[QCWA] 2010 Membership

[Dave - VE3JX]

Agreed Jeff.

I also think that allowing others besides QCWA members to attend chapter
meetings is a good idea.  The only stipulation I would have is that they not be
allowed to nominate, vote, etc., WRT chapter business and especially elections.
However, their attendance and welcome may go a long way to encourage their
future membership.

I also believe that we have a huge qualified ham population out there from which
we can draw QCWA members.  How do we attract more of them?  And, more
importantly, how do we KEEP them once they've joined?

That has been the point of this discussion and many positive ideas and comments
have been received.  Yours among them.  Thanks very much Jeff.

Cheers,

Dave VE3JX.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jangus at suddenlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] 2010 Membership


> Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I have NO desire what so ever to change the
> membership requirements of the QCWA. If you've had a license at least 25
> years ago, you qualify. Period. As it should be.
>
> What I do have an issue with is the apparent desire by some members to
> charge non-qualified people some amount to be an "associate member."
>
> After all, this is a "Quarter Century" and not the "1/100th or 1/8th Century"
> Wireless Association.
>
> A lot of licensed amateur get pretty excited and very vocal about their
> opinion of amateur radio being dumbed down. <pick reason of choice>
> Yet oddly, some of them are the same ones that would want to "relax"
> the membership requirements for the QCWA.
>
> On being open to having other people attend meetings and such....
>
> Back in 1975, I was in San Jose, CA on a temporary work assignment and
> ran into a QCWA member at a store. I asked if I could attend a meeting. When
> I pointed out that I had only been licensed for 8 years, the reply I got was,
> "Come back when you've been licensed for 25 years."
>
> Despite that, when my 25 years was up, I joined the QCWA. After all, I did
> my time so to speak.
>
> But as I've said, and some others as well, we need to be a lot more open and
> welcoming to others so that when they too have done their time, they will want
> to join our organization.
>
> We need to make it clear that although the basic requirement is 25 years,
> there
> aren't a bunch of other secret rules that determine whether or not a new
> member
> is going to feel welcome.
>
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
>
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