Fred, I'm curious on two items here. First, do you have a thought on what sponsoring the QSL Bureau would look like? Members send cards, and receive back via the local groups. How would a sponsor enjoy any return on investment with no ability to advertise to the users? Would we ask to have a IEASU, YCOM, KENCO, ALINWOOD "QSL Card" included in the inbound bundles to members? Second, are you asking if LOTW "should" be sponsored, or "no longer" sponsored as the web page already has more advertising than some would like to see. This is a good idea, and thanks for taking the lead on it Fred. Mark, KB7HDX On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 8:13 AM <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
At the most recent meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, I put forth a motion suggesting that the Division Director and two members of the Legislative Advisory Committee should attempt to meet with a few principals from each of the 15 or so major vendors to the Amateur Radio Community.
As I understood it, there was overwhelming agreement that we have things to learn from our vendor community, but that a minute in our published minutes would have negative implications. I withdrew the motion.
The next major regional convention occurs soon, September 6-8, and happens to be here in New England (“Boxboro,” https://hamxposition.org). I expect that K1TWF will be able to tell me which major vendors will have management present. It may be only one or two. But nonetheless, it will be a good opportunity for a trial run at a qualitative survey.
The plan:
· A Thursday (during the day), or evening meeting – requested in advance – and off-site.
· Not a lot of questions, and those that are asked may best be open-ended.
· A summary provided to the Legislative Advisory Committee to help the next round of qualitative interviews.
· A report back to the Board by July 2020.
A guideline to such interviews (and it is clear that chats on the show floor are nowhere near as good) is attached. It is only Version 1. Improvements welcome!
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