I agree with Ria—we should opportunistically capture a larger share of Makers who have an affinity to radio and electronics. It will be important to do that in a way that is non-dilutive to our primary mission of amateur radio, but I’m sure we will find such actions if we keep our eyes open.

On Sunday, June 9, 2019, rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:

I was sent this by a number of folks including the Hall of Science ARC
in Queens NY.

https://www.cnet.com/news/maker-faire-make-magazine-shut-down/

The silver lining is that this could be an excellent opportunity for
ARRL to fill a void and capture not only a growing but also a younger
market. There are many who crave making and what better way than to
marry it to amateur radio. After all, making is in our DNA.

We have quite a few hams who are prominent in the maker community
including Ladyada (Limor Fried), AC2SN and also Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB
who does kit building workshops. And I can assure you that there are
many, many more in the shadows.

Ria
N2RJ
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