[NLRS] Contesting change proposal

[W0ZQ@aol.com]

Gary, thanks for forwarding the long email from K1KI and the MSC VHF-UHF 
Contest & Awards Subcommittee.   Those who attended Au'03 may remember Mike, KM0T, 
providing us with a brief status update on the subcommittee's work.   
After reading through this proposal (three times) I've been pondering how 
best to respond.  
First of all I think it is very important that we as individual VHFers let 
the subcommittee know how we feel about their proposal.   I highly encourage all 
VHF operators, NLRS members or not, to review this proposal and to provide 
feedback to them at vhf-contest-proposal@arrl.org  by their requested deadline 
of March 7th.    They have asked to hear from us and we should honor their 
request and be heard.    In your individual responses, please remember that these 
guys are volunteers who have invested a lot of their time to find answers to 
hard questions.

Secondly I've been pondering if we should respond as a club, and if so, what 
that response should be.   I have concerns about this .... on the one hand the 
subcommittees proposal, if endorsed by the ARRL, will have a major impact to 
all VHF/UHF and microwave contesting including the EME and the 10 GHz contests 
and its seems that our voice should be heard in this process.   On the other 
hand the proposal is long, somewhat complicated, possibly  radical to some, 
and I wonder if we as a club of many members can reach a common response or if 
it would cause division within the ranks .... this is additionally tempered by 
the fact that the NLRS is more than a VHF contesting club (we would exist with 
or without contesting). 

In summary, I greatly encourage all VHFers to read the proposed changes and 
forward their opinions, pro or con, to the subcommittee at the email address 
above.      

Secondly I would like to hear from NLRS club members as to if we should 
respond to this proposal as a club, perhaps with a letter from the NLRS.   As club 
president, please respond to me directly and indicate 
1.  if you think we should respond as a club or not, 
2.  if you endorse the proposal, oppose it, accept it in part, and/or what 
our response should state.    

After getting a pulse from the club I'll report back to the club on my 
findings and suggested actions.   Unfortunately the requested response date of March 
7th is before our club meeting at Au'04.

73, Jon
W0ZQ


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