"I did see a few people talk about cliques - I do not feel there are cliques,
it is just people more engrossed with the club and are working towards a goal.
If you feel there is a clique, go talk to them, maybe that clique has a place
for you and you will see that it is not a clique but a task force that might
need your help too."
Thanks Mr. Bonica.
The MSWE task force has openings, and always has. BTW, W1XQ's successful use of
a Buddistick at MSWE in 2018, influenced subsequent Museum Ship activation
antenna strategies.
73MarkK5MGJ
On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 03:53:25 PM CDT, Richard Bonica via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
To all,I hate to get tangled in this web, but I have to say this...
I have been on an off with BVARC for over 10 years at different levels. I
want to say I have NEVER felt like I was put off or out. As a matter of fact, I
feel the opposite. As I back out of doing one thing/ interest, BVARC members
have always pulled me back in and welcomed me. Everyone present and even some
of our silent keys have welcomed me.
This is why I am even bringing my son into the club. We need new blood in
the club and everyone welcomed him during Field Day. Thanks to Jimmy
especially, he has grown an interest in this hobby/ field. He has even started
this week to check in to the net on his own before I even get there. He also
relayed that I was in the area and made sure I was checked in. As for my
wanting to help because of members, during Field Day, I was more than happy to
be there all three days and make sure I did my part as I feel everyone in the
club tries to do what they can. No one intentionally is rude, we all have a
part and sometimes we get wrapped up in what we feel is important. This is a
fact of life and we need to accept others for who they are and for the little
bumps in the road they may cause unintentionally. We are not perfect and
everyone is different, let's accept that and integrate that into our team
functions.
I did see a few people talk about cliques - I do not feel there are
cliques, it is just people more engrossed with the club and are working towards
a goal. If you feel there is a clique, go talk to them, maybe that clique has a
place for you and you will see that it is not a clique but a task force that
might need your help too.
But most of all, let's keep the spirit of Ham Radio up, and help each
other. My son was new and everyone he dealt with helped him and we now have
one more member that will carry on our legacy. We should not only look at the
way we function as a club, but how we function with the public side too. I was
once told by Val Rose (Silent Key), that I should get my licence, join BVARC,
and serve the community. I hope I am doing that and Robert Tarbet (Who I got my
equipment from) used to serve the community as a Ham, ES, and Chaplin. I hope
that I am doing what both those silent keys wanted.
Now -- I pose a question to you all --- Do you think what YOU are doing is
what our past Silent Keys wanted??? Because that is what BVARC's Silent Keys
gave us. A place to help those who can not help themselves, internally and
externally.
73 Richard Bonica (KG5YCU)
On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 3:03 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Surprised and sorry to hear that some feel excluded... My experience has been
the exact opposite. As a newbie ham who had never been on HF, I attended what
must have been my 3rd or 4th BVARC meeting about 3 years ago, and they happened
to be doing elections. Nobody ran for Corresponding Secretary, so I walked up
to N5VCX as things were winding down and volunteered to do it. I've been
knee-deep in BVARC business ever since. I've never felt ostracized, but I
guess I didn't wait around for a welcome committee, either... Maybe that was
the difference. I've not seen anybody here intentionally exclude anyone else,
but perhaps we should be more mindful about being explicitly welcoming.
From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Eddie Runner via BVARC
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 1:53 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: Eddie Runner <[email protected]>; [email protected]
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Net problems Thanks for posting this Ralph... I like the
CLUB to see when this happens...
When the old guys clique, they do not even notice they are doing it.If they
dont get complaints they may never notice....
as a life member,I hate it when the club is percieved that way.. And I
probably do it as well sometimes..( i dont know?)
When I joined back in the 80s it was ALWAYS that way... over the decades it
hasgotten better...
Join back up with us and help us to make it better!!!no body knows if you dont
speak up (and thanks for that)
Eddie (NU5K)
On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 01:00:25 PM CDT, ke5hdf--- via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
The comments made about how the net control operator made people fell not
welcome mirrors my experiences with BVARC on general over the years. The club
behavior. Has been .....Very strong cliques, if u are not a member we don't
want your inputs, come to a meeting and stand quiet at the wall.I have tried to
participate in activities, tried to invite BVARC to join my activities,
attended meetings every few years only to be always ignored.
I dropped my membership years ago.I watch the reflector on case there is an
activity I can do on my own.________________________________________________
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