[OFARC] Fw: [NARS] Meeting and greeting new hams and visitors at our club meetings

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--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Allen R. Brier <n5xz at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: Allen R. Brier <n5xz at earthlink.net>
Subject: [NARS] Meeting and greeting new hams and visitors at our club meetings
To: bvarc at bvarc.org, clarc at clarc.org, nars at mailman.qth.net, "'TDXS Reflector'" <tdxs-list at tdxs.net>, ctdxcc at kkn.net, kl7aa at mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 8:05 PM


All,

I received the email below as a result of asking for suggestions and
speakers for the upcoming 2011 Greater Houston Hamfest. I am purposely
blanking out the originators name, call, address, phone number and club he
visited by x's. 

This is very sad because this is not the first time I have heard this from
new hams or potential members. I heard the very same thing from a ham in
Sugar Land who visited BVARC once. I have to admit that I don’t try hard
enough myself to greet the new hams, and spend most of my time talking with
old friends that I don’t see in person often enough. But we need to make
more of an effort to "meet and greet" the newer hams and visitors at our
club meetings. We all know how hard it is to get new members and it is
vitally important to make our new hams feel welcome and to stay in the
hobby. I urged this ham to go back and give the club we went to another
chance and I hope he/she does. We need this to keep our hobby alive and
prosperous. So next club meeting, please seek out these new hams and
visitors and make them feel welcome. Better yet, initiate a program in your
clubs to seek out all new hams in our communities and offer elmering and
assistance. It is easy to get a list of hams by zip code from the ARRL and
notices of new and upgraded hams. Perhaps a new position of officer should
be made specifically for this purpose. Devote a meeting or a few minutes of
each meeting for this. I think some clubs already so some or all of this. I
think we'll all be pleased with the results.

PLEASE CROSS-POST THIS TO OTHER REFLECTORS AND COPY TO AS MANY CLUB OFFICERS
AS POSSBIBLE.

73,

Allen Brier N5XZ / KL5DX
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, TX 77406-2533
281-342-1882
713-705-4801 (Cell)
n5xz at arrl.net

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx xxxxxxx 
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:09 AM
To: n5xz at earthlink.net
Subject: RE: [xxxx] Open forum slot for 2011 Greater Houston Hamfest

Dear Mr. Brier

My name is xxxxx xxxxxxx (X5XXX) and I received my Technician license in
April of 2008 and then my General thirty days later.  I attended several
meetings of my local ham club (XXXX) for several months but it has been over
a year since I attended any more meetings.  To my dismay, I was never
greeted by anyone introducing me to other members and never felt that my
experience in ham radio was anything but amateur.  And that I didn't quite
stand up to some of the standards and experience that others had.  I walked
away feeling a little dejected. How about a member giving a speech about how
to welcome new hams to the association and how to make them feel welcome in
this world of communication.  I believe this would go a long way in
maintaining and promoting amateur ham radio.

xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx
Houston, Texas  
(281) xxx-xxxx


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