[CCF] [TOEC] Copy of open letter to SM5MEK

[Mats Strandberg]

Hello J-P !

I am glad to hear that you would be available for a post in a possible
future SAC Work Group. Regardless if we call it like this, or a more formal
name like SAC Contest Committee, the important thing is that we at least
acknowledge the interest from the Nordic Radiosport Community to make a
change.

Needless to say, we need to proceed the right way, and I guess it is just to
start again formulating the same kind of letter that was presented
informally during the NRAU meeting last year.

This perhaps somewhat frustrated attempt to get things going would not have
to take place in case:

1. The Nordic HF Contest Managers were PRO-ACTIVE and comminicated between
each other.

2. If they already themselves had admitted that huge problems has occurred
in SAC organisation during the last 10 years.

3. If NRAU during their rare meetings had agreed that a SAC Contest
Committee would be the best thing for SAC to remain vital and to have a
chance to develop with modern technology in order to be more customer
oriented and efficient.

The situation is now that we lack a stable and efficient group of Nordic HF
Contest Managers who CO-OPERATE and COMMUNICATE; let us face that and
realize that this is a problem...

Either we try to make these managers to realize that they have a common
responsibility to maintain and develop a good Radiosport organization not
only in their own countries, but also more important in the Nordic countries
as a unit. This simply because we have a COMMON responsibility - The
Scandinavian Activity Contest.

I personally do not think that I have to make a nother letter in order to
convince the Nordic Contest Managers to realize that a majority of Nordic
contesters want an independent SAC Contest Committee.

It is the work of our Contest Managers to start talking to each other and to
listen with the ear to the ground they are walking on. It is THEIR task to
compose this letter and to sign it and deliver it to NRAU and back to the
source where it came from. This request is not any news to them... They are
all informed and unfortunately extremely quiet about it.

The HF Contest Managers perhaps do not need to be active themselves in every
single contest, but I must openly admit that the silence and non-activity in
the existing national and Nordic Radiosport forums from some of their side
is amazingly low. This is NOT a good sign for Nordic Contest community.

I ask for more activity in public from their side, and better activity and
understanding to listen to the grassroot level of Radiosport.

Where are you guys and girls?  Make yourself visible and active so we feel
that we have a counterpart to talk to and propose new ideas and suggestions
for improvement that will serve all the Nordic Contest Community.

With all respect to work in the silence, but to be a LEADER means also to be
pro-active and to communicate (and answer emails). I have seen a lot of bad
example regarding the later in my last years of trying to promote SAC and
Radiosport as such...

73 de R3/SM6LRR, Mats









2009/5/30 Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm at telia.com>

> A committee could be a good thing however I think the NRAU still
> should play a big role, this to ensure continuity. The committee
> should be like an "umbrella organization" under the NRAU.
> The process OH6RX lines up below IMO would be the right way
> to go.
>
> 73 Jim SM2EKM
> --------------------------
> oh6rx at netti.fi wrote:
> > Mats & Co,
> >
> > last december we did this SAC survey, and 68% of contesters
> > were giving votes for independent committee.
> >
> > Towards NRAU, this work need to be done the way, that all
> > present contest managers are involved, to received authorization
> > from all member countries.
> >
> > If im going to be in New CCF board 09-11, i can be volunteer to be
> > OH/CCF -member on this SAC work-group. You need each contest
> > manager nominated member to this work group.
> >
> > Outcome should be suggestion of this new way of handling SAC,
> > and it has to be approved by each responsible contest manager from
> > each member country.
> >
> > Also very important issue is, that this new approach will be represented
> > official way to coming NRAU meeting agenda - as you might have
> experience.
> >
> >
> > So, we Finns, we have realised same improvement action points, but
> > before implemention, it is important to act according to protocols,
> > otherwise there is no result.
> >
> >
> > You will find my mobile phone number from e.g. Janne's web-pages.
> >
> > 73
> > J-P
> >
>
>
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