Clubs are stronger together
Most clubs face the same handful of problems: recruiting new members, finding meeting space, funding repeaters, running exams and finding presenters. Regional Club Councils bring club leaders together so those problems get solved once and shared, instead of being rediscovered by every club separately.
What a council does
- Meets quarterly (usually online) with one or two representatives per club.
- Maintains a shared regional calendar so hamfests, exams and field events do not collide.
- Pools resources: loaner equipment, trailers, tower crews, tents and demo kits.
- Coordinates joint public service and emergency communications planning.
- Shares presenters from the National Presenters Panel.
How the regions are drawn
Each state is divided the way its own agencies already divide it — Missouri uses the nine Highway Patrol troop areas, which are also its emergency management regions. Every county sits in one council, so a club belongs to the council covering the county it meets in and nothing has to be joined or filled in.
Missouri is seeded first and other states follow as their council structure is agreed. Each club listing in the directory shows the council it falls in.