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On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:22 PM Mike Knerr via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:

> 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
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