[QCWA] Re: QCWA

[walt qcwa]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:47 PM, walt qcwa <n3wsqcwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been reading the various messages in this thread, and find some
> very good suggestions.  However I take issue with Steve's
> (qcwa at texoma.net) comment about a "...unrepentant crew?"
>
>
> Just what do any of the current or newly elected members of the board
> have to be repentant about?  In my two years as Secretary I have been
> associated with a very hardworking crew who have spent many hours
> attempting to bring up to date the QCWA documentation
>  The President elect has provided a great service to the organization
> by maintaining the Web site and reflector; both probably at a
> considerable investment in time.
>
>  The comments are an unjust criticism Steve.
>
> Walt Supina N3WS
> QCWA secretary
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:25 AM,  <qcwa at texoma.net> wrote:
>> This fall, a new, but unrepentent?, crew takes the ominous chore of trying
>> to lead QCWA into revitalization. This they CANNOT do, unless and until
>> the constraints, established long ago by well meaning but desusional
>> founders, who thought that the imposition of the 25 years (somehow) would
>> make them a much sought after organization. Well, the chickens have begun
>> to return to the roost and it is a harbinger for the further decline of
>> QCWA.
>> I wish the incoming officers well...they'll need all of our support, but
>> without some radical changes, QCWA is doomed to further decline and
>> eventually there will only be a few, very small, inactive, die hard
>> chapters to recall the good old days, back when....as it was. Without some
>> forward and futuristic thinking and ACTIONS, QCWA will be like the hearse
>> in a tornado. No matter where the driver(s) turn the wheels, the winds of
>> change are bound to overcome and it will be the winds, not the driver(s),
>> who will steer QCWA into greatness or eventual doom.  Steve>
>>
>>
>>  Jim writes:  "  Lets start active mentoring programs and really teach
>> some
>>> skills to the new generation before the skills die out with us! Let the
>>> current QCWA members set examples that make the new generation want to
>> be
>>> like us."
>>>
>>> How very well said Jim......my thoughts also.
>>>
>>> Interesting to note that in the recent field day activity that a lack of
>>> qualified phone operators surfaced.  An interesting twist for sure.
>>>
>>> 73   Norm   K1AA
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jim Mockley" <jmockley at msn.com>
>>> To: "QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:47 AM
>>> Subject: [QCWA] Re: QCWA
>>>
>>>
>>> This has been a very interesting string. I would like to suggest some of
>> the
>>> reasons for the decline in hams and membership have been technological.
>> When
>>> we were all coming up the ranks, the internet didn't exist. It has
>> become
>>> the ham radio of the present times. Secondly, When I was learning
>>> electronics and theory, I was blessed with a number of great mentors.
>> Some
>>> are now SK's and some are still active. I remember how much I admired
>> them
>>> and appreciated their influence in my life.
>>>
>>> Today, the education of ham radio and for that matter commercial radio
>> has
>>> been relegated to software based programs available on CD and DVD. Where
>> did
>>> the hams with expertise slowly excuse themselves from mentoring the new
>>> folks? maybe that is where we can make a difference.
>>>
>>> I would suggest QCWA members need to re-assert their skills and help the
>> new
>>> hams in their new field of study. The new courses available to these new
>>> folks do not teach electronic or radio theory and design. As was
>> previously
>>> mentioned the new hams are learning just enough to pass the tests.
>> Today,
>>> people don't know how to pick up a soldering iron, instead they have
>> become
>>> appliance operators.
>>>
>>> Lets start active mentoring programs and really teach some skills to the
>> new
>>> generation before the skills die out with us! Let the current QCWA
>> members
>>> set examples that make the new generation want to be like us.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Jim Mockley W7JMM
>>> Chapter 168
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