Are we planning on having door prizes this year? On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:00 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
> To All,,, > I was thinking about field day just now. I asked myself "Why do you do > field day?" Well, that voice in my head answered back... > > "You are there to be with people that have a common goal and to show your > skills." > > Next question - "What are my goals?" > Again - "I want to test our skills as Emergency communicators. The level > of success is measured by how many contacts, and who I show it to." > > That was followed by "When I am done, who will care?" > That answer was -- "That is why I am inviting Schools and Government to > see and hopefully get them involved in the hobby and leave a positive spot > in the history of radio" > > That kind of refocused a few thoughts I have been talking about to people > and realized that I am on the right path, just that everyone words it > differently. > We have the contest guy - they want points > We have the social guys - they want to be with their kind > and > We have the guy who - let me show them what I can do. > > With those thoughts in mind, I propose the following > 1) bring the GOTA station to the main area - maybe in what I call the Fish > Tank or the main entrance > 2) make the conference are the class room > 3) have people to volunteer to bring Home Brew items to display on entrance > 4) have a 1 hr block for people to describe their Home Brew > 5) We have someone designated as the "Youth Mentor" -- This person would > be dedicated to welcoming youth that come and maybe introduce them to > members and eventually become a point of contact for them > 6) We have a 1hr block for those who do our "Engineering" and make sure > things work, take credit for their work and describe a bit of what they do. > 7) Also have a 1 hr block for Q&A and let our group share knowledge on the > question or even maybe have a lookup on web time. > > With those steps, I hope people see what we do better and give others that > are behind the scene a chance to thump their chest.. > Heck, maybe even Daphne and team can talk about cooking for a large group > .. Maybe???? > > I plan on bringing a projector to shine on the wall, so we can all see > what is going on on a computer that will be stationed in the main area too. > > Now with that said -- does anyone have any thoughts? (BE NICE!!!! I know > there is a guy watching this reflector. ) And please do not hold back > anything, I want this year to be the year of BVARC. > And if you have thoughts about what Field day is, please let me know - > let's try to see where that fits in too. > > -- > Richard Bonica > C: 281.935.7222 > Email: kg5...@gmail.com > Freq: 147.000 - DMR - Digital Mobile > CERT, CST, EST, WEB EOC, HSEEP, FEMA PD, Wilderness First Aid, CPR, Extra > Ameture Radio > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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