[KCDXC] ARRL Club Rules (Education form #1)

[tombaugh]

I'm not sure how many of you guys read.
Here are the rules for ARRL "CLUB COMPETITION"
Please note 8.3.3 (this applies for each contest)
Also Note 8.4.1.3, 8.4.1.4 as these apply to a 175Mile radius and meeting
attendance (although I think they're changing the attendance policy to
include Electronic participation)

8. Club Competition:
8.1. Six ARRL-sponsored contests include an ARRL affiliated club
competition:
8.1.1. January VHF Sweepstakes
8.1.2. (February and March) International DX Contest
8.1.3. September VHF QSO Party
8.1.4. November Sweepstakes
8.1.5. (December) 160-Meter Contest
8.1.6. (December) 10-Meter Contest
8.2. Only clubs actively affiliated with the ARRL may participate in the
club competition. This means the club:
8.2.1. Is affiliated with the ARRL, and
8.2.2. Has filed an annual report with the Field Services Department of ARRL
HQ within the last two years.
8.3. For a club to be listed, the following conditions must be met:
8.3.1. Entries from three different members of the club must be submitted.
8.3.2. The entry must clearly indicate the club name in the Cabrillo file
header.
8.3.3. The club secretary must send a list of all club members eligible to
compete for the club (not a club roster) and which level (unlimited, medium,
local) they wish to enter for each competition within 30 days after the
contest.
8.3.4. A member's score must be shown in the contest results to be counted
for a club. Only that score shown in the results (or in subsequent
corrections) will count for the club competition.
8.4. There are three categories of club competition:
8.4.1. Unlimited
8.4.1.1. Club submits 51 or more entries.
8.4.1.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
8.4.1.3. All stations and all operators must reside within 175 miles (282
km) of the club's center.
8.4.1.4. All members must attend at least 2 club meetings per year to be
eligible to submit an entry. (However, if the person has not been a member
for a year's time, they must have attended one meeting as a member prior to
the contest.)
8.4.1.5. Those club members who are disabled to the extent that they are
unable to travel are exempt from the two meetings per year rule. However,
they must be regularly active in club affairs.
8.4.1.6. To be considered bona fide, a member must be active in club
affairs.
8.4.1.7. Members living outside 175 miles and members that operate stations
outside 175 miles may not compete in the club competition. (See rule 8.6.)
8.4.2. Medium
8.4.2.1. Club submits 50 or fewer entries and does not qualify under the
local club criteria.
8.4.2.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
8.4.2.3. The same mileage and attendance requirements apply as the unlimited
class club.
8.4.2.4. Members living outside 175 miles and members that operate stations
outside 175 miles may not compete in the club competition. (See rule 8.6.)
8.4.3. Local
8.4.3.1. Club submits 10 or fewer entries.
8.4.3.2. One station can submit two entries--one on CW and one on phone in
the November Sweepstakes and the DX Contest.
8.4.3.3. All members must reside and operate within 35 miles of the club's
center.
8.4.3.4. There is no attendance requirement.
8.5. Single Operator and Multioperator station scores may be counted:
8.5.1. At a guest-operated single-operator station, both the guest operator
and the station licensee must be members of the same club in order to count
the score for that club.
8.5.2. At multioperator stations, at least 66% of the operators must be
members of the same club for the score to count for that club.
8.5.3. A multioperator entry may (optional) utilize non-member operators
licensed one year or less without including such operators in the above 66%
calculation. (The intent here is to encourage clubs to recruit contesters
from newer amateurs without adversely affecting the club aggregate score.)
8.6. For the ARRL International DX Contest, DXpedition (operating outside
the United States and Canada) scores for either single operator or
multioperator stations may be counted for Medium or Unlimited Clubs even
though the operation is outside the club's area, provided all other
requirements are met.
8.6.1. For single guest operators at a DX station, only the operator must be
a club member and meet all other criteria.
8.6.2. For multioperator stations, the score counts for only one club and at
least 66% of the operators must be members of that club and meet all other
criteria.
8.7. In conjunction with the two meetings per year rule, the club must hold
at least four in-person meetings per year.
8.8. A club's entry classification may be changed if, in the opinion of the
ARRL Awards Committee, the club has manipulated its number of entries to
allow the club to enter a lower classification. (For example, if a club with
100 members submits only the 10 highest scores, even if more than 10 of its
members wish to compete.)
8.9. It is not within the intent of these rules that a club should vote out
a member or that a member resign and then be voted back into the club later
so the member-attendance rule can be met.
8.10. The highest scoring active affiliated club entry in each category
(unlimited, medium, local) will be awarded a gavel.

Tom Baugh
AE9B