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Bo Budinger (WA1QYM)President: PART of Westford
Growing Your Local Club
Purpose of this talk: To provide insights into how to grow your club ie: how to make it more successful and how to recruit new members
Background of the Speaker:President of PART the Police Amateur Radio Team
of Westford, MassachusettsOne of the Original founders of PART in 1975Licensed since 1968
Growing Your Local Club
PART of Westford
ARRL Special Service Club
General ham radio club with an emergency communications tradition
We participate in a full spectrum of ham radio related activities
What do hams want from a radio club ?
A source of technical information about their hobby
A support group for ham related problems A place to have fun A social connection A way of using their communications skills
What do hams want
from a local club? (My View)
Monthly Meetings Communications Social Events Club Structure Special Operating Events Support from the ARRL
How to make your club more successful(areas that will be discussed)
Maintain regular meetings Have a firm agenda for each meeting Interact with the audience Minimize the business component Have a good speaker or activity for
each meeting Take a casual approach*
Monthly Meetings
Taking a Casual Approach
PART Field Day 2008
Field Day 2008:The Unofficial Story
by Rick Green (W1RAG)caught napping at Field Day 2007
PART Field Day 2008
Steve, WA1KBE, Trying to Serve as World’s 1st Human Dummy Load
PART Field Day 2008
Dick Wonders Why He Agreed to Help Allison Construct A Space Invaders Shield
Speakers from within the club itselfother clubsARRL BoxboroARRL EMA Speakers List
Video’s and CD’sARRL Video and MultimediaNorthern California DX Foundation
Show and Tell Construction Projects Fox Hunt
Monthly Meetings(Main Event)
Rich (AB1HD) On PSK31
Allison(KB1GMX)
Mike Keller (W1BNC), chief engineer at WCVB Television presented an overview of Digital Television technology.
John Vogel (N1PGA) presented an introduction to Contesting
Dave Berstein (AA6YQ) presented an overview of the DX Lab Suite software.
Les Peters (N1SV) talked about the Art of QSLing
PART Member Scott (NE1RD) talked about his DXpedition to Montserrat
Miles Mann (WF1F) spoke about Amateur Radio/SSTV on the International Space Station.
Some previous PART Meeting Speakers
Web Page (http://www.wb1gof.org)
Vital as a source of club informationHas to be kept current
E-Mail ReflectorHow PART members stay in touch
Weekly NetKeeps local hams informed
NewsletterDoes not have to be “every month”
Club Communications
Social Events
(meets a real need)
Christmas Party
Field Day
Breakfasts
PresidentHas to focus on the large picture
Other Elected Officialsgood counselors
Appointed Positionswebmaster, photographer, Field Day chairman, quartermaster, raffle chairman etc.Good source of future club officers
Club Structure
Bob N1RXVPART Photographer
Steve N1BDAField Day Chairman
Awards and Certificates
Club Gear
Club Structure
PART Presidents Award Tom (AG1I)
Coffee Mugs, Hats, T Shirts, Jackets, Bumper Stickers etc
Field Day
Communications Support for parades etc
Special Events Station K1P (look for us next spring)
Field Trips
Special Operating Events
Changed our emphasis
Initiated Tool Box Talks
Become an affiliated club or even better a Special Service Club
Use your Section Affiliated Club Coordinator and Section Manager
Draw on support from ARRL Headquarters
Support from the ARRL
The computer software and hardware community Sons, daughters and relatives of existing hams
Former hams who get back into the hobby
My experience has been that new members come mainly from:
Brent (KB1LQD) and Bryce (KB1LQC)sons of John (KB1MGI)
Kimberly (KB1PZG)daughter of Andy (KB1OIQ)
How to Recruit New Members
Publicize your clubs existenceWithin the ham radio communityWithin the overall community
Support Ham radio Classes and VE Sessions Work with local schools
How to Recruit New Members
Andy (KB1OIQ) and Kimberly (K1PZG)Prepare to march in Westford’s Apple Blossom Parade
ConclusionsYou can “Grow your Local Club” if you meet the needs of your local ham
radio community
Provide a place to disseminate technical information Provide a support group for ham related problems Establish a place to have fun Create an atmosphere for social connections Foster the use of communications skills Focus on the recruitment of new members
Growing Your Local Club