[QCWA Hotlist] associate membership

[wa8pxl at juno.com]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for input. 

Please educate me as to exactly what the benefits to HQ and to an
associate will be. I need more information and it seems nobody can come
up with a clear description of what an associate would be.

73 Tad K3QC


On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:15:55 -0400 wa8pxl at juno.com writes:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Your information is most interesting.
> 
> As a former Clevelander I was lucky enough to have listened to a 
> couple
> of chapter 1 members talk about the QCWA while I was a novice on 2 
> meters
> in 1965. Twenty five years later, at the age of 38 I qualified for
> membership and eventually started a new chapter here in Fort Myers, 
> FL.
> The succession of my call signs are as follows...WN8PXL, WA8PXL and 
> now
> K3QC. 
> 
> In the polling process at chapter 1 did anyone have any idea of what 
> an
> associate means? Does anyone know the benefits that an associate 
> would
> have? Was there a dollar amount referenced for an associate member? 
> Will
> an associate get a copy of the Journal ? What questions were asked 
> by
> your MLO's and how were those questions answered? I would like to 
> know
> how you made a presentation to your group so I can do the same or 
> better
> at my chapter 196 in a couple of weeks.
> 
> I might like the idea of a MLO but how does a MLO not feel offended 
> as
> opposed to being an invited guest? Is the carriage ahead of the 
> horse, so
> to speak?
> 
> My best advice is for other chapters to do as you are doing. Invite
> guests to meetings/ luncheons. Have on the air meetings if possible. 
> 
> 
> There are many of us who show up at hamfests and represent the QCWA 
> as a
> recruiting effort. I encourage more of that. 
> 
> I also encourage more advertising in publications and recruiting 
> sponsors
> from equipment manufacturers. I encourage more on the air QSO 
> parties to
> promote our orgainzation. As an international organization there is 
> very
> little recruiting out of the USA, Canada and Germany. Tell me if I 
> am
> wrong. As an international orgainzation I feel we could do better 
> around
> the world.
> 
> In the mean time, my heart says to me that there are basic 
> principles
> that our organization must stand for and our bylaws have already 
> answered
> the question in total. No associate members has been documented and 
> has
> been prresented to the membership already.
> 
> 73 Tad K3QC President Chapter 196
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:41:51 -0400 robert winston 
> <w2thuw2thu at gmail.com>
> writes:
> > QCWA Chapter 1 has about 100 members. 21 of these are not eligible 
> 
> > for QCWA
> > and we call them MLO (membership list only). These would be what 
> you 
> > call
> > associate members. We feel that we need to get the younger hams 
> > interested
> > in our chapter, so they can join the national when they are 
> > eligible. They
> > check into our nets and come to our quarterly luncheons. Our 
> weekly 
> > net
> > control is an MLO. He does a great job, too!
> > 
> > Don't forget that we are eligible for QCWA simply by living long 
> > enough and
> > not by our achievements in our great hobby. Let's not chase away
> > interested, younger members. Our chapter supports the associate 
> > member idea.
> > 
> > Bob Winston  W2THU
> > President
> > QCWA Chapter 1
> > Cleveland, Ohio
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Larry Oakley <w7ab at sbcglobal.net> 
> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Polled our members at our latest brunch .  15 for and No 
> against.  
> > We
> > > always
> > > invite the new hams to come and have brunch with us and meet 
> the
> > > "old-timers".
> > >
> > > It about time we have an associate membership, it's a great way 
> to 
> > bring
> > > them
> > > officially into QCWA at such time they've got their 25 years in 
> 
> > the hobby.
> > >
> > > QCWA is a well respected organization, only better with an 
> > associate
> > > membership.
> > >
> > > Larry, W7AB
> > > Secretary-Treasurer
> > > Silver State Chapter 190
> > > Reno, NV
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