The Amateur’s Code was originally written by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA in 1928. One of its tenets is:
The radio amateur is balanced. Radio is a hobby never interfering with duties owed to his family, job, school or community.
As part of my duty to my community, I am a member of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, and I’ve written about the parallels between amateur radio and Rotary in the past. Yesterday, I used my skills as a teacher/trainer to help other Rotarians and their clubs by being a “facilitator” at a Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI), which is a grassroots leadership development program.
Being a facilitator at an RLI training session is a lot different than teaching a one-day Tech class. They don’t call us teachers or trainers because our job isn’t so much to tell the attendees what we know, but rather to lead or guide the discusssion. We try to get the attendees to share their experiences on a particular topic.
I led two sessions yesterday: Creating Service Projects and Attracting New Members. If you think about it, both of these topics are relevant to amateur radio and amateur radio clubs.
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