[NJARC] A few thoughts on the repair clinics and the News letter.

[salb203 at aol.com]

And may I add Marty F who also helps out tremendously and also 
preprints the schematics ahead of time and is the backup schematic man 
if I am not available to show up because of a work commitment.

I am sure there are members of the club who repair radios for a fee and 
we should have a flyer stating to if the public if asked. We usually 
look at eash other and shrug our shoulders.

Regards,
Sal Brisindi

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From: Radiomf at aol.com
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:19:37 EDT
Subject: Re: [NJARC] A few thoughts on the repair clinics and the News 
letter.

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I have many concerns about the repair clinics. There are many people 
who get
free repairs only to later sell the item. Some of them ARE members! I 
think
that this is human nature and comes with the territory.  I personally 
was told
by a guy from NYC after fixing his three AA5's that they were headed 
for e-bay
the very next day. Some blurring of our original intent has gone on. We 
never
really said we would do free repairs. Only an appraisal of condition 
and
value. We wanted to show people how to fix the radios themselves, but 
that is
largely overly optimistic in view of the advanced age and lack of 
appropriate
skills of many of those who bring radios.
Another big problem is the lack of organization. We need a CLINIC
COORDINATOR. Someone to make sure the event is well planned. These 
tasks are
currently
handled by at least 4 people:
1 Alex, schedules the public appointments, but not with any "experts" 
in
particular.
2 Al K, brings essential test equipment
3 Phil, matching experts with work.
4 Sal, on site printing of schematics.
Others bring tools, tubes, tube tester, resistors, and capacitors.
The one hour "appointments" can drag out for more than half the day 
upsetting
all of the advance planning.
I think there needs someone stationed at the entrance to document what 
goes
in and out as well as a more concerted effort at requesting donations.
By setting up a "shop" at Info Age, I think that will make things a bit
easier. Twice a month seems a bit much, but maybe if there were a 
rotating
schedule
of at least 4 teams?
Marty F


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