Here here, JP, I second your motion. Anything that brings ham communities together is ok in my book. Brilliant! Mark N5PRD
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2022, at 9:05 AM, Eddie Runner via BVARC <[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]/ > ________________________________________________ > 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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