[JMS] Membership Levels? (or Society Update Partial)

[Don Buska]

Thanks Ronnie.  That's what I'm looking for is a good exchange of the
plus and minus of such a system.  Can you expand and share on your
feelings about such a system?  I want everyone to be able to express
their feeling on this so that we are well aware of all sides of this
issue.  Personal experiences are life's great lessons.

I can see a negative in that such levels could be cliquish or place
unrealistic ranking within the membership.

Ronnie what about the board of directors, additional officers or
elections?  My feeling is that to be self sustaining the more people
involved the better.  To many great organizations have fallen apart
after the departure of one person who did everything or had to much
control over operations.

73

Don N9OO

 

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Personally, I think this is a bad idea. Just my .02

Ronnie



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From: "Don Buska" <D.Buska at Advantest.com>
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Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:17:07 -0700
Subject: [JMS] Membership Levels? (or Society Update Partial)

> Greeting JMS Members,
> 
> I was wondering if the JMS should establish some form of membership 
> levels?
> 
> Is this to elitists?  My thoughts are that for people who have stepped

> up beyond the call and have exemplified the advancement of group 
> and/or National-Millen in general.
> 
> Basically it could be modeled after the Radio Club of America and 
> consist of two levels above "member".  Those being Senior and Fellow.

> I will look up the requirements for both in some of my RCA documents 
> and reword and model them to be relative to the JMS.
>  Actually our current "sponsored" membership was already modeled after

> the RCA and early AWA. I cherish my AWA membership letter that is 
> signed by the late Bruce Kelly as a sponsor!  As always this change 
> would be documented and put out for an email vote to the membership 
> via this reflector.  It would be added as a change to our current 
> Document of Organization.
> 
> Simplistically the Senior member would be someone who has advanced the

> society and  our purpose as outlined in our Document of Organization.

> A Fellow member would essentially be a Senior member who has done the 
> same type of work over a longer period of time.
>  Thus Fellows would normally require a longer timeframe of service to 
> the group.
> 
> These type of nominations would come from the membership and require 
> detailed reasons for the nomination. Thus one or more nomination 
> letters would be required.  As we are a small group a simple majority 
> vote could be used to vote on the nominations.
> 
> Just an idea.  What say you all?  Comments please.  I feel it is a 
> good way to recognize those who have given a great deal of time to our

> success.  The JMS is recognized as a professional and knowledgeable 
> group of radio enthusiasts and perhaps this expansion of membership 
> levels will further advance such legitimacy.
> 
> 73
> 
> Don Buska, N9OO
> President - The James Millen Society
> 
> P.S.  Instead of new Membership Certificate being issued some nicely 
> printed silver and gold level stickers would be produced to add to the

> existing certificate.
> 
> P.S.S.  Read the Document of Organization on the JMS website and put 
> forth other ideas.  Do we need a Board of Directors?  Officer 
> Elections (get rid of those dictatorial, older than wood, Presidents,
hi hi)?
> More officers?
> 
> P.S.S.S.  Let use the W1HRX call more on the air for events.  Idea's?
> It's been a few years now since we did the big W1HRX AWA Conference 
> event.  That was great fun!  Maybe the AWA crew can do the W1HRX thing

> during one of the AWA contests.  It was a real treat working Ed Gable 
> on the big Millen transmitter during the last AWA AM contest.
> 
> P.S.S.S.S  Hey maybe I should have made this a "Society Update" 
> since I haven't done one of those in awhile.  Still looking for ideas 
> on a QSL design for W1HRX operations that could be used by any member,

> or group of members, for special events.  Maybe modeled after Millen's

> old card at
http://www.isquare.com/millen/bio_rem/paradise.html
> 
>  
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