[K3CAL] New business at the meeting

[Wayne Rogers]

Jack:  It's a good idea.  I have a similar situation with another club I belong to - Patuxent River Sail and Power Squadron.  Like CARA the average age of the members is way up there - and not in tune with current social media practices.  If we want to attract the younger element we need to be where they expect to find us, and that would be Facebook.  You have my vote.

Wayne N1WR


From: Jack Estevez 
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 11:29 AM
To: K3CAL at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [K3CAL] New business at the meeting


Hello ladies and gentlemen,
Dew to the ever increasing popularity of social networks, ie Facebook, Google +, Yahoo Groups etc..., on the internet. I would like to get your thoughts on the idea of having a page to increase exposure of the Calvert Amateur Radio Association (CARA). I am aware that many of you do not use these networks and may feel they are not inportant or have little to no value to CARA. Just some info about Facebook. There are over 800 million Facebook users world wide. 2,860,100 of them live in Maryland. Over 30,000 of them live in Calvert County, thats 34% of the population! About 8000 "Like"(a way to link your page to others) the Calvert County Facebook page. What all this means is that there are many of thousands of people that use this tool and I think there is no downside to a little free advertising. I am able to create and maintain a page like this at no cost. It would be largely based and linked to the CARA website.
I hope that you think about what I will be proposing on thursday night. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please bring them up at the next meeting if I get the floor.

73s, Jack (kb3wum)



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