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Due to an unfortunate hand raising incident, I now serve on the board of directors for the Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications System.\nIn my career as a Sales Engineer at Microsoft, I learned to identify and solve problems with our customers.   As a board member, I used the same analysis to see what I could contribute to the club as an officer.\nWhat became immediately obvious was the elephant in the room.  Ham Radio has 20 years left to live unless we recruit a new generation of Hams.  Our existing systems of recruiting and educating are not sufficient to overcome this problem.\nAs in my career, I used my own experiences as a template to identify problems. Problems that discouraged me, were probably impacting other new hams.\nProblems\nClubs\nClubs are the feet on the street for Ham Radio, but not all clubs are the same.  As new hams, my wife and I attended our first club meeting, and we were ignored.  People formed little cliques, gave us a cold shoulder, and we were so put off that it was 10 years before we went to another club.  Clubs like SPECS, while serving a vital function, are also not the best place for a new ham to find what they need.  We need a better way for new hams to find the appropriate club to meet their needs.\nRecruiting\nWaiting for people to discover Ham Radio and get a license is too slow.  We need to get out there and evangelize Ham Radio.  Field Day comes but once a year, and is not sufficiently targeted at recruiting. Clubs do not hold recruiting drives.\nDiscovery\nAs a new ham, finding the resources you need to get online is overwhelming.  There is too much and not enough information.   Finding the right club, choosing a radio, finding people to talk to.  I think we lose a lot of hams at this stage.\nStaffing\nHam Radio in the Bay Area is carried on the backs of a small number of volunteers. The number of people willing to serve is small, so what we can accomplish is limited by their bandwidth and resources.\nEducation\nSeems the only “Education” provided in SCCo is the ARES/RACES training.  Perhaps some clubs may provide a wee bit,  but I never found or benefitted from it.  If Leslie Grimm had not come to help us hook up our packet radio,   my Ham Radio would be rotting away in a box in our attic.  We need to provide education to get hams on the air, and engaged in fun activities.  After they are engaged is a better time for an EmComm upsell.\nSolutions\nI have limited resources myself, but I have put together a three part solution to try to address these problems.\nEvents\nThe first pillar of my solution is the use of MeetUp.com to host events.  In addition to helping new hams find activities to participate and learn, it also presents a single location to find meetings of all the local clubs.  Not only does it help new hams,  but being discoverable by the general public means it might also reach new potential recruits.\nSPECS has agreed to cover the cost of the MeetUp, and we will grant host access to any club willing to post their meetings and events here.\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.meetup.com/southern-peninsula-emergency-communications-system/\" \u0014Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications System | Meetup\u0015\nPhase One:  Phase one action on the MeetUp involves persuading each club to appoint an officer to maintain their presence on the MeetUp. Until I get their buy in, I have to try to coordinateall the events myself which is more prone to error and I am not the appropriate “host” when attendees have questions.\nPhase Two:  Phase two is more ambitious.   I have hosted multiple events myself designed to provide hands on activities for new hams, and a chance to learn.  I have also hosted events designed to evangelize ham radio, such as joint events with a hiking group to do a SOTA activation. I hope such activities that exploit shared interest may inspire a new wave of ","cbCaidgxHFGp94cw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidgxHFGp94cw","docx",19867,"English","# Introduction\n## Problems\n### Clubs\n### Recruiting\n### Discovery\n### Staffing\n### Education\n## Solutions\n### Events\n### Communications\n### Education and resources","[{\"question\":\"Why does the MasterHam Project focus on recruiting new ham radio operators?\",\"answer\":\"Ham radio is described as facing a long-term decline without a new generation. 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