Hi Everyone –
Rev and I conducted a somewhat extensive survey during the
month of September. It was designed over the four months prior with the
help of ARRL members around the division. Thanks to Bill N3LLR for lending
us a huge hand as well. We just completed the compilation of results and I
wanted to pass it your way about 1-2 days prior to when it’ll be formally
released to the Division and its section managers.
While this speaks only for the members of the Rocky Mountain
Division, there is some good information for all of us, including suggestions
on what we all can improve on. I hope that it, along with the results
from the recent
See the attached PDF file. It is also available at http://www.tribcsp.com/~arrlrm/survey/survey_results.pdf
(NOT FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE until I place the link on the homepage of our
Division’s website in a day or so).
Some of my impressions from the results:
--- League members seem to reside all over the chart in
terms of how long they’ve been licensed, and how long they’ve been
a member. A good thing!
--- The number of folks volunteering in the field
organization is nice, but can be improved greatly. While it’s up to
the SMs to promote and manage their field organizations, this may be an area
where the League can promote volunteering and the opportunities to volunteer a
bit more, somehow.
--- The statistics on what ARRL services/benefits are
utilized by my division’s members is a good metric. It might be of
interest to Harold and others to know.
--- Not a lot of folks attend ARRL forums at their hamfests
in the division…not sure if this is also true around the county.
Admittedly,
--- The League’s BPL efforts, particularly the court
case…enthusiastic support from the membership (as we hope and expect)
--- Regulation by bandwidth…our members didn’t
disagree with it as much as we thought, however there clearly wasn’t
significant support either. What strikes me is the huge number of folks
who ‘didn’t know’ if they supported the proposal – that
(to me) indicates a problem with our educating them of the proposal, its
concept, and its rationale. Also, what strikes me is the number of folks
who DID NOT let their thoughts be known to ARRL or the FCC when
solicited. They didn’t play a role in the process. Did they
not care? Give up on us? Leave it to the next guy to worry about?
--- ARRL’s legislative priorities…a significant
number of people said they didn’t even know what they were (though they
all support them greatly as the next few stats show). I wonder if the
same is true in other parts of the country. This suggests the need for
better promotion to the membership.
--- The direct-answer/feedback questions reveal a bunch of
ideas and desires from our dues-paying members. These might be of
interest to everyone on the Board. Please consider reading through them.
Comments and impressions are welcomed. Again, this is
not to be distributed anywhere else until posted to the public at http://www.tribcsp.com/~arrlrm
73,
Brian N5ZGT
ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division
ARRL Director-elect, Rocky Mountain Division