[K3CAL] New business at the meeting

[Dennis N3QHC]

Depends on what demographics the club is seeking.   

 

To have high membership numbers then one needs to appeal to places younger
people hang out such as Facebook, Twitter and etc.  Hence, if CARA's goal is
to have high membership count then this is certainly very good step in that
direction.

 

Dennis

 

From: k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Wayne Rogers
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 12:11 PM
To: Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] New business at the meeting

 

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 <mailto:kb3wum at gmail.com>  

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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