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

[K1DW at aol.com]

Mark,
 
Lets see what the W5YL gang wants to do....  thanks for your  replys..
 
Dallas
 
 
In a message dated 8/22/2011 11:29:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
k5er at arrl.net writes:

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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