[Fists] New FISTS award

[nancy at tir.com]

Hi FISTS,

This is a new award starting Jan 15, 2010. Hope you have fun with it. 
It will be on the web page soon, and in the Keynote.

Pass it along, anyone can earn the award and there are no speed or type of key restrictions, etc. 

The FISTS Military Appreciation Award
The North American FISTS CW Club announces a new operating achievement award, the USA FISTS Military Appreciation Award. To earn the award, make 2-way CW QSOs with 100 FISTS members who are U.S. military veterans or currently serving in the U.S. military. 
Logs must include the following QSO information for the station worked: 
Call, Name, Date, Band, FISTS Number, and Branch of Military Service.
Each FISTS number may be worked only once for one point. Remember, it is the FISTS NUMBER that counts, not the callsign. If a person changes their call, you cannot work them again for credit, because they will still have the same FISTS number.
The award may be earned by anyone, FISTS and non-FISTS. The award is free, including postage, to current FISTS members who submit qualified logs. Those who are not FISTS members or are not FISTS members in good standing must include $3 cash, check payable to FISTS, or paypal to fists at tir.com to defray the expense of the certificate and postage. 
This is an open-ended award with no closing date, but contacts must be made on or after January 15, 2010. Contacts may be made on any legal CW band. Since the military record of FISTS members is not in the database, it is hoped that this award will encourage rag-chewing. If contacts are made on the WARC bands, please do it during a QSO and not in a “number chasing” manner. 
To submit your log via email, send an e-mail to Awards Manager, K6DF, at fistsawards at fists.org with your call sign, name and address, FISTS membership number, and the name of the award you are applying for. Attach your log of all contacts for the award to the e-mail. The ONLY files that can be accepted are; Excel, Word, and Text files. DO NOT send logs that are scanned images (jpg) of your log pasted into Excel and Word documents. 
If you are mailing your award application to K6DF via his callbook address, do not send your original log; send a copy.