[SFDXA] The Future of the IOTA Programme

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:

Thanks Jack K4WSB
From: "Col MM0NDX dxer59 at gmail.com <mailto:dxer59 at gmail.com> 
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Date: October 10, 2015 at 2:58:04 PM EDT
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Subject: [IOTA-chasers] The future of the IOTA programme
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  Islands on the Air (IOTA) celebrated its 50th anniversary as a premier 
DX programme in July 2014. The last fifty years have seen the programme 
grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual 
participants. It is perhaps second in scale and scope to the DXCC award; 
indeed, many would argue it is even more challenging than that programme.

  Last year the Society’s Board identified a number of challenges that 
the programme faced, not least of which was the need to provide an IT 
system that would allow online island credit submission akin to Logbook 
of the World (LoTW). Since that time, a small group of IOTA enthusiasts 
has been working with the Society to ensure that the IOTA programme 
continues to grow and play the prominent role that it has done in 
Amateur Radio DXing and contest activity for the last fifty years.

  That work has now come to fruition and we are pleased to announce that 
a new organisation will be formed, to be called the IOTA Foundation. It 
will be run by IOTA enthusiasts and will manage the IOTA programme in 
partnership with the Society. One major task for the new organisation 
will be to develop a new online credit system that is due to be 
completed in 2017.

  Roger Balister, G3KMA, Bob Barden, MD0CCE, Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC and 
Johan Willemsen, PA3EXX, are the team who will implement the IT changes 
and form the IOTA Foundation, with representation from radio amateurs at 
home and abroad.>

[73, Col MM0NDX]
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  Posted by: Col MM0NDX <dxer59 at gmail.com <mailto:dxer59 at gmail.com>>