You go, Eddie! First, nothing changes if you don't try. Eddie's trying.
Second, I've only been a ham since 2004-ish and for the longest time, I was pretty much the youngster at the various club meetings I went to, both in the St. Louis area and here in Houston. I was barely 50 back then. In the last 5 years, here in Houston and also on the internet, I've noticed a lot of younger people joining and itching to participate in the hobby, and even better, to participate in the community aspects, like clubs and hamfests. Their enthusiasm is wonderful. Sometimes, that enthusiasm needs tempering. Someone new and excited doesn't have the knowledge of what's been done before, and may overestimate the appeal of a new approach to bring people in. They may even forcefully present a "new" idea that has failed many times before. But at the same time, they need to be allowed to enhance our hobby with that energy. Also, their very youth may help us attract and keep more younger members, which is important to keeping the organization alive. Finally, many of those "marketing" people are the younger ones. Let's see if we can all work together and achieve the goals Eddie set for us. Thanks, John KC9JLE On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 4:57 PM Eddie Runner via BVARC <[email protected]> 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) > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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