[CQ-Contest] Log checking questions

[Gordon LaPoint]

On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 10:08, Don Field wrote:

> The question that should be asked, is  WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
> 
> In my case, I write to the entrants concerned  (generally they will have
> submitted electronically, so will have an e-mail address). Further action
> depends very much upon their response. Some  may have genuinely failed to
> register their log as Assisted.  Their entry is modified accordingly. For
> those who don't respond, my action would generally be to reclassify them
> automatically. Only if the same thing happens another year would I consider
> DQ. But this is where the real philosophical question lies, and I would be
> most interested in reactions from reflectorites! Innocent until proven
> guilty (a genuine mistake in their entry) or guilty until proven innocent?
> 
Don,
   I vote for innocent until proven guilty.  We all make mistakes at
times, or at least I do!

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Gordon - N1MGO
n1mgo at arrl.net