De Ring
Introduction
At the end of 2005 some clubs realized that organizing events was becoming
more and more difficult for various reasons. Some people get older and prefer to
practice their hobby from within their own shack, others practice aspects of the
hobby that aren't often done at club events, ... Also at meetings, we often
see the same faces, and the same discussions about the same topics.
Despite the new ON3 license, and a lowered effort to become an amateur radio
station, the current situation is unlikely to change in a short time.
Concept
With these problems in mind, a number of clubs within the same geographical region
organized some informal meetings between ON4CHO (Jan - Herentals),
ON7WP (Pedro - Heist od. Berg), ON4ASB (Bart - Lier) and ON5GO
(Frans - Mechelen) to discuss the idea of a loose cooperation between
their respective clubs. As a result of this, "De Ring" was born on January
11th, 2006 and subscribes to the following basic concepts;
- All participating members of the respective clubs are welcome to
cooperate
- The respective clubs can be member of UBA, VRA, independent vzw, ... or
a combination
- The cooperation will be focused on organizing various events, not
political discussions
- While it started within the same geographical region, the cooperation is
open to all clubs
- UBA and VRA are requested to support the initiative
Mission
The actual mission of "De Ring" is defined as follows.
- On a monthly basis, each participating club will host a meeting of "De
Ring"
- The meeting will be part of the monthly meeting of the club itself (ie.
there's no specific/seperate meeting)
- The host club will try to organize a presentation, workshop, discussion,
... which will be promoted by all members of "De Ring"
- A centralised agenda will be hosted on the website of "De Ring"
As a result of this "De Ring" believes that the quality of events accross
different clubs can be improved and again welcome a bigger number of members.
Members
Following is a list of the current participating clubs, the responsible contact person and the clubs main website.
The main website of "De Ring" can be found at
http://dering.on7lr.org
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