Since NOBODY has stepped up to talk about the candidate for president (or any other candidate except for Andy), I do support Jay and will rejoin the club if he is elected.
Jay has served multiple terms as SBARC President and is very well acquainted with the club history.
The club does need money to continue operations. Personally, I am very much against SBARC becoming a beggar organization *dependent* on funds from outside sources.
So as an alternative, if Jay is elected, I am willing to head up a committee to sell "stuff" online. A business plan would be required, and presented to the board for approval.
My qualifications for doing so include 15 years of successful selling online, primarily on eBay, as well as some 20+ years selling at electronic swapmeets.
For anyone who (ignorantly) might think the amount of money that could be obtained that way would be insignificant, it would be relatively easy to make up a business plan to sell at least $100K a year. Doing only $1K a month would most likely take about up to a couple of hours per week.
The only condition is that I would be the benevolent dictator of the committee, a phrase I first heard from Art Harris when he was in charge of the (now defunct unfortunately) bazaar some 10 years or so ago. I can't imagine the board disagreeing since that is the basis of their proposed bylaw changes.
The benefits to the club should be obvious.
The benefits to committee members is they will get a first class education on market research, pricing research, listing copywriting, proper packaging techniques, and knowledge of the when to use the various services for maximum ROI.
Thanks!
Marvin, KE6HTS