Hi all,
Hamfest this year will be held on Sunday, August 11th at the Elks Lodge
in Goleta. The SBARC Board approved the committee for the 2002 Hamfest
at the January Board Meeting and the current members are:
Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS - Hamfest Chairman
Dennis Schwendtner, WB6OBB
Darryl Widman, KF6DI
Tom Saunders, N6TX
Bernie Wright, W9ROH
Steve Hammer, KG6ENA
At this point, we do not have anyone to lead the cook crew and are
looking for someone to lead that team. If you know of someone who would
be interested in that position, please let me know.
Along the lines of a cook crew, one thing that might to help keep it as
a team is to do cooking events for other events. We used to have a BBQ
after the teardown at Field Day. This would be a wonderful way to start
bringing club members together in a way that can help to build club
spirit and participation. Having an event once per year makes it
difficult to keep any team together, so a thought is to perhaps have the
team also volunteer to do BBQs for other clubs/organizations similar to
what the Elks do.
One of my main Hamfest concerns (as it was when I was co-chair and chair
in 1995/96) is to build not only for this year, but for the future as
well. Working only on this years event is a sure formula for failure
next year. "Re-inventing the wheel" each year is not good management. As
such, we need to have a vision for not only this hamfest, but also for
the future. Where would we like the SBARC Hamfest to go? My original
vision was to see this event evolve into a major West Coast event. For
something like this to happen takes vision, people working together ...
and most importantly, a desire.
Another of my main concerns is people getting burned out at Hamfest and
not being able to enjoy the event themselves. This is not right. Hamfest
is supposed to be a fun event for everyone and we will be working to
make this an enjoyable event for everyone *including* the volunteers.
First please realize the Hamfest Committee is here to organize the event
and we will need YOUR help! A rough schedule leading up to Hamfest will
be:
Initial Planning Meeting
Form sub-committees to take care of the individual events.
Publicity campaign
Hamfest
Critique meeting - What did we do that was good, and what needs to be
changed!!!
While the initial planning meeting will only be open to committee
members, that does not mean we do not want input!!!!! In any
planning/brainstorming session, more than about 6 - 8 people becomes
non-productive. Future meetings will be open to everyone. Questions that
will be discussed at our first planning session include:
What are the goals for Hamfest, both this year and in the future?
What types of prizes and drawings will be most effective in building
Hamfest?
What type of events/activities will draw Hams from out of the area?
What type of events/activities do OUR club members want?
How can you help?
Let us know your ideas, what YOU liked about previous Hamfests, and what
you would like to see at this Hamfest. Let us know what you DIDN'T like
about previous hamfests as well. Publicity is important: tell your
friends about Hamfest and ask them to attend! Volunteer to help!!!
I'm certain things have been left out above and comments sent either
privately or to this listserver are welcome. I've copied the email
addresses of the committee on this email if you want to repond to anyone
privately. One of the major advantages to this listserver is that people
can keep informed and get active at a time convenient to them! So please
respond!!! I envision this listserver as one of the major ways of
communication with respect to Hamfest. The more people we get involved,
the more successful this event will be!!! And of course, we will keep
the latest information available on the SBARC web site at www.sbarc.org;
that information will become available after our first planning meeting.
Again, Hamfest will be August 11th, 2002 at the Elks Lodge, 150 N
Kellogg Ave, Goleta, California. I am looking forward to hearing from
you!!!
Marvin, KE6HTS
Hamfest Chairman, 2002
