[NJARC] Meeting was too long last night

[Scott Roberts]

John-
 Didn't you have the 2M mobile for sale on the rear table? I was
going to ask you about it-
Scott


--- John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

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> Hi Gang,
> 
> The meeting was way too long last night.  First of all it
> started 
> late.  The Video Dave made (which was interesting) and Phil's
> radio 
> story (also interesting) should have been saved for another
> meeting, 
> one without a "BIG" auction.  Technical difficulties with
> computer 
> programs should be worked out ahead of time. There needs to be
> some 
> organization and planning for future meetings, for times and
> lengths 
> of the various programs being presented. They should fit the
> overall 
> time available.
> 
> Some spontaneous presentations/presenters should be told to
> come back 
> another time. The meeting should start on time.  When we have a
> large 
> auction or a long presentation by someone, these deserve the
> time to 
> run uninterrupted and should start earlier in the evening, so
> anyone 
> with a long drive will not have to miss out on them.
> 
> I am not the only one who travels almost 2-hours to get to the 
> meeting and 2-hours again back home.  I'm 66 years old now
> (probably 
> the average age of our membership) and getting home after 11
> pm, 
> after a 2-hour drive is not fun.  (I need my beauty sleep at
> home, in 
> bed, not behind the wheel.)  Sherry does not like the long
> meetings 
> either, especially after they start so late.  Last night she
> reminded 
> me on the way home, several times.
> 
> So last night I left the meeting at 9 p.m., long before it was
> over, 
> and therefore wasn't able to bid on a couple of things I wanted
> to.
> 
> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN 
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