Tony Viglio wrote:
If you been in a radio club, you've seen your share of characters.
Ham radio has no shortage of all types of personalities.

Ever see this guy before? He just joined our club.

Comes to first meeting. It's pretty obvious he's is the hyperactive
overbearing type, talks constantly & loudly, dominates the discussion.


Can't wait to see what happens at the fourth meeting
with this guy. We're betting he will run the entire meeting himself.



At one club I belong to (not radio, but here we are talking about
human interaction skills) a prospective member needs to visit and
participate in various activities (mostly informal and not at
all arduous tasks) for 8 separate club meetings (most meetings
are informal gatherings in the club house Tuesdays and Fridays)
(need not be consequitive). The purpose of this requirement is to
get to know the new guy and to see if we get along and like each
other. Someone obnoxious like the above radio club member is less
likely to be invited to join after 8 visits. And he as a visiter
would not be able to commandeer meetings and the club. This filtering
process has worked well, and we haven't had any serious interpersonal
problems (fist fights and such) happen. And we have a diverse group
of people anyway.

Once this guy decides that you're a club of "losers" and leaves,
consider installing a new member filter like this.