Re: [ql-users] Quanta membership
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Cadman" <> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 12:05 PM Subject: [ql-users] Quanta membership > Yes, it obviously very difficult to get a response back from members who > have left. > Quanta is small enough for most of the departed to be "known" names. If I were chairman I would be wanting a list of those names for clues to why they have left. Unfortunately Quanta has never really made the effort to find out anything about its members. The only people to do it in recent years have been John Southern and myself. I was on the committee at the time and neither of our surveys were discussed in any detail. (Mine was totally ignored, John's was just the reporting of the results.) A smaller Quanta is not necessarily a bad thing. If it was more homogenous it would be easier for the committee to serve the members. A Quanta of just 50 people could contribute greatly to the QL community provided they were active members. (And there are probably at least 50 people who attend shows and/or are active in subgroups.) Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] Quanta membership
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gwicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I have changed the subject heading, to reflect the topic. >- Original Message - >From: "Malcolm Cadman" <> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:02 PM >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spare GC or SGC? > >>Well ... 2 years is a long time in computing ... :-) ... so may be some >optimism that new ideas can take seed. > >And in those 2 years 86 members (28% of the membership) have said goodbye to >Quanta. I would love to know who they were and why they did. What have the >officers done to find out? Yes, it obviously very difficult to get a response back from members who have left. Apart from the obvious like retirements and changes in circumstances, etc, there needs to be something to retain an interest. An electronic version of the magazine in PCF format is due to be launched soon. A letter or email to those members, no longer subscribing in the latter 2 to 3 years, informing them of this option; may get some interest again. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
