[NJARC] Newsletters should be free

[thomas sedergran]

Perhaps the NJARC could offer incentives, such as a vintage collectible,
after a docent puts in a certain number of hours. This is done at the La
Brea Tar Pits. After a set number of hours, the docent (volunteer) gets a
fossil found at the site.



Best regards,

Tom Sedergran
NJARC RTM Docent

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 12:57 PM, Jim Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

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> _________________________________________________________
>
> John
> Yes, 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
>
>
> _________________________________________________________
> 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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