[QCWA] Membership concerns...

[Marvin Bronstein]

Very well said, Jeff.
We shouldn't be considering ourselves "elite" and "above others"!  We're 
proud of our achievements and we should be encouraging every other ham 
licensee and any other hams-to-be.  Show them all that having been licensed 
for 25++ years has been fun, rewarding and achievable to anyone. Isn't THAT 
what QCWA stood for? Doesn't QCWA still stand for this?  Isn't THAT what we 
joined to be & do?
So what that I have been continuously licensed since 1956............so what 
that I passed the 20 WPM code test for my EXTRA!  So what?  So just because 
I was good at CW and reached 40+ WPM in military service that it makes me 
any different than those who have not learned Morse???  NOT AT ALL!
Look folks, QCWA stands for pridefully showing that we've been at this 
'game' for over 25 years and loving every year of it!  Let's show the rest 
of the folks with licenses that it's been fun enough to last a lifetime!
We, each of us, can pick and choose what we like within ham radio and 
pridefully show each other what fun it's been.  I love the camaraderie of 
comparing MY experiences with that of others and we all should take this 
hobby the same way.  There is no reason for me to look down upon any who 
have not desired to pick-up Morse simply because they simply don't desire to 
do so and it doesn't make them any less of a ham radio licensee!! Equally 
so, it is not becoming of me or anyone else to look down upon those who have 
not yet reached their 25 year milestone!!

In good spirit,

73,
Marv K2VHW
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jdangus at att.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 3:14 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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