Those are the same issues all volunteer organizations face. I belong to
one organization that we have a monthly meeting and provide lunch to our
members. That does not help. We then instituted an attendance pot, $50 a
month except for the month we have an annual conference we go to. You
have to be in attendance to win the $50 and if you are not, the pot the
following month increases by another $50. By our Christmas dinner which
is for all members plus a guest for free, if no one has won the pot it
will be won by someone at the dinner.
Neither ventures have increased our membership nor our attendance at the
meetings or the Christmas dinner.
Back when I was president of BVARC in 1999, we faced the same issues and
we had hot dogs and soft drinks for the members prior to the monthly
meetings. Did not really increase the attendance at the meetings other
than everyone was happy for the meal.
It is what it is.
73...bruce
On 8/21/2022 4:57 PM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote:
both the BVARC club and the HOUSTON HAMFEST need some major help.
BVARC has over 300 paid up members
this listserver goes out to almost 500 hams..
We need some marketing help... Im sure quite a few of you can throw
some ideas at us.. or better yet volunteer...
goals
1) greater membership
2) more folks at meetings
3) more folks at events (breakfasts, lunches, field day, tailgates,
hamfest....)
4) making the hamfest huge.. analyzing the past events, we have had some
amazing speakers, some amazing events, some great food, and it is plain to
see our marketing has been lousy.. Next march will be the 20th
HoustonHamfest.
I know about 99 percent of folks nowdays work in marketing... we must
have some
gurus in our BVARC membership... :)
We need help with all the multi media!!!!!
Give me a shout 713-569-8799
or [email protected]
Eddie (NU5K)
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