Fred, that's a good list of questions. Thanks. I think we need to have some questions about Technicians. I've spoken and written a lot about what I call the huge disconnect that we have with the Technicians. Over half of the hams today are Technician class yet only 16% are ARRL members. Also, in one of our studies a couple of years ago, we found that a certain percentage (I don't recall the exact % but believe it was rather high) of the new Techs become inactive after one year. Dale had a question about how to activate the inactive hams but perhaps we need to add another targeted question about Techs specifically. Something like this: Q: More than half of the Amateurs today are Technician class hams. How have you seen this change in demographics effect the hobby over the years? Q: It appears that a good percentage of the new Technicians become inactive after one year. Have you seen this in your business and if so, what are your observations as to why? Q: Do you have specific ideas on how we can turn that around for the Technician class? (This relates to Dale's overall question about inactive hams.) Q: A large percentage of the Technicians are not members of the ARRL. Do you have any suggestions on how we can bridge that gap? Q: And overall, what can we do at ARRL to attract more members in general? Feel free to edit the questions. 73Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Jul 27, 2019 2:03 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:28450] Listening to Vendors <!-- #yiv5407161248 _filtered #yiv5407161248 {font-family:Helvetica;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5407161248 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5407161248 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5407161248 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5407161248 {font-family:"GoudyOlSt BT";panose-1:2 2 5 2 5 3 5 2 3 3;} #yiv5407161248 #yiv5407161248 p.yiv5407161248MsoNormal, #yiv5407161248 li.yiv5407161248MsoNormal, #yiv5407161248 div.yiv5407161248MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";} #yiv5407161248 a:link, #yiv5407161248 span.yiv5407161248MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv5407161248 a:visited, #yiv5407161248 span.yiv5407161248MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv5407161248 p.yiv5407161248MsoAcetate, #yiv5407161248 li.yiv5407161248MsoAcetate, #yiv5407161248 div.yiv5407161248MsoAcetate {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";} #yiv5407161248 span.yiv5407161248BalloonTextChar {font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";} #yiv5407161248 span.yiv5407161248EmailStyle19 {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;} #yiv5407161248 .yiv5407161248MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered #yiv5407161248 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv5407161248 div.yiv5407161248WordSection1 {} -->Version 2 of ideas for our “listening tour” attached. Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch RoadLincoln, MA 01773781.259.0088, k1vr@arrl.org New England Director Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT | | Virus-free. www.avast.com | _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
