With apologies to all, I need to correct my last - the members of the
committee are now publicly identified, both on the web page and in Bob's
2011 CQWW writeup. Definitely a step forward.
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
On 9/6/2012 2:47 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
Hi Willy - I think you're over-analyzing Randy's message, though I
acknowledge that I don't know the answers to "Why now?" and "Why this
way?" For the past 35 years, Bob has been pretty much the face and
voice of CQWW, and very much the decision-maker. So of course, it is
"the end of an era," even if the new guy keeps on pretty much the same
track. It *is* puzzling that his departure was announced before a
successor had been identified, but it may not be an easy job to fill.
Bob, himself, has been an agent of change in CQWW the last few years.
The relatively recent decision to open all logs, for example, is
diametrically opposite the position he took a decade ago when I
suggested an agreement between CQ and the ARRL to grant DXCC credit
for verified CQWW QSOs. At that time, he told me that he would never
approve the release of a single line from any CQWW log. Fortunately,
times have changed.
I do hope that the new CQWW management takes a more transparent
approach to the administration of the contest. I'm not suggesting
that measures taken to reduce cheating should be applied in public, or
even that positions taken by individual members of the Contest
Committee on various issues should be made public. I do feel that it
would be helpful to credibility if the members of the Committee were
publicly identified. I think that the contesting community would be
impressed by their experience and accomplishments, and that its
decisions would gain weight simply by letting us know who was involved.
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
On 9/6/2012 11:25 AM, Vladimir Umanets wrote:
The question is why he left so suddenly?
73s
Braco
E77DX /OE1EMS
It is one of the questions Braco. One other question I have about Bob's
retirement is why not one single CQWW CC member says something about it?
It looks more like a special forces operation rather than a normal
change of
directors of the biggest amateur radio contests in the world. Why? Is
everything
that bad in our hobby? Why Randy called it "the end of era"? What era
Randy are
you talking about? Does that mean the new director will implement
totaly new
policy and approaches? I like the way CQWW has been developing into
what it is now.
I hope it will continue developing like before.
As to me Bob has deserved a Big thank you from us all contesters to
say the least.
May be at some critical points Bob didn't act accordingly, but we all
make mistakes,
even the Kings. TNX Bob for all your efforts you've put into making
CQWW what it is now!
73's & GL, Willy UA9BA
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