[PVRCNC] Chapter Meetings

[Stephen Worth]

I have little to offer here.  Given my job I come when I can and when I am
travelling I do not. That, unfortunately, is how it has to be.  I prefer in
person meetings and will gladly go to wherever the group wants to meet.  I
am willing to contribute the cost of my meal for months I must miss to keep
the venue we are using reimbursed if that will help.

I enjoy the meetings with speakers where I can learn about things and gain
practical experience. I encourage that we do this, maybe not every month,
but fairly regularly. I enjoy hearing about what the members are doing, but
we can skip on that when needed to get the meeting time right.  One thing I
would like to suggest.  I would love to hear more, on some rotating basis,
about how everyone has their station setup and what is working well and not
so well for them. I learn a lot from hearing about how others are choosing
to do things.

Regards,
Steve Worth

On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 10:32 AM Bill Axelrod via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:31:51 -0400
> Subject: Chapter Meetings
> Folks,
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>      Recently, we have seen a s steady decline in the number of us
> attending our monthly meetings in person.  Last night there were only four
> of us in the room - and that raised a good discussion and a series of
> questions about our monthly meetings.
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>      In this fairly lengthy email I would like to lay out that discussion,
> the questions raised during the meeting, and some of the ideas suggested
> and solicit your thought, inputs, and sugestions
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>     I ask that you all read the following and share us your thoughts,
> ideas, etc about how our chapter should proceed.  I especially would like
> to hear from those of you who live in the area but do not regularly attend
> our meetings in person.
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>      First a bit of history.  Pre-COVID we met monthly up at Manchester's.
> We usually had 12 - 15 members attend those meetings.  Once COVID hit,
> Manchester's closed as did all other meeting places and we switched to Zoom
> meetings which were also well attended.
>
>      After the COVID pandemic ended many of us started clamoring for
> re-starting in-person meetings.  And so we did.  Manchester's re-opened but
> steadfastly decided to not host meetings like ours.  We went on a search
> for a new venue.  Eric, NR4O, recommended the Hickory Tavern in Cary.  They
> were a good choice.   And so we restarted in-person meetings with a hybrid
> Zoom meeting to include those of us who live too far away to reasonably
> come to our in-person meetings.  These meetings work well.  But...
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>      We're not getting much attendance.  Aside from that being very
> disappointing, it is patently unfair to the folks at the Hickory Tavern.
> They give us use of their private room at no cost each month.  The room can
> fit 25 or more people and could be earning even more revenue for them.
> They dedicate a server to support us, even if we barely fill one small
> table.
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>      So, my first question to y'all is:  What should we do about it?  We
> could do nothing and  continue our present practice.  We could go back to
> Zoom only meetings.  We could hold in-person meetings once a quarter and do
> Zoom only the other two months?  What do you think?  Any and all ideas you
> may have are desired.  PLEASE!
>
>      Another related question concerns our monthly guest speaker program
> and the length of our meetings.  A number of us have opined that our
> meetings have grown too long with both a guest speaker and our "around the
> table" chat.  Should we cut out the guest speakers?  Only have something
> scheduled (maye) four time a year?  What do you think?  Please comment on
> that also.
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>      Again, especially for those of you that don't routinely come to our
> in-person meetings, please share your thoughts, ideas, preferences, wild
> hairs, or other opinions and let's see how we can meet our wants and needs.
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> QRV.
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> Thanks and 73...   Bill K3WA
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