[Fourlanders] What to Do?

Fri Apr 1 00:48:39 EST 2005

I appreciate your input Neal but I am not looking for a vote.  I am looking 
for someone to organize it.  If you are that someone then here is what you 
need to do:

1.  Get with Dick and select a date or maybe even two so folks have a 
choice.  Post it on the reflector asking if folks are OK with it.
2.  If there are no strong objections to the date then send out a formal 
meeting notice with the agenda, menu, directions, etc.  If you get this far 
let me know and I will send you the agenda for the meeting that didn't 
happen.
3. We have a meeting.  I will take care of that part.

73
Jim W4KXY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Sulmeyer" <k4ea at contesting.com>
To: <fourlanders at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] What to Do?

> Since I am going to the International DX Convention in Visalia this
> year, I will not be attending the VHF conference. So I vote for a
> meeting at Dick's house.  I will be gone from April 13 to 20.  So that
> weekend is out for me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Worsham
> Sent: March 29, 2005 01:00
> To: k4sz at alltel.net; fourlanders at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] What to Do?
>
> As I see it there are a couple of things that can be done.  First, Dick,
>
> K5AND has graciously agreed to host a lunch time meeting at his QTH in
> Cumming.  Knowing Dick, the food will be better than anything at
> Applebee's.
> The second option is to have a meeting at the upcoming Southeastern VHF
> Conference in Charlotte.  The conference itself has a rather full
> schedule
> but a Thursday (April 28th) night dinner meeting might be possible.  I
> plan
> to be at the hotel by 6 myself.  One advantage of this is we would
> probably
> get a larger group than usual since several of the TN and NC contingent
> will
> be there.  Either way, it will be up to someone else to organize the
> meeting, send out the meeting notice, find a place to eat, etc.  It is a
> lot
> of work and I have already done one.
>
> I think the hospitality suite idea is a great one and I am glad we have
> someone in the group like Bob who is thinking of things like that.  Bob,
> put
> me down to help support the hospitality suite.  Maybe I can get Dick to
> give
> me his Margarita recipe and we can fill the "sacred vessel" for everyone
> to
> enjoy.  That's all I have for now.
>
> 73
> Jim W4KXY
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Lear" <k4sz at alltel.net>
> To: <fourlanders at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:54 PM
> Subject: [Fourlanders] What to Do?
>
>
>> What to Do?  What to Do?
>>
>> Your VP(?) ponders the situation.
>>
>> Well, there was no Fourlanders meeting contrary to what the waitress
>> overheard and there were no Margaritas either.  Just Bob and Jim at
> the
>> restaurant wondering why they hadn't also made plans for "something
>> better to do", since that was true in their cases for sure.
>>
>> The Fourlanders are an incorporated club and the by-laws require a
>> yearly meeting for election of officers.  This has now not happened.
> Do
>> we have officers now?  Are we still in existence?  The two of us could
>> not answer these questions.  We may need some answers from Steve on
>> these points.
>>
>> We only have two meetings a year, one for the election and June
> contest
>> planning and another usually for September contest planning.  This
>> certainly doesn't seem to be asking too much of the members, unless
>> there really is no further interest in the club activities.  We
>> certainly can and do conduct much of the contest planning activities
> via
>> e-mail, but not everything can be done that way.  Every now and then
> we
>> should meet face to face.
>>
>> In private conversations, I have heard from folks who are looking
>> forward to contesting in June at least and some who already know they
>> are unavailable.  But how are we going to get together and make plans?
>>
>> I don't want to get mad and I don't want to get upset.  I want to go
>> contesting!  I've spent a lot of time and money on building up a
>> microwave station and I'm not getting to use it.  Now if the group
> ends
>> up being too small to continue doing full multi-op with microwave,
> I'll
>> still be willing to be a member of the group doing limited if that's
> how
>> we end up.  I won't be as happy, but I'll keep doing it for now.
>>
>> The club has significantly downsized over the past several years since
>> I've been a member.  I know it was a much larger organization in the
>> past and had as many as 30 members or more.  It seems that we are only
>> around 10 now and foundering.   We have tried to recruit new members,
>> most notably at the Stone Mtn hamfest.  We did get some names and have
>> been keeping those folks informed.  Maybe some will turn out to be
> major
>> players in the group, but of course haven't yet had any opportunity.
> I
>> will say that I wouldn't have expected any of them to be a major force
>> at the "meeting".  It usually takes some time to get started with a
>> group and I hope they won't be discouraged by what is happening.
>>
>> Speaking of recruiting, I've probably made a mistake on behalf of the
>> group.  I thought (on my own) that it would be a good idea for the
>> Fourlanders to help host the hospitality suites at the SVHFS
> conference
>> and committed to do so.  Since we don't seem to have an organization
> to
>> call on to help out, I'll cover it myself as necessary.
>>
>> Now that I have vented sufficiently, I'm still asking the question,
>> "What to Do?"
>>
>> I will further suggest that the Fourlanders reflector be the forum for
>> ideas and opinions even though there have been some private
>> communications already passed around.  Put them out for the group.
> I'll
>> try to keep track of all that's happening and collate and summarize
> for
>> the group.
>>
>> Thanks and 73,
>>
>> Bob K4SZ
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