I wish.... Not being in Houston makes it a little hard. But I do have contacts there. I think it would be great if the club had a permanent clubhouse, if it has the money to be able to afford it. The old Houston amateur radio club site was down near the Astrodome and eventually became, shall we say, an area nobody wanted to visit. I love the bi-monthly auctions they had. Bought a lot of gear because of them. It's time for Houston to have that again.. I'd be happy to join the committee. I'd have to be making the meetings at night or on the weekends though. Provided I'm not on the road for work which I've been doing a lot of. In fact I have today off because I already hit my 40 hours yesterday
On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 9:04 AM Eddie Runner <[email protected]> wrote: > ALL PARTNERSHIPS ARE POSSIBLE AND NEGOTIABLE.. > > Chris are you volunteering to join the BVARC permanent home committee?? > (finding a clubhouse)... > > Eddie (NU5K) > > On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 08:16:00 AM CDT, Christopher Boone via BVARC > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]/ > > ________________________________________________ > 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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