[LCC] new LCC membership roster poster

[Mark Ketchell]

Fellow LCC members,
      We have now posted the LCC membership 
roster on our web site. The list is behind a 
simple user/password, to keep the scan-bots from 
getting to it. The page is: 
http://louisianacontestclub.org/members.htm . The 
user and password (case sensitive)  are in the 
box on the right side of the page.

      I apologize for the delay in getting the 
list posted. We changed Sec/Treas this year and 
it took some extra time to change over from 
Quickbooks® based accounting  to an Excel® based 
system. Because a few member's dues payments had 
been temporarily misplaced (all are 100% 
accounted for now), and therefore not posted as 
timely as normal, we have given the maximum 
latitude for the year your dues were credited. 
Any member who paid in 2015, but didn't show up 
on the roster in 2015 have been given credit for 
2016. Additionally, any member paying for a FULL 
year after August 1 of 2015 were credited for 
2016. All checks and paypal payments received 
through Feb 8, 2016 have been credited.

      The posted roster shows your projected end 
date, and if we have not received dues for the 
current year (2016), the year that we show your 
membership lapsed. If you feel that we are 
incorrect, please contact me via email and I will 
research further. We ask all members to check the 
page and if we show your membership as expired, 
please consider renewing and joining in the 
camaraderie of contesting. Yes, it is easy to 
forget, but it is also easy to get signed back 
up! We still take check via mail; check or cash 
at live meetings; or paypal. Address for check 
and paypal info are available on our page: 
http://louisianacontestclub.org/dues.htm . If 
using paypal, please include your call and the year you are paying for.

      We encourage all members to stay current on 
their dues, and to participate in as many 
contests as possible. Among other things, your 
dues are used to support our web site and 
reflector, the Louisiana Qso Party (LaQP) 
certificates and postage and several plaques for 
international contests. The LaQP is continuing to 
grow and we have received several very positive 
comments on the certificates we mailed out for 
2015. More info on LaQP is available at: http://laqp.org/.

      Participation in club activities is 
contagious and as we form teams and encourage 
activity on the reflector, we ask you to speak 
up, join a team, and get on the air. If you do, 
others might just do the same and we will find 
ourselves competing with (and sometimes beating) 
some of the larger clubs across the country. 
Let's get on the air and have fun participating as a CLUB!

      Back to the roster - you will also notice a 
different look to the roster. It was felt that 
even with the front door, having email addresses 
posted might make it too easy to end up on a spam 
list. I would like to poll the membership here, 
and at the meeting in Rayne (March 12) to see 
just what information you would like to have 
shown on the roster. Knowing ARRL membership 
helps us when we file our annual report for ARRL 
affiliation for the club. Information we could keep or add could include:
phone number
email address
basic address
complete address (parish and grid square)
license class
personal web site url
etc.

      If you have any comments or suggestions, 
please just drop me a personal note and I'll get back to you.

73!
Mark, K5ER
LCC Sec/Treas