[LCC] K5ER response to: LA QSO Party may be gone

[Mark, K5ER]

I just read W5WZ's post, and having been an officer in the same general 
interest club for 19 years, can verify his comments. Once the Thibodeaux 
club took over the LAQP and the pressure was off, either Scott or myself as 
single ops, or the pair, as a multi-op with K5CZD, have won our entry 
category in the LAQP for the past 6 years. Some of us have NOT lost 
interest in the LAQP!

Some time back, W5EW, did approach the LCC to discuss the possibility of 
LCC taking over sponsorship of the LAQP. At the time, the club was less 
than 2 years old old, and had only about 2 dozen members. At the time, we 
were still trying to establish our own identity and direction for the LCC, 
and the group voted not to accept the responsibility at that time. Since 
that time, interest and participation by Louisiana contesters has continued 
to increase and Louisiana is no longer a rare multiplier.

Fast forward to now. The LCC is growing, and we now have just shy of 48 
members, including some of the top contesters in the state, who bring years 
of experience and knowledge to the table. A couple of us have casually 
kicked the idea around, and think it might be a good idea for the LCC to 
now step up and assume the sponsorship.

SO, to see where we are, lets try a poll. If we demonstrate enough 
interest, I'll bring it to the board so we can determine how to present it 
at the next meeting. IF you think the LCC should take on the LAQP, either 
send a message to the reflector, or to me personally, with a yes / no, and 
any comments on the subject.

What I DO NOT want to do is saddle our current Sec/Treas with the sole 
responsibility. If we decide to do this, with board input, I would appoint 
a LAQP committee, of probably 3 to 5 people to insure continuity and spread 
the load. At a minimum, they would be tasked with the following:
1. reviewing the rules
2. suggesting any changes
3. advertising the event
4. writing/borrowing software to do log checking
5. have a representative available to answer email questions from potential 
entrants
6. insure the current logging software authors are aware of any 
rule/scoring changes
7. post the results in a timely manner on the club's website

So first, is there enough interest to consider this? Second, If we follow 
through with this, who has the time/ knowledge/ desire to be on the 
committee. Remember, this is OUR club, and would be OUR responsibility. It 
would also be our opportunity to build the LAQP into a nationally 
recognized event that folks WANT to participate in and have "bragging 
rights" for winning.

73,
Mark, K5ER
President,
Louisiana Contest Club 
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