[SFDXA] ARLB046 "Section News," Line Scores Moving from QST to Web

[Bruce Phegley]

Sounds good to me, however the FCG is not happy!!
Bruce

Bill Marx wrote:
> 
> For those who may not have heard the news yet!
> Bill W2CQ
> 
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB046
> ARLB046 "Section News," Line Scores Moving from QST to Web
> 
> ZCZC AG46
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 46  ARLB046
> >From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  July 23, 2002
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB046
> ARLB046 "Section News," Line Scores Moving from QST to Web
> 
> Starting next January, "Section News" and contest line score results
> will appear on the ARRL Web site rather than in QST. Meeting July
> 19-20 in Windsor, Connecticut, the ARRL Board of Directors voted 9-6
> to approve a resolution formally relocating "Section News" to the
> ARRL Web site. "Section News" has appeared in the League's official
> journal at least since 1919. The "Section News" Web sites--already
> in place--will provide the officials of each ARRL section "the
> capability of an up-to-date information resource that can be
> tailored to the needs of their section," the resolution said.
> 
> The space freed up by relocating "Section News" will allow more
> in-depth coverage of general news, public service activities and
> "how-to" articles aimed at involving more amateurs in emergency
> preparedness. Members unable to use the Web can request their
> section's reports in hard-copy format.
> 
> The Board resolution noted that the past six months had given
> members the opportunity to understand the reasons for relocating
> "Section News," to discuss alternatives and to better understand
> and see the advantages of the expanded content available on the Web
> site.
> 
> Voting for the change were Directors Dick Isely, W9GIG (Central);
> Jay Bellows, K0QB (Dakota); Frank Fallon, N2FF (Hudson); Wade
> Walstrom, W0EJ (Midwest); Tom Frenaye, K1KI (New England); Dennis
> Bodson, W4PWF (Roanoke); Walt Stinson, W0CP (Rocky Mountain); Art
> Goddard, W6XD (Southwestern); and Coy Day, N5OK (West Gulf).
> 
> Directors Bernie Fuller, N3EFN (Atlantic); Rick Roderick, K5UR
> (Delta); George Race, WB8BGY (Great Lakes); Greg Milnes, W7OZ
> (Northwestern); Jim Maxwell, W6CF (Pacific); and Frank Butler, W4RH
> (Southeastern), voted against the change.
> 
> In a separate resolution approved by voice vote, the Board agreed
> that the ARRL Web site now provides a better medium to report the
> results of ARRL-sponsored contests, and line scores no longer will
> appear in QST. The change does not affect ARRL Field Day results,
> which will continue to be published in the magazine.
> 
> A Web site established earlier this year now includes, among other
> features, a searchable database of contest line scores for members
> and the ability to easily analyze individual and club scores.
> There's also an on-line Soapbox to post comments and photos
> immediately after a contest, as well as an expanded narrative for
> each event. The ARRL also now offers members the free Contest Rate
> Sheet newsletter, which focuses specifically on contesting.
> NNNN
> /EX
> 
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