[K3VOA] K3VOA Digest, Vol 52, Issue 2

Thu Nov 14 13:43:59 EST 2019

 Hi Ken.

I'd love to be able to attend the meetings, but it's very rare that I can
over to VOA middays on Mondays. So I've no objection to meetings only be
held quarterly. And maybe an annual social offsite would attract a few more
attendees.

I'm happy to help in any way that I can and it would be great to operate
from the club station during a weekend contest.

73,

Steve
W7VOA

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>    1. Re: Minutes for October 7th meeting (Ken Claerbout)
>    2. Elections - The Club Moving Forward (Ken Claerbout)
>    3. Re: Elections - The Club Moving Forward (Anthony Riggs)
>    4. Youth on the Air Region 2 Camp 2020 (Ken Claerbout)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:11:02 +0000
> From: Ken Claerbout <kclaerbo at usagm.gov>
> To: "k3voa at mailman.qth.net" <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>,
>         "ainriggs at verizon.net"  <ainriggs at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [K3VOA] Minutes for October 7th meeting
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> Thanks Tony!
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> Ken Claerbout
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> Broadcast Technologies Division/Engineering & Transmission Directorate
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> From: k3voa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <k3voa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Anthony Riggs via K3VOA <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 6:29 PM
> To: k3voa at mailman.qth.net <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [K3VOA] Minutes for October 7th meeting
>
>      Attached, please find the minutes for October's meeting.  See you at
> Monday's meeting.
> Tony - W1FHN
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:19:47 +0000
> From: Ken Claerbout <kclaerbo at usagm.gov>
> To: k3voa <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [K3VOA] Elections - The Club Moving Forward
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> Folks ? Our constitution requires that we hold elections every two years.
> The term of the current slate of officers expires at the end of this year.
> Those currently holding office are:
>
> President ? Ken Claerbout ? K4ZW
> Vice President ? Marc Poe - KC3DUW
> Secretary ? Tony Riggs ? W1FHN
> Treasurer ? Mike Shields ? KM4VVX
> Trustee (license) ? Huge Katz ? K3HU
>
> Those wishing to serve either in your current role, another one, or if you
> are currently not an officer and wish to run, let me know before our next
> meeting.  I have decided not to run as president for another term.  I have
> filled the role several times.  This last time because no one else wanted
> to.
>
> The club is at a bit of a crossroads.  Meeting attendance and club
> activities are waning.  We seldom have business to conduct at our
> meetings.  Topics of interest for discussion or more formal presentations
> following the business meeting are few and far between.  I had hoped by
> using GoToMeeting these past two years, we could pull back in some of the
> members who have since retired and are no longer in the building, if for
> nothing more than to join us once a month just to say hi and rag chew.
> Clearly that hasn?t worked.
>
> Where do we go and what about the future of the club?  Even though our
> numbers have dwindled, those participating still have a healthy interest in
> ham radio.  For years we have had the best club station in DC.  In my
> opinion we have something worth continuing.
>
> We might want to look at how we operate, like having meetings once a
> quarter, but make those meetings more meaningful.  We discussed having
> joint meetings with W3DOS and NN3SI.  The group from the Smithsonian
> contacted me earlier this month to say they would like to visit K3VOA some
> time and talk about joint activities.
>
> Our first look at the future of this club, will be to see if we can come
> up with a full slate of people willing to run for office.  Then it?s on us
> to figure out how we can inject a little life back into the club, making it
> a little less mundane.  We can discuss this at the meeting on Monday.  But
> I would also encourage replies to the group as a whole, using this email,
> if you want share your thoughts or ideas.
>
> 73
> Ken K4ZW
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 14:13:43 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Anthony Riggs <ainriggs at verizon.net>
> To: kclaerbo at usagm.gov, k3voa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [K3VOA] Elections - The Club Moving Forward
> Message-ID: <207736794.236401.1572704023721 at mail.yahoo.com>
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>  Yes, I guess it is time for a frank and formal discussion about our
> future.? I hope we have members joining us on line for this meeting with
> suggestions.? I am willing to run for secretary again.
> Tnx,Tony - W1FHN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Claerbout <kclaerbo at usagm.gov>
> To: k3voa <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 2, 2019 9:19 am
> Subject: [K3VOA] Elections - The Club Moving Forward
>
> Folks ? Our constitution requires that we hold elections every two years.?
> The term of the current slate of officers expires at the end of this year.?
> Those currently holding office are:
>
> President ? Ken Claerbout ? K4ZW
> Vice President ? Marc Poe - KC3DUW
> Secretary ? Tony Riggs ? W1FHN
> Treasurer ? Mike Shields ? KM4VVX
> Trustee (license) ? Huge Katz ? K3HU
>
> Those wishing to serve either in your current role, another one, or if you
> are currently not an officer and wish to run, let me know before our next
> meeting.? I have decided not to run as president for another term.? I have
> filled the role several times.? This last time because no one else wanted
> to.
>
> The club is at a bit of a crossroads.? Meeting attendance and club
> activities are waning.? We seldom have business to conduct at our
> meetings.? Topics of interest for discussion or more formal presentations
> following the business meeting are few and far between.? I had hoped by
> using GoToMeeting these past two years, we could pull back in some of the
> members who have since retired and are no longer in the building, if for
> nothing more than to join us once a month just to say hi and rag chew.?
> Clearly that hasn?t worked.
>
> Where do we go and what about the future of the club?? Even though our
> numbers have dwindled, those participating still have a healthy interest in
> ham radio.? For years we have had the best club station in DC.? In my
> opinion we have something worth continuing.
>
> We might want to look at how we operate, like having meetings once a
> quarter, but make those meetings more meaningful.? We discussed having
> joint meetings with W3DOS and NN3SI.? The group from the Smithsonian
> contacted me earlier this month to say they would like to visit K3VOA some
> time and talk about joint activities.
>
> Our first look at the future of this club, will be to see if we can come
> up with a full slate of people willing to run for office.? Then it?s on us
> to figure out how we can inject a little life back into the club, making it
> a little less mundane.? We can discuss this at the meeting on Monday.? But
> I would also encourage replies to the group as a whole, using this email,
> if you want share your thoughts or ideas.
>
> 73
> Ken K4ZW
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:30:51 +0000
> From: Ken Claerbout <kclaerbo at usagm.gov>
> To: "k3voa at mailman.qth.net" <k3voa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [K3VOA] Youth on the Air Region 2 Camp 2020
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> The IARU Region 2 (US & Americas) Youth Camp will be held at the VOA
> Museum in Ohio next June.  https://yotaregion2.org/cincinnati-2020/  This
> is great news!
>
> IARU Region 1 (Europe & Africa) have been holding youth ham radio camps
> for about 5 years, and they have been highly successful.  Each year 80 -
> 100 youth from Region 1 gather for a week of radio related activities.
> This year they met in Bulgaria (
> https://www.ham-yota.com/category/yota-2019/ ), the year before in South
> Africa ( https://www.ham-yota.com/category/yota-2018/) .  I belong to a
> chat group used by the youth in region 2, these kids are having a blast
> with ham radio.  It's an encouraging thing to see.
>
> 73
> Ken K4ZW
>
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