[WARC] Interesting Numbers

Fri Jun 13 03:35:13 GMT 2008

Hi Jim,

Operating events--good point.  Let's focus on Field Day this year.  I 
plan to do some heavy promotion as best as I can.  We plan to do a GOTA 
station as well as the ATV demo.  Then there is the "regular" Field Day 
activity--station operation, logging, problem-solving, and learning.

One opoerating event we have before Field Day is the club meeting next 
week--operation of a QRP Heathkit station.  I am looking forward to some 
fun!  And to learning from other club members how to
REALLY do CW.

With my whole four years as a licensed ham, I have enjoyed the June 
meeting at Dick N0VV's cabin.  The past two years, we have had a direct 
conflict with the bicycle event support.  Not this year....

The idea of soliciting non-members and past members why they don't see 
club membership as a value-added activity is valid, for sure.  It would 
be good if we could organize an activity to collect and analyze the 
appropriate data regarding this issue.  It's in the hopper....

Len

73,
Len

Jim Brown wrote:
> 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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