I've been lurking here for quite a while.
One thing that might encourage participation is for an SECC member to
go around to the local clubs as a contest-evangelist. It could only help
if someone came to the Atlanta Radio Club on the first Thursday
and/or our hamfest, and gave compelling reasons to become involved
in contesting. I happen to know that some of the best minds in the
hobby are involved in contesting, but its a well kept secret. My $0.02.
73,
Penn
K4PE
Kent McCorkle wrote:
>Just a few words regarding the current controversy over what the SECC should
>or should not be.
>
>What is the real problem that the SECC is facing? The only one that I've seen
>mentioned is lack of participation. I'm a believer in identifying and then
>correcting the root causes of issues, rather than taking a shot-gun approach
>to problem solving.
>
>I fail to see the linkage between rewriting by-laws and membership
>requirements and increasing levels of participation.
>
>While I'm confident that all of the well-known, well-established contest clubs
>are excellently run organizations, I don't believe that they were the model
>that the founders of the SECC had in mind when they created our club.
>Personally, I don't see any compelling reason to attempt to re-create
>ourselves in their image.
>
>Rather than attempting to rebuild the club from the ground up, I'd recommend
>leaving the current infrastructure in place and focusing on increasing
>participation in contests by all of the current membership. We have a fairly
>large membership roster. Unfortunately, I don't work or hear that many of
>those stations during contests.
>
>I'd recommend that we focus our attention on contacting and then encouraging
>increased levels of participation from the silent majority on our membership
>roster.
>
>I love contesting. I'm never going to win one, but I just can't resist
>jumping in and making a couple of hundred contacts when one is on. I've
>always thought that it would be great to be associated with a contest club so
>that I could combine my scores with those of others for the sake of club
>competition. When I discovered the SECC, I joined immediately. It was
>exactly what I was looking for.
>
>If the by-laws of the SECC were to be modified requiring attendance at
>meetings, I would probably fail to qualify for continued membership. It's not
>that I'm opposed to meetings or am anti-social, it's just that I (like many of
>you) have family, work, and other commitments that keep me very busy. Shame
>on me, but I haven't been to a hamfest in years for this same reason.
>
>Regardless of where these discussions lead, I will continue to participate in
>contests. I'd like very much to continue to do so as a member of the SECC as
>it existed when I joined.
>
>
>Kent, AE4Y
>
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