JP brings up an excellent idea. I'd like to remind everybody that HamCom in Dallas was an independent organization made up of members from various clubs that formed a corporation to run the hamfest. Perhaps this is something to look at in Houston. Form a corporation as a non-profit group and have members of the various clubs on the board. It needs to be a metro-wide area group.
Houston is always been lacking compared to the DFW area in amateur activities, which I don't understand why. Even my good friend and silent key Andy McAllister once said " Houston hams suck." The old Houston Amateur Radio Club used to have bi-monthly auctions at its clubhouse on OST. Sadly that club went under and the property was sold. Which was a damn shame because it was a very nice clubhouse with a fully operational HF station. And unfortunately that just proved Andy's statement. I think it's time to change that. Chris WB5ITT Texas State Employees ARS, T-SEARS On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 8:04 AM JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > It is heartening to see the club get off to an earlier that usual > start in planning for the hamfest, and of course the expected calls for > ideas and actual real volunteers. Finding reliable volunteers is always a > problem because most of us already have full plates, with work, family, > etc. > > So here's an old idea, submitted for yet another round of retorts that > resurface every time someone makes a suggestion --"But we've already tried > that." > > I suggest we offer to partner with the other clubs in the metro to help > make it a true "Greater Houston Hamfest." It does work when applied to > Field Day. Why not try again to apply it to the hamfest? Net income from > the event might be divided according to a formula that reflects two factors > -- each club's membership headcount, and each club's actual participation > (expressed in numbers of participating volunteers). Such a system would > give all clubs a stake in the success of the event. > > I'm now feeling verklempt, so this is your chance to discuss among > yourselves. Or not. > > 73, JP, K5JPP > > > ________________________________________________ > 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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