I met with a new business partner Tuesday for lunch on a business opportunity. The gentleman is the owner of a small computer manufacturing company in Houston. As we were wrapping up he asked me If I knew anyone who could help him train his troop (Troop #11, 100 years old) to pass the Technician test and become active operators! They have a dozen or so active scouts. Mr. Glen Wallin just bought a YAESU hand held and wants to get his license and lead his troop into HAM radio.
Since my new radio has yet to be on the air I thought we could put a class together. He flew off his chair when I mentioned POTA; Right up the scouts alley!! How should I proceed? Have another scout troop in mind as well. 73 Joe vaught KJ5EPN 713.494.3320 Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> on behalf of Richard Bonica via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 2:59:50 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Richard Bonica <kg5...@gmail.com> Subject: [BVARC] Field day thoughts... To All,,, I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your skills." Next question - "What are my goals?" Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot in the history of radio" That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it differently. We have the contest guy - they want points We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind and We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish Tank or the main entrance 2) make the conference are the class room 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to members and eventually become a point of contact for them 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group .. Maybe???? I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - let's try to see where that fits in too. -- Richard Bonica C: 281.935.7222 Email: kg5...@gmail.com<mailto:kg5...@gmail.com> Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra Ameture Radio
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