[SBE] SBE Chapter Attendance & Membership

[Larry Bloomfield]

Al:

Yours is an unusual situation. When I posted what I did, I knew my 
fellow engineers in such places as Alaska, Hawaii and Guam would have a 
more difficult time, but these are territories that are covered by many 
companies and I have no doubt that some kind of an arrangement could be 
made to make a presentation to SBE chapters while calling within the 
territory they are supposed to be supporting.

 

* Larry Bloomfield*, *KA6UTC*

1980 25th St., Florence, OR 97439

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Albert Muick wrote:

> I would definitely support the Chapter of the Internet.  I work for the UN in Haiti and just can't afford plane flights every month to Miami or elsewhere to attend a monthly meeting.  This unfortunately would also cost me a couple days' leave time.

>

> I think you paint too rosy a picture of how to get free presentations/training, etc.  I have spent the last year arranging training for the beginning of April.  I have the transmitter manufacturer (Eddystone) coming to us to give advanced training for up to 5 people to the tune of 17,000 Euros.  We were originally supposed to go TDY there, but all of our travel money got snapped up for some project.  We don't have GMs here, and most UN missions are clueless about radio.  My main support comes from HQ in New York, who override local mission bureaucracy when I can't. 

>

> If you'd like to come here and give some training (and perhaps spring for lunch or dinner!), please let me know.  I'd be willing to spring for the plane ticket.

>

> How many other members are in my situation as far as local meetings go, I wonder?  

>

> Al Muick, CBRE,

> Technical Director

> MINUSTAH Radio

> United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Larry Bloomfield <Larry at Tech-Notes.TV>

> To: sbe at hidden-valley.com; sbe member discussion mail list <sbe at sbe.org>

> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:38:46 AM

> Subject: [SBE] SBE Chapter Attendance & Membership

>

> I'm not sure where the credit should go, but this re-mailer has been 

> implemented during Barry Thomas's administration. I think it is a great 

> idea and he should be proud to bring about a tool that will help link 

> many of us together.

>

> I recall several years ago having breakfast with Sam Garfield while I 

> was in Charlotte, NC while doing the Taste of NAB Road Show and 

> discussing *_his_* idea for the need of an on-line (Internet) SBE 

> chapter similar to the Amateur Radio Chapter that has been around for a 

> while. I agreed with him then as I do now.

>

> Anything that will help share information and help educate us is a 

> welcome thing in my book.

>

> While doing the Road Show, I often times hear folks say that it's too 

> far to go to a monthly SBE meeting. I have a problem with that. I travel 

> 65 miles one way to attend my chapter meetings and I know guys in 

> Montana and elsewhere that put that to shame traveling hundreds and yes, 

> I said hundreds of miles one way to attend an SBE meeting.

>

> It has been my experience here in Oregon that there are thee things that 

> will help build a chapter's membership and improve attendance: programs, 

> programs and programs! Where else can you get 2 hours of free education 

> every month: an education that would cost either you or your company a 

> bloody fortune if you had to pay for it? Many time the presenter will 

> even spring for either lunch or dinner.

>

> I hear guys say that getting programs is tough. My response to that is: 

> BS. I book all the programs for both Chapter 76 in Eugene and Chapter 

> 141 in Medford (Oregon). Most of the time Chapter 124 in Portland has 

> the same program as well. We're book up through the end of the year. I 

> understand there is a similar arrangement in up-state New York with 

> Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. It is this kind of cooperation 

> that will attract good program presenters, making it worth the time and 

> effort for them to bring their latest technology to you and make 

> attendance worth _*your*_ time and effort. While doing the Taste of NAB 

> Road Show, I offer to help any of the chapters where I go to help get 

> them programs if they're having any difficulty. I never spend even as 

> much as an hour a month trying to get programs for our Oregon chapters. 

> It's really a no brainer.

>

> There are a number of ways this "Chapter of the Internet" can work and 

> share new technology with anyone who wishes to join in. I would like to 

> say, however, that the "Chapter of the Internet" should never take the 

> place of the local -- live and in living color chapter. There no 

> substitute for the camaraderie and fellowship that can take place at an 

> SBE meeting. I've seen the Chief Engineers of fiercely competitive 

> stations helping each out as the result of their meeting at an SBE 

> meeting and helping each other work out problems.

>

> There is one other ingredient that will help make a chapter successful 

> and that's the support of your General Manager. It never hurts to invite 

> him or her to a meeting where the topic might be of interest and don't 

> be afraid to let them know that the time you take off for the meetings 

> is saving them a bundle in educational expenses. To that end, you might 

> even want to get in good with your state association of broadcasters and 

> have them say what your program for the month is. The GMs will defiantly 

> see that and may even ask if you're going. Heck, they might even ask if 

> they can tag along. Our April program is the National Weather Service 

> (NOAA) and what they can do for broadcasters - now there's a good one 

> for not only the GMs but the local weather person as well. :-)

>

> Just to let you know how successful an SBE chapter can be, we just 

> finished off this weekend (Friday & Saturday) with Gary Sgrignoli and 

> his two day VSB seminar. All three Oregon SBE chapters participated. 

> Even though we invited all the SBE chapters from the surrounding states, 

> we had NO out-of-state attendees and yet we still had 42 in attendance: 

> only about half of them SBE members. We passed out no less than ten 

> applications for membership to guys who asked for them.

>

> As a well know organization says: "It works if you work it!"

>

>

> *Larry Bloomfield*, *KA6UTC*

>

> 1980 25th St., Florence, OR 97439

>

> (541) 902-2424 -- Everything

>

> WWW.TECH-NOTES.TV <http://www.tech-notes.tv/>

>

> See you on the *Taste of NAB Road Show 

> <http://www.tech-notes.tv/2008/2008-Itinerary.htm>*

>

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>

>

>

> Jeff Carter wrote:

>   

>> I think I'd like an Internet Chapter.  That's a good idea, Sam.

>>

>> I would be much more likely to participate in some fashion if there were an 

>> Internet Chapter.

>>

>> I'd like to draw a distinction here between the "webinars" and a true Internet 

>> Chapter.  By this I mean when there's a presentation at a normal SBE Chapter 

>> meeting, I don't think the hat is passed around, but it seems that there's 

>> always some sort of charge associated with these "webinars", at least the 

>> ones I knew about.  

>>

>> Considering that it costs much less to put on a "webinar" than a conference or 

>> most sorts of "live" events, why are they so expensive?

>>

>> I am very glad that the remailer has sprung to life, providing some sort of 

>> value in exchange for SBE Membership dollars.  

>>

>> I had no idea there were this many of you out there.  I thought you'd all 

>> retired.

>>

>> Jeff

>> Atlanta

>>

>>

>> On Sunday March 16 2008 13:02, Sam Garfield wrote:

>>  

>>     

>>> Any thoughts on Internet SBE Chapter?

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