Hello Eddie, I am extra new, I would like to volunteer for hamfest even if I have no idea what that is other than radios in a field.
marc Reiter, the other super newbie. KI5ZHO On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM Eddie Runner via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Tonights meeting IS on ZOOM!!! > > On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 06:11:00 PM CST, Eddie Runner via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > One of the next Hamfest meetings (not tonights) will be in person, > probably the Fuddruckers unless someone has a better idea.. > suggestions?? > > Eddie (NU5K) > not a zoom fan > > > On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 05:10:32 PM CST, John Chauvin via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > John, > > Thank you for the response. > > Regarding Zoom, yes, there are many people that don't do Zoom. That's the > beauty of amateur radio that there are many facits of the hobby and many > ways of achieving the same objective. Be advised that Zoom has apparently > evolved in some instances to be a form Social Media but primarily remains > simply an electronic way of having meetings for people that can't > realistically meet at the same location and time. Fortune 500 companies > use it literally thousands of times a day. Many of those companies ban > traditionally Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. > on their networks. > > Regarding using Zoom or the meetings as an only channel of recruitment of > volunteers, I made it clear that tonight's Zoom meeting is not a recruiting > session. > > Volunteers are not "denied the opportunity" to participate in that members > and others are recruited mostly one-on-one, as I had done with you and > others to assist at the Equipment Check Table. Other opportunities and > ways are in groups, discussions at personal encounters, at events, nets, > general repeater chit-chat and of course for those that wish to initiate > action, there is a lot at the Hamfest Website itself which has a special > page dedicated to Volunteers. Even that is not enough however, so any > other suggestions are always welcome. > > I look forward to seeing you again at a Wednesday Lunch Bunch, Saturday > Morning Breakfast, hopefully the banquet, at the February General > Membership Meeting and of course at the Hamfest. > > Tnx es 73 > de John, K5IZO > > > > On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 11:56:25 AM CST, John Mechura < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't do Zoom. There may be others that don't, also. > > Please consider that there may be volunteers denied the opportunity if > social media is the only channel to recruitment. > > John, KI5HOC > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:46 AM John Chauvin via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > As per precedent, because of the banquet, there will be no General > Membership Meeting this month (would have been tonight). Therefore, how > about participating in the Hamfest Zoom meeting tonight. No, it's not a > recruiting session, but any volunteers will be heard. Since you received > this e-mail, you are on the BVARC Reflector, so you received the Zoom > invite last Thursday, January 5. > > Tnx, es 73 > de John, K5IZO > > > ________________________________________________ > 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]/ > > ________________________________________________ > 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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