Well - I agree...
But I am measuring this year on the following:
1) Did everyone leave under their own power... And with all the appengages
they came with.
2) Did at least 1/2 the attendees smile?
3) Did we kick butt getting points?
4) Are we leaving the weekend talking about what we did or do we need 2
aspirin?
5) Did Daphnie's food get to Richard (Sorry - that was a personal mesure)
6) In the after action report, do we need to change a lot?
7) Did we ROBS for everyone?
R) Respect and recognize everyone
O) Give opportunities
B) Make everyone feel like they belong
S) Make everyone feel safe
8) Did everyone get a chance to speak up and be heard?
9) As a club, did we get to share a meal and social time with each other?
I come from the Emergency handling and mitigation - Every exercise and
event is a way to plan and be ready for a true incident. After Action
Reports are important to me too.
The only thing I want to make sure of is that people give feedback and we
sort through emotional things and respond to the actual things we can fix.
When I do the after action report, I do not just say "well - this
sucked..." I also want to give a possible solution and why.
I hope that was clear, I do not want to throw out thoughts, but want to
make sure we are also working on things we can really fix.
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 6:32 PM K5BOU via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
> Great input Rich! I'm a believer in doing a survey after each major event.
> Do we know people's feedback? How do we me sure if the event was a success?
> We should not do it based on our personal thoughts but on what people are
> looking for. Just my 2 cents.
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> On May 15, 2024, at 18:16, Mike Knerr via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
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> If NY surgery comes out right, I'll sell tickets.
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> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:08 PM Richard Bonica via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
> wrote:
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>> Yes
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>> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:22 PM Mike Knerr via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
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