[SECC] SECC Club Status

[RJ Hubbard]

good morning, Jeff. I'd be happy to help but frankly, I dont know
what needs to be or should be done. SECC is the only contest club I've been
in and what we do is all I've ever known. From my perspective, all I do is
append SECC to my contest score submissions. Not sure why - it doesnt seem
to mean anything or compete with any other club. For example, the only
other club I'm in - NFARL - competes with another club during GAQP -
whichever club wins gets gavel or something (cant remember the details).
Also, when I submit my GAQP score to NFARL, I might get a certificate for
best overall score or most CW QSOs or something - as they have an
intraclub competition. That makes it fun and more purposeful to submit a
score with 'NFARL' appended. Perhaps there is some greater competition
between SECC and other clubs that I'm just not aware of...

I do think the reflector is valuable - I've gotten good advice on antennas
and made to realize I need another half mile of radials for my 160m
inverted L :)
I've also learned that SO2R is the way to improves scores but I just
dont have the gear to do it properly (I need band pass filters)

Each club is different - maybe this lack of face-to-face meetings is just
the kind of club SECC... but each club does need a purpose and as a newbie,
I'm not exactly sure what our purpose is.

Thanks for all you do and PLEASE let me know how I can help - I'm willing,
just not sure whats needed...

RJ, WF4W



On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:42 PM Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:

> I was hoping when I volunteered to be club president that maybe activity
> and interest in the club might improve. Unfortunately it's just the same
> status quo and I'm dealing with the same issues that K4BAI dealt with. I've
> asked for volunteers for some club activities but I've had no feedback at
> all. I guess I don't understand why this is? I can't do everything myself
> (like John did) because if that happens we aren't a club. I can tell you
> that I don't plan on being the club president forever, like John was. I
> took over because no one else stepped up. I've given us a good framework to
> move forward with a new SECC webpage and email reflector that's brought us
> forward from old 1980's technology.  After a few years (or even maybe
> sooner) I plan to move on and if no one steps up to be a leader I will just
> move on and Y'all can figure it all out.
>
> I've observed from comments made on the reflector in the past that there
> are some members of the SECC who seem to dwell on the past that this is
> still "W4AN's club".  Bill passed away 17 years ago and it's time to move
> past that. I get it that Bill didn't like in person meetings and that's why
> we never had any. Some other old time club members still hold that same
> view. Maybe it's time to move on from that philosophy?
>
> Here are some ideas I have
>
>    - Hold a yearly club meeting (maybe in person) or at a minimum have
>    one online on Zoom
>    - Have regular Zoom meeting presentations for club members to attend.
>    I know many other contest clubs are doing this. I need someone else other
>    than me to coordinate this. I already have enough on my plate after GQP
>    logs are submitted and I have to start the log checking process..
>    - Many SECC members belong to multiple contest clubs. The SECC
>    constantly has higher club scores than those other clubs around us. I would
>    propose that everyone submit their contest scores for ARRL sponsored
>    contests that have a club competition to SECC. You can submit your other
>    scores to your local contest club if you wish to do that.
>    - Get on the air and submit your scores for SECC. We have many club
>    members on the roster that I've never heard on the air ever or haven't been
>    on in many years.  I'm not proposing having an activity requirement but if
>    someone hasn't been on the air in a contest in over 3-4 years that's
>    telling me they aren't interested in contesting (which is the purpose of
>    SECC) and maybe Chaz should purge those calls from the roster.?  Chaz and I
>    did a purge about the time I took over as president removing SK's and
>    others who've moved away. Maybe we should do more purges?
>
> I can't do all this by myself.  We need more club members to step up. I'm
> looking forward to feedback and discussion on the SECC reflector on this
> subject.
>
>
> Jeff KU8E
>
> SECC Club President
>
>
>
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