Grant, KC0VTY, posted this to the ARRL Public Relations mailing list, but since we’re in the process of setting up our station/display at the Hands-On Museum, this struck a chord with me:
While this marketing professional’s tips about display booths don’t apply to a club’s budget, there are good points made. But you say you’re visual-design-challenged? [...]

This morning, I drove over to Utica, MI to attend the General Motors ARC “Trunk Swap.” They charged $5/car, whether you were selling anything or not. They were also selling donuts for a buck apiece. the thing started at 7am and ended at 10am.
I didn’t count exactly, but I’m guessing that there were maybe 15 [...]

Field Day 2008, although a little wet, was a blast as usual. I say a little wet, but we really got a lot of rain this year. In fact, I thought we were going to be late in getting things all set up because it started pouring about 9:30 am, just as we were in [...]

I spent most of the last week at the Rotary International (RI) 2008 convention. Rotary International is a service organization with over 1.2 million members who belong to more than 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries around the world. I am very proud of of being a part of this group.
The parallels between Rotary [...]

I’ve written many times about our efforts to set up an amateur radio station at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. Well, recently on the HamRadioHelpGroup mailing list, Jeremy, N2BUF, noted, “I am trying to compile a list of other Science Centers that have Amateur Radio clubs or Amateur Radio displays for kids.”
Below is a list [...]

On the qrp-l mailing list, Brian KB9BVN writes:
I belong to a local ARC and we, like most clubs, are shrinking, and most say it is do to boredom. So I suggested we do a group build….half of them said, but “but we don’t know how to solder”. I’m guessing half or [...]

I just got a note from Giorgio, IZ4AKS, about 1A4A, the amateur radio station of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He notes that this is “the first activity in a major contest from that little state.”
Their website is interesting to surf. One item reports that Marconi was actually a Knight of Malta. Another [...]

Our club needs a new banner, so I’ve come up with the design below. I’m not much of a designer, but I don’t think this is so bad. I’m also happy to get some suggestions. Fire away.
btw, I’m obviously using an unregistered copy of the drawing program I used to created this. It’s a [...]

I often hear hams lament that their communities show little interest in amateur radio. While this may be true, these hams have to realize that community involvement is a two-way street. To get communities involved in amateur radio, amateur radio needs to be involved with the community.
I’ll give you an example of what I’m talking [...]

Eleven folks attended ARROW’s first one-day Tech class on Saturday, July 28, with seven passing the test. They include:

KD8GTR - Chuck Graham
KD8GTS - Ty Graham
KD8GTT - Fern Katz
KD8GTU - Rachel Katz
KD8GTV - Naomi Katz
KD8GTW - Lorie Zupan

CONGRATULATIONS!
There was also another gentleman who passed the test, but I couldn’t find his new callsign in the [...]