[NJARC] Newsletters should be free

[Jim Whartenby]

JohnYes, this is the number one problem with clubs, groups, organizations, you name it; there are just a few dedicated individuals who do the majority of the work that the rest of the group benefits from.  
This was an ongoing problem that we, as club officers, faced when NJARC was just over 4 years old.  It was next to impossible to form a committee to do the ground work for a swapmeet.  So the executive board took the lead.  Seems that no one minded buying or selling at the swapmeet but gaining the experience of actually running one was a job that no one wanted to take.
So 25 years on, the venue might have changed but the problems of motivating people have not.
Perhaps it is like serving in the military, few do and the rest enjoy the fruits of the sacrifice.  Those who don't serve seem to think that thanking those who did is all that is required to balance the scale, so to speak.  I'm willing to bet that the majority of the museum docents are veterans; any takers?
More on this topic later,Jim

      From: John Dilks <oldradio at comcast.net>
 To: David Sica <davesica at gmail.com> 
Cc: NJARC <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
 Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:08 PM
 Subject: Re: [NJARC] Newsletters should be free
   

 Thanks to all for your input. I have reviewed all suggestions and want to add the following....
Dave Sica (below) says membership is around 200.I have gone to the museum on several occasions in the last couple of years and in my estimation very few members contribute their time there.  It appears that 10 or 12 regular, dedicated, members are doing all of the work, and are doing it well.  Saturdays and Sundays I don't know.But you would think that with 200 members we should have more than 5% helping out.But at the auctions a higher percentage show up, perhaps 30-50, sometimes more and sometimes less? Still not the 200 mentioned. Perhaps at the radio show in Parsippany there is a better turn out of members, I don't know?Launching a publicity drive to attract new members and making our excellent newsletter available with dates and times of activities (old newsletters don't have current events listed) to invite them to show up and see for themselves.  It costs nothing to provide newsletters from our web page. No printing of brochures, etc.Our volunteer force is ageing, I've noticed, and could use more help. Some may be working way (physically) too much for their age?  Wouldn't it be nice to gain another 5, 10, or 15 volunteers? Perhaps some younger members?The president should launch a publicity drive and make it happen. Maybe he can recruit a new volunteer or two to help him do that.73, John Dilks, K2TQN

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The club has always hovered around 200 members, after fairly quickly ramping up to that level in our first year. That's a healthy number by any standards but I've always wondered why we seemed to level off there. I seem to recall that the New England Club hit around 800 members, at least for a while, back in its heyday. I think a couple of other clubs also have or had significantly more members than we do. And yeah, we do have an exceptionally good club, so I've never been able to figure out why that's so. 

-- Dave Sica



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