net
Thu Jun 12 14:46:36 GMT 2008
Len,
It is a great idea, and it has been tried before, with limited success,
becuase, even thought the membership complains about the meetings, you
get just as many complaints if "everyone doesn't get to contribute their
$0.02" to a decision at the meeting.
When Darlene was WARC president, she held open meetings of the executive
board every month, with the goal of covering the material prior to the
meeting. The problem is, the decisions made at those meetings were then
re-hashed at the regular meeting, ultimately saving no time for anyone.
I think what would make the biggest difference, is:
a) publish the agenda in the hamgram.
b) stick to the published agenda
c) any calls for 'new business' will be for items to add to next months
agenda, but not covered in the current meeting.
and one change was already suggested, and implemented, and that is to
make the program first, and those who are interested can stick around
for the business meeting. That didn't seem to significantly impact
attendance.
And, unlike Jim's comment, I don't enjoy a good debate, so I'd rather
see the issues dealt with elsewhere, but as I said, that has been tried.
Lastly, even when the club had 95 members, we still had about the same
number of 'active' folks, so I don't see the impact in workload (but
yes, there is an impact in the club treasury).
--Lance
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 05:16:55PM -0500, Len Litvan wrote:
> Les,
>
> Yes, the Directors should "take care of business" for the club and bring
> only big issues to the general membership at regular monthly meetings if
> necessary. I envision full business meetings being part of the general
> club meetings only in June and December (election months).
>
> The Directors can communicate their decisions and conclusions via the
> reflector, the Hamgram, and a handout at regular meetings. Same with
> monthly Treasurer's reports and Secretary's reports.
>
> That's what I plan to do if I am elected President next year. Will you
> support me?
>
> 73,
> Len
>
> Leslie Hittner wrote:
> >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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