[Wswss] [VHF] Re: ARRL Southwestern Division e-Communicator

[Bob Cumming]

As the "Commercial" Chairman of one of the 
largest US Hamfests and also an avid VHF+ 
contester let me give some insight as to picking dates for a Convention.

Once a large "Ham Fest" gets on the annual 
calender, vendors get used to the date.  Many are 
committed to attend "Major" events a year in 
advance and it is not in their interest to change 
dates midstream.  If a "Major Ham Fest"  wishes 
to stay in business,  it keeps the same weekend 
every year without even consulting the Contest Calender.

VRY 73

Bob Cumming
W2BZY
QRV 160M-3CM
from el98hr

Also:
Commercial Chairman
HamCation® 2012


At 12:07 PM 6/9/2011, Jim Forsyth wrote:
>While it's true that any date you pick will 
>conflict with something. Why does it always have 
>to be the same date so that it always conflicts with the same thing?
>I know there have been some exceptions but most 
>of the time it's on the VHF contest weekend.
>
>Jim, AF6O
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Richard J Norton, N6AA
>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:39 PM
>To: Marty Woll
>Cc: wswss at mailman.qth.net ; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
>Subject: Re: [Wswss] ARRL Southwestern Division e-Communicator
>
>Marty has summed up the issues. Seemingly no matter which date is
>selected, there will be some who will be offended.
>
>Typically, the convention falls on the first weekend after Labor Day,
>which is likely to conflict with the VHF Contest. It is up to the
>sponsoring organization to pick the date. I am happy that we still
>have groups willing to put the conventions on, as there are no
>division conventions anymore in many of the ARRL divisions.
>
>As Marty also said, 2012's is in February, because the group that will
>sponsor it, will do so in February.
>
>73,
>
>Dick, N6AA, VHF Contest Flyweight
>
>On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Marty Woll <n6vi at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>>Hi, Ralph.
>>
>>I'm with you on this, but the sponsoring clubs, not ARRL or its officials,
>>choose the convention dates.  I have lobbied for a long time about this, but
>>we have to work it forward several years due to the long lead time required
>>to secure a venue for the convention.  Actually, last year's SWD
>>convention (San Diego) was not on the contest weekend (but was on Yom
>>Kippur, upsetting several people who otherwise would have attended), and
>>next year (Yuma) will be in February, far from any VHF contest date but, as
>>usual, in conflict with the ARRL DX CW weekend.
>>
>>If you want to know how much pull I have in these matters, consider that, in
>>most years, the ARRL Board meeting in CT is the same weekend as the ARRL
>>January VHF SS, taking me out of the running of that one most of the time.
>>Too many events . . . not enough weekends!
>>
>>I'll talk to you from Frazier this weekend.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Marty N6VI
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: k6tsk at juno.com
>>To: memberlist at www.arrl.org ; Worm at Alert
>>Cc: n6aa at arrl.org ; n6vi at arrl.org ; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu ;
>>wswss at mailman.qth.net
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:06 PM
>>Subject: Re: ARRL Southwestern Division e-Communicator
>>Hay guys, why is it that The Southwestern Div. Convention is also held
>>during the Sept. VHF contest???????
>>Will this ever change????
>>
>>73  Ralph K6TSK
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