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

[Bob Sullivan]

Don,

I have not had time to read other responses so I may not be adding anything 
new.

I think you should keep things as simple as possible - forget the "levels" 
of membership. I don't think it adds anything. The best way to keep an 
organization going is to - somehow - keep members active: on-air get 
togethers, maybe simple contests, a net or two (maybe one AM; one SSB), 
photo contest, competitions (best home brew, best restoration ...) etc.

73, Bob
WØYVA
Personal site: http://www.isquare.com/personal_pages/ras-hardware.htm


At 09:17 AM 8/18/2005, you wrote:
>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