I just got back from HamXposition in Marlboro, MA. The ARRL had a booth there and were passing out these Radio Club Health Check checklists. The checklist includes the following items:
Meetings
- Regular meetings
- Presentations
- Welcome new members
- Building projects
Classes
- New license class
- Upgrade class
- Skills training
- VE sessions
Mentoring
- New hams mentoring
- Skills mentoring
- Net operation mentoring
- Digital skills mentoring
- Radio operation skills
Events
- ARRL Field Day
- Public service events
- Special event stations
- Member recruiting
- POTA
- SOTA
- Fox hunts
EmComm
- ARES nets
- ARES drills
- CERT training
- AUXCOMM
Youth & School Programs
- School presentations
- Demonstrations
- ARISS
- Scouts
- General youth outreach
Outreach
- Public service events
- Hamfests
- Morse Code training
- Community displays and demos
- Repeaters
Contesting
- ARRL contests
- DX contests
- Inter-club contests
- Digital contests
One could quibble about some of the items—I’m not so sure that a club has to participate in contests to be a healthy club, for example—but, in general, I like this list. It serves as a reminder of some of the things that your club can do to make it a more vibrant and engaging organization.
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