[PaQSO] Another question

[Michael Coslo]

> On Nov 10, 2015, at 6:36 AM, John Myers <tvguy07 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If I read your previous e-mail correctly, the submittal of a summary sheet
> will be voluntary, with a 300pt bonus for those who choose to submit one.

Absolutely voluntary. Look at it like in school, when the teacher has a raft of tests that come in with no name on them. This happens all the time. So she tells the kids that they will get 10 points just for putting their name on the paper.

I’ve been doing the party for ten years now, and usually about half the entrants don’t send summary sheets. Been a lot more this year.  Some of the logs don’t even have a Cabrillo header, just a callsign. So I spend a lot of time on QRZ looking up callsigns and names and addresses. So obviously not having a summary sheet doesn’t DQ a person.

So it’s pretty simple. If a person has a big issue with submitting a summary, which in many programs is a mouse click away, then they are under no obligation to do so. 

Most of the time people like bonus points.

However - complaints if they lose a county or section or plaque for want of the summary points?

That’s on them.

- Mike -