[nrv-hams] Tonight’s meeting

[Edward Lener]

Sure thing. I was actually expecting to see somewhat bigger numbers myself
for the in-person meeting turnout. Maybe it is just because hams are such a
talkative bunch!

- Ed, AK4IS


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 2:36 PM J.C. Hassall <jhassall at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's excellent info, thanks for going to the extra trouble of providing
> those metrics Ed.  As I recalled the in-person meetings, it seemed to me
> that we had a lot more than 16 people / meeting, which was my basis for
> concern last night.
>
> Thanks again for going the extra mile.
>
> 73
>
> jim W4BEA
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:33 AM Edward Lener <lener at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Good morning everyone,
> > It was late when the Zoom finally finished up (the officers stayed on to
> > discuss some matters) but this morning I went back and dug out all the
> old
> > sign-in sheets from 2019. Aside from the January eatin' meeting, which
> > always has lots of family, we averaged about 21 club members per meeting.
> > Even if all five of those additional people had voted no, there would
> have
> > been no change in the result. (Of the 16 votes cast, we had 12 in favor,
> 2
> > against, and 2 abstentions).
> >
> > Even though we are still not meeting in person I for one feel good about
> > this decision and hope others do as well. We had all four of the officers
> > in agreement. We had the vote publicized beforehand. We had more than
> > double the quorum required in the bylaws. We had time for plenty of
> > discussion and input from everyone during the meeting, We had a favorable
> > assessment of the rig selected from a club member who owns one himself
> > along with positive signal reports from others.  And we are still being
> > fiscally responsible - while we haven't been able to share full details
> on
> > the club's finances over the air, even after purchasing the new Yaesu
> > FT-991A and a manual tuner, we should have a balance remaining that
> exceeds
> > what I found reported at this same point in 2019.
> >
> > I think it was Bill Turner who pointed out last night that Field Day is
> > also a chance for the club to reach out to the public and potentially
> > recruit area hams (or make new ones!). This now gives us at least one rig
> > with the "wow" factor to help do so.
> >
> > Ed Lener, AK4IS
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 8:14 PM <dannywylam at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 16 is probably an average number for a meeting. Usually the people on
> the
> > > air tonight. Would be nice to see more
> > >      73
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
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