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<DIV>Mark,</DIV>
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<DIV>Lets see what the W5YL gang wants to do.... thanks for your
replys..</DIV>
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<DIV>Dallas</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/22/2011 11:29:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
k5er@arrl.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>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 <FONT size=2
face=arial>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!<BR><BR></FONT>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.
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <B>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. <BR><BR></B>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:<BR>1. reviewing
the rules<BR>2. suggesting any changes<BR>3. advertising the event<BR>4.
writing/borrowing software to do log checking<BR>5. have a representative
available to answer email questions from potential entrants<BR>6. insure the
current logging software authors are aware of any rule/scoring changes<BR>7.
post the results in a timely manner on the club's website<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>73,<BR>Mark, K5ER<BR>President,<BR>Louisiana Contest Club
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