[NvHam] THE YHOTY AWARD NOMINATIONS CLOSE MAY 30 - NO VALID NOMINATIONS YET RECEIVED

[Dick Flanagan]

THE YHOTY AWARD NOMINATIONS CLOSE MAY 30 - NO VALID NOMINATIONS YET RECEIVED

As of the release of this notice we have not received any nominations 
for this years Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year 
Award.  Not a single one by e-mail.  Not a single one by the U-S 
mail.  Not even a phone call or e-mail asking for a nominating form.

Well, the nominating period for this years award ends at midnight on 
Friday May 30th.  Due to the mechanics of preparing for the award 
presentation ceremony it is impossible to extend beyond that 
date.  Any nomination received electronically after midnight May 30th 
or postmarked after midnight on May 30th will be deemed 
ineligible.  And if no valid nominations are received by that cutoff 
date and time the award program for 2008 will be cancelled.

And when we say valid nomination we mean one for a youngster age 18 
or younger who has made a major contribution in some way to the 
betterment of Amateur Radio.  This can be through public service, 
technical development, contributions to the state of communications 
sciences, recruitment of new hams or whatever seems to be an 
accomplishment worth honoring.

What is not acceptable are nominations that say something like .. "my 
7 year old just passed his tech test so give him a radio."

And if you think that we do not get our share of these, guess 
again.  About one in three nomination forms we have received over the 
years reads something like that because people do not read the rules 
and think that the Young Ham of the Year Award is some form of 
contest or prize drawing.  Its neither.  Its an award program now 
trying to enter its 22nd year and aimed specifically way honoring the 
accomplishments of the younger members of ham radio society.  As 
recipient, the person selected is given a free trip to the Huntsville 
Hamfest in August along with a piece of Yaesu brand ham radio gear 
from corporate underwriter Vertex Standard Corporation.  He or she 
also gets to spend a week at Spacecamp Huntsville courtesy of 
corporate underwriter CQ Magazine.

The Young Ham of the Year Award is open to any ham age 18 or younger 
living in the 50 United States, plus Puerto Rico and all Canadian 
Provinces.   A full set of rules along with a downloadable nominating 
form is on line at www.yhoty.org   Just click on the tab marked 2008 
nominations and follow the instructions that say "Download the 
nominating form as a PDF by clicking here."  Then, fill it out, 
attach the required substantiating material and mail it to Amateur 
Radio Newsline - YHOTY, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita, 
California, 91350.

If for some reason you cannot retrieve the form from the website, 
e-mail us to newsline at arnewsline.org.  Include your return e-mail and 
we will end a form to you electronically.

Once again, the cutoff for nominations for the 2008 Amateur Radio 
Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award is midnight on Friday, May 30th 
2008.  If we do not receive any valid nominations by that date the 
award program for this year will be cancelled.

Please on-pass this note to anyone whom you feel might have a valid nominee.

The bottom line is that whether a worthy young ham is honored this 
year, or not, is literally up to you.

Again, more information is on-line at www.yhoty.org

de
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
ARNewsline, Inc.
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
dick at k7vc.com