[FARC] Revenue Ideas

[Bob Moroney]

Interesting ideas, Kirk.  Except, that is, for the "pot luck dinner" one. 
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Indeed, we may have seen the last of the FARC-sponsored dinners for a 
while.  But having first-hand experience of the cooking and pot-luck 
dinner skills of the average Ham (and techie folks in general), I can 
easily envision a FARC pot luck ending up with (assuming participation 
by 20 folks) 15-20 bags of chips, two small containers of Ranch dip with 
the "Best By" date obliterated, and two packs of 300 paper plates from 
the Dollar Store. 
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You get the idea.  Suffice it to say, without the significant 
involvement of either XYLs or professional caterers, an invitation to a 
"Ham Pot Luck" could easily be construed as a threat worthy of a 
restraining order.
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On the tower trailer rental suggestion, I'm thinking we should convene a 
focus group and come up with an overall brand concept.  "MHertz Rentals" 
comes immediately to mind, with a catchy slogan of "Crank Up UR Output". 
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We could charge by the day (Z), plus a charge per Watt of ERP, plus a 
surcharge for DX. 
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Oddball modes such as "Olivia" and "CW" and "SSB" would incur additional 
hefty surcharges, of course. 
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We should also probably call it a "Towre Trailre" to give the concept 
additional appeal to the more status-conscious market segment.
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73, Bob K9CMR
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Kirk Talbott wrote:
> Raise the club dues to $30 a year.  Roughly 60 members, that ought to raise a little revenue or at the very least a ruckus.   That's our $1000 scholarship money right there.   To those of us whom have already paid for 2009 we owe an additional $20.  $30 bucks a year!  That's not even an hour's expenditure at Timonium Hamfest or a year's worth of PL-259 connectors for an active Ham.  
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> Change the FARC sponsored dinners at holiday time to an everybody bring a dish dinner at the club firehall or hold the same type of deal as a picnic in the summer at one of the local parks.   Plan some type of ham radio activity for the picnic day; build an antenna, mini-field day, fox hunt, etc..  Admission fee, $X.00 per member to pay for the rental on a park picnic pavilion.  
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> K3ERM repeater.  Solicit donations from the club members, other local clubs ask for donations from their members to maintain repeaters.   Whatever monies not used for repeater maintenance goes into the club treasury.
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> Tower trailer is an FARC asset.  Many groups and organizations within the area and without use it for various functions, so much so nobody knows where it is half the time.  Rent it out, $XX.00 a day.  
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> Nobody's going to elect me president of this club, no sir !
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> 73
> KB3ONM
> Kirk