[grc] GRC Meeting - TONIGHT @ 8 PM ET

[Michelle Bradley]

Good afternoon from Riverton.

I will be unable to make today's Zoom at 8PM.  That is after we shut 
down for the night here and when we spend time as a family.

Family is one of the issues that we need to discuss when considering 
whether to have a 2023 live GRC, as well as good event planning.

We have been down this road before with hastily planned GRCs and they 
have not been great in comparison to those that are well planned a year 
or more in advance.  Those who have been to the near-annual GRCs of the 
past know what I mean.

First of all, we are already going into April.  A lot of people, 
especially the vendors who will financially support the show as well as 
the subject matter experts already have their agendas and budgets set up 
for the year.  It is way too late to insert anything new so quickly.

In addition, 2023 is our first year in what some may call the 
"post-COVID" world.  While COVID19 still exists, the new cases and new 
strains have stabilized and as a result, more people are returning to 
more normal activities.  This includes time spent with families and 
other vacations, which would have been very restricted or not possible 
in the past recent years.  We owe this to our families.

I seriously do not think we should be spinning our wheels in getting a 
2023 GRC out.  Instead, I think we should be working right now on a 2024 
GRC.  This way we can have a date and site before year's end (preferably 
by end of 3Q) so vendors, subject matter experts, attendees and others 
can properly prepare and budget for attendance.  This would also allow 
for the formation of a collectively natured GRC Steering Committee that 
includes as many stakeholders in the noncommercial educational broadcast 
sector who wish to be on board.

Therefore, I would definitely support the reformation of the GRC 
Steering Committee and I nominate myself as one of the members of this 
collective, but I cannot support using efforts to present a 2023 GRC, 
but instead, be focused on a 2024 GRC and making it the best GRC ever.

-- 
*Michelle Bradley, CBT, KU3N*
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