[QCWA] Membership concerns...

[Barry C. Nelson]

Cheapest buffet in town? Not here in Chicago. In the several years I belonged to QCWA the Chicago Chapter NEVER had a meeting and NEVER held a net despite what the roster said. I let my membership lapse for that reason and would be hard pressed to renew. Declining membership, yes I can see why when the third largest city in the USA has a "paper" chapter. That is really too bad. Hard to recruit new hams of any license class when there really is no Chicago Chapter with activities as the others have around the country
 
 I commend the current board for their efforts to get the ship back on even keel but it is too late for this old ham to rejoin. I wish you best of luck and hope the QCWA survives.  
 
Barry Nelson
K9YVT since June 15, 1960
 

________________________________
 From: Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net>
To: qcwa at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:14 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Membership concerns...
  
I keep hearing the same complaint, "Declining membership," and
there's always some questionable ideas on how to fix it.

The Board of Directors just took some very difficult steps to
reverse several decades of questionable decisions.

The QCWA is 65 years old now. 25 years ago it was 1987.

You want new members? Stop treating the "new guys" like they
aren't REAL hams because they didn't have to do what you did.
Stop acting like codeless techs are "high band CBers."
Stop acting like Extra class licensees that didn't have to take a
21 WPM code test are "Extra-Lite."
Stop pushing people to get an Amateur Radio license, then as soon
as they do, ignore them because they're inexperienced.
Stop acting like that one old guy in the neighborhood that throws
rocks at the neighborhood kids for looking at his lawn.

Give people a reason for joining the QCWA other than just where
to find the cheapest buffet in town that you don't have to leave a
tip at.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi



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