[NLRS] Bylaws Change!

[Paul Husby]

Regarding the proposed changes in membership requirements:

>1.Have attended at least one (1) club meeting during the year. 
>2.Dues have been paid as provided in the Constitution and By-laws. 

Based upon what I am hearing, NLRS would be at a disadvantage to other
contest clubs in requiring in-person meetings to maintain membership.  MWA
is considering some kind of smorgasboard of options, including in-person
meetings, on-air meetings, contest log submissions, involvement in club
management (reflector, web, officers, Aurora, etc), even participation in
reflector discussion.  I am sure some of the big eastern clubs will go even
easier.  This is not to say that NLRS should adopt the lowest common
denominator, but since these requirements are purely for the purpose of
establishing eligibility for the ARRL contests, we should pay attention to
what our competitors are doing.

>Service Area - The Service Area of the Northern Lights Radio Society shall
be a
175-mi radius circle, centered at 45 degrees North by 94 degrees West, or
approximately 3 statute miles NE of the town of Winstead, MN. 

The new change in the rules would allow us to use all of Minnesota rather
than a circle (not smart!).  I do not believe they require us to specify
our circle any more formally than they did before.  (I'm pretty sure that
it is even okay to adjust the circle from contest to contest, so long as
all the submissions from a given contest meet the requirement.)  At any
rate, the last thing we need to do is carve the circle in stone and require
a vote at the annual meeting to change it.  Also, the wording makes it
appear that we do not welcome members from outside the 'contest service
area', which is certainly not the case.  I would recommend not changing the
non-existing current language.

73, Paul

Paul Husby, W0UC    

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