FYI
Harold Kramer, WJ1B
Chief Operating Officer
ARRL - The national association for
Amateur Radio
860 594 0220
hkramer@arrl.org
From: Ewald, Steve, WV1X [mailto:wv1x@arrl.org]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007
5:41 PM
To:
Subject: [
Hello, Section Managers.
Just a side note for your
information: I will be away from the office on a vacation from
September 19 (Wednesday) through October 2 (Tuesday). Chuck, K0BOG
(cskolaut@arrl.org) and Leona, KB1PKN (ladams@arrl.org) will be available and at
your service at Headquarters during that time. Thanks.
I have included a summary of highlights
from the September 13th teleconference with the Section Managers of
the Pacific Division. Good weekend wishes.
– Steve, WV1x
Summary of Highlights from the September 2007 Teleconference with
Section Managers
On Thursday evening, September 13, Membership and Volunteer Programs
hosted an ARRL telebridge teleconference with the Section Managers of the
Pacific Division.
We welcomed SMs Ti-Michelle Connelly, NJ6T (
Are there more ways to effectively communicate with section
members? Obviously, the Section Web pages, Monthly Section News
Summaries and the e-mail to section member list servers are used
frequently. However, what happens when only about a half of the members
in one’s sections are signed up to automatically receive the section news
or e-mailed announcements? This issue was discussed. One idea
for effective mass communication via e-mail would be to have the ability to
target Section e-mail to a certain segments (geographical, Congressional District)
of the section’s membership population.
In an effort to promote a better response to ARRL elections, there was
a suggestion that a neutral source (ARRL’s Home Web page?) simply have a
visible note or a sign prominently shown that mentions an on-going election in
certain division and/or section (no candidate names need to be
mentioned). This could serve as a helpful reminder during the election
period for members if they happen to live in the section or division where an
election is being held. It was stressed that ARRL Section Web pages, or
Section News or ARRL sponsored e-mail list servers are not appropriate forums
to discuss or mention elections.
Some SMs noticed that it is often difficult to get a radio amateur who
has passed his or her Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course(s) to
become active in the ARES program and/or even consider a local leadership
position. Ideas were exchanged to encourage participation.
ARRL membership recruitment is on the forefront for many Sections
Managers. Some potential strategies and incentives for recruiting were
offered in the roundtable discussion.
The Section Managers used this opportunity to discuss logistics for the
upcoming Pacific Division Convention in
73,
Steve Ewald, WV1X
Supervisor, Field Organization Team
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
860-594-0265