Comments on: Reply to a new ham http://blog.rac.ca/?p=1332 All about ham radio in Canada - Tous pour la radioamateur au Canada Sun, 12 May 2013 22:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly Martin - AB9RF http://blog.rac.ca/?p=1332&cpage=1#comment-357 Kelly Martin - AB9RF Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:34:31 +0000 http://racblog.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-357 Pardon me for butting in, Peter, but I think you might want to rethink your response here. Matthew's problem with RAC seems to be that he doesn't see what benefit he gets out of joining. Your response doesn't seem to set out any benefits for him, or others similarly situated to him, to join RAC. It's not enough to just exhort people to join RAC. You have to give them solid reasons why joining RAC will aid them in the pursuit of whatever interest it is that draws them within the admittedly complex sphere of amateur radio. This is a problem I face every year when I decide whether or not to renew my ARRL membership. I imagine RAC members face the same difficult decision. You need to make the case to members, and to prospective members, why RAC membership is in their interest. And the post above, as I see it, utterly fails in that respect. Pardon me for butting in, Peter, but I think you might want to rethink your response here. Matthew’s problem with RAC seems to be that he doesn’t see what benefit he gets out of joining. Your response doesn’t seem to set out any benefits for him, or others similarly situated to him, to join RAC.

It’s not enough to just exhort people to join RAC. You have to give them solid reasons why joining RAC will aid them in the pursuit of whatever interest it is that draws them within the admittedly complex sphere of amateur radio.

This is a problem I face every year when I decide whether or not to renew my ARRL membership. I imagine RAC members face the same difficult decision. You need to make the case to members, and to prospective members, why RAC membership is in their interest. And the post above, as I see it, utterly fails in that respect.

]]> By: Rik van Riel AB1KW http://blog.rac.ca/?p=1332&cpage=1#comment-356 Rik van Riel AB1KW Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:45:24 +0000 http://racblog.wordpress.com/?p=1332#comment-356 While a nice story, I do not see anything in the article about what RAC has to entice curious young people into the hobby of amateur radio. Is that a confirmation of Matthew's complaint that RAC doesn't have anything for that target audience, and if so, are there plans to create material or activities to draw curious technically minded college age people into amateur radio? While a nice story, I do not see anything in the article about what RAC has to entice curious young people into the hobby of amateur radio. Is that a confirmation of Matthew’s complaint that RAC doesn’t have anything for that target audience, and if so, are there plans to create material or activities to draw curious technically minded college age people into amateur radio?

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