Alan & Bill,
Maybe your views are CORRECT but such view simply should not be expressed under this topic, which calls for help in the Hokoon classes. By doing so, are you discouraging or insulting these helpers (including those who help the ROADSIDE Astronomy activity)? What you are doing is putting salt onto wounds. Moomi has been doing her best to get more helpers and Bill, you as the President, is totally wrong in giving such comment here, under this topic.
First of all, if you feel too much resources is put into this activity, and this leads to our members being ignored, you have every right (or is this one of your duties as our leader??) to discuss this thoroughly in the EXCO, and maybe even STOP such activity if you feel this is bad for HKAS.
Also please check what resources has been used, and what gain we have earned, before making such unfounded comment in this open forum.
Back to the 忽視培訓會員 point. I have all the time trying to get more member involved in these classes. It is not just an activity for 推廣. If more members come to help in these classes, we can set up more small telescopes each evening and they can observe in samll groups, instead of the present situation, where we can only utilise 2 or 3 telescopes with more than 15 in one group. Through such participation, our members will surely benefit by actively involved in leading the students and advance themselves at the same time. Moreover, this will provide a long term commitment for the members, allowing them to build up their own field of interest. I believe this is the way to maintain the momentum and interests of our members. You can see many of our young members (like BUG) who have develop their interest in a specific field and then are hooked for life! I suppose this is the way to 培訓會員.
When I proposed many years ago to Hokoon to open an evening to the public, my excuse was to give support for the teachers, but my hidden agenda was to involve more members and hope that eventually we'll have a free observation evening each month. My proposal was adopted and has been going on, but my aim was squarely defeated!
Finally, if you like to talk more on 只顧推廣,忽視培訓會員, please iniate another topic, not HERE to make Moomo's effort much more difficult or to insult the helpers.
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