Come gather ’round hamsWherever you roamAnd admit that the LeagueHas far from grownAnd accept it that soonIt will be skin and bonesIf the League to you is worth savin’You’d better start engagin’Or it will sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin'(adapted from Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-changin’) With the publication of […]
Category: ARRL
Strategic partnerships with public libraries by ham radio clubs: Updates
Since the previous blog post got out and syndicated via AmateurRadio.com, I’ve had inquiries about how to go about building an effective relationship with a local library system. Some clubs have already done this but focusing on emergency communications activities. The ARRL tends to call these “served agencies.” This may be with a local Emergency […]
LiOTA: Libraries On The Air
As readers of my blog have likely observed, I’ve been promoting a “served agency” partnership between the ARRL-affiliated clubs and local public libraries. I’m told by my Division Director, David K5UZ, that the Plant the Seed, Sow the Future Initiative was formally adopted by the ARRL Board of Directors in a recent meeting. I’ve had […]
A recommended strategy for planting the seed…
My two blog articles here from 2020 about the role that the Public Library System can play in reaching young people and women—two demographics that the ARRL says it wants to reach—have not fallen on deaf ears in Newington, CT. It has moved forward it seems. I’m told that the ARRL Board of Directors has […]