On 6/17/2010 4:00 AM, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>> Leadership comes from the top... Indulging in the endless arguments like
>> this certainly drives folks away.
>
> REPLY:
>
> In the last year, membership of the reflector has increased from the
> mid-900s to the mid-1000s.
Bill, that statement doesn't tell the full story because it does not
break out attrition. The list could have added 400 new members, but
lost 300 original members. Surely that's an exaggeration, but no
commercial enterprise or political candidate likes to lose members of
their core base. And one doesn't want to drive away newcomers into the
fold, who *thought* this aspect of the hobby could be fun, but quickly
tired of all the bickering.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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