[Dx-qsl] DXCC

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Quite simply anyone that says the information doesn't exist is
blowing smoke.  By Bill's own admission, there is a table in the
current DXCC program that lists approved/unapproved operations
and he updates it regularly - sometimes multiple times in a day.

Expecting a third party like the Lynx group to collect bulletin
announcements to update a web page that does not appear to have been
touched in five years is absurd on its face.

It should take a database programmer *a few hours at most* to write a
report generator on the DXCC software to create a list - similar to
what is done to generate the "DXCC Standings" and "DXCC Applications
Received" reports that are posted at www.arrl.org/dxcc on a daily
or weekly basis.

There is nothing in this request/proposal that would increase Bill
Moore's work load by a single minute - that he continues to stone-
wall *reasonable* sunshine in the DXCC program based on his work load
is total nonsense.

I've been at this "game" for 35+ years and *never* have I felt there
was less "customer focus" than has been displayed by one person than
in the last couple years.

 > To overcome the staff, I think members need to go to their Directors.

I have made my feelings on his matter known to my Director, ARRL
Executive Management and Manager of the MVP Department (which includes
the "Awards Desk"/DXCC Program).   This is not a case of "the data does
not exist", "how to,"  or "time to" get the job done ... it is a simply
that there is no "want to".

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 4/30/2013 12:00 PM, dx-qsl-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:58:29 +0000
> From: VR2BrettGraham<vr2bg at harts.org.hk>
> To:dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] DXCC
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> W3WN said:
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>> >But if he & his staff simply don't have the time to maintain a public
>> >database,
> About seven years ago, every year I would ask for this information &
> never got a reply.  No mailer-daemons coming back, so it had the
> appearance of a member being ignored by staff.
>
> The information already exists & to present it would take all of how
> long it takes to add link pointing to & putting a copy of the file on
> the ARRL web server.
>
> Unless it's still on paper...
>
> To overcome the staff, I think members need to go to their Directors.
>
> 73, ex-VR2BG/p.
>