Maybe the all club idea may work for another reason. Houston is so ANATHEMA big.
I can see the spring big meet in Rosenberg. But for somebody in Conroe, you might as well go to the moon. Maybe some small meets. Some on the Northside. We do have Baytown and Orange on the I10E corridor. Dominic Mazoch Please note: message attached From: Mark Brantana via BVARC <[email protected]> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Brantana <[email protected]>, Christopher Boone <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Greater Houston Hamfest Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:06:11 -0500
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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