[SOC] Off Topic: Ideas for club programs

[N0UF]

Hi Mike,

Have the program first, that way a non member presenter can leave when they 
are finished.
30 minutes is a good time to shoot for.

gl es 73,
Bob N0UF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Besemer (WM4B)" <mwbesemer at cox.net>
To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject: [SOC] Off Topic: Ideas for club programs


> Greetings all,
>
> My apologies for the off-topic post, but despite the fact that this place 
> is
> SOC, a lot of folks here have some great ideas!
>
> I recently joined a club which is in obvious need of help.  The business
> meetings are FAR too long and the programs are nearly non-existent.  Last
> meeting we had a program set up on digital modes, but by the time the
> business meeting ended, the program only had about 15 minutes to run.  On
> top of that, a lot of the 'old hats' were totally turned off by the 
> digital
> stuff.
>
> I think we've got a good mix of folks... old hats and newer guys, 
> (although
> at 41, I'm probably one of the youngest members) and some of the guys have 
> a
> lot of interest in getting this thing working.  We've got some politics 
> too,
> but it's fairly minimal and I think we can put a stop to that too with 
> some
> work.
>
> (Okay... I'm rambling!)
>
> Anyway, what do you guys think would be some good topics for programs?
> Perhaps 30 minutes in length, interesting to both the old timer and the
> newbie.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> 73
>
> -- de WM4B
>
>
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