[KCDXC] DXCC Rule Change

[Mike ZooLoo]

>From ARRL website.  73, Jim (AA0MZ)

DXCC rule change adopted (Jan 20, 2004)

-- At its January meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors
removed paragraph 1.c) "The entity has a separate IARU
member-society" from the DXCC Rules criteria for
determining a DXCC entity. This provision, implemented
in 1998 as part of the DXCC 2000 Program, had provided
that "An entity will be added to the DXCC List as a
political entity if it. . . has a separate IARU
member-society." Since then, the rule has allowed for
the addition of four new DXCC entities and the
retention of one existing entity. Unfortunately, the
provision also had the unintended consequence of
stimulating applications for IARU membership that do
not further the objectives of the IARU, creating an
unfortunate and unnecessary administrative burden. The
rule change will have no effect on entities created by
or as the result of the rule. According to DXCC Rule
II, 5. C), "A change in the DXCC criteria shall not
affect the status of any entity on the DXCC List at
the time of the change." The other two criteria for
the determination of a political entity for DXCC
continue in effect: 1.a) "The entity is a UN
member-state." and 1.b) "The entity (except
international organizations) has been assigned a call
sign prefix block by the ITU." The Board resolved to
amend the DXCC rules by deleting IARU membership as a
basis for determining a "political entity."


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