[CQ-Contest] CQ Contest Plaques - Many years old

[Mike Kasrich]

Huh, that means the Zone 4 plaque my group won the past couple of years 
would be due in 2009 and 10?  I would think even as a volunteer activity 
they could get the plaques out a little quicker.

Mike/aj9c

Robert Shohet wrote:

>I recently received two contest plaques for:
>
>1) 2003 WPXSSB donated by Oms, PY5EG
>
>and,
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>2) 2004 WPXCW donated by Dennis, K7BV.
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>First of all, many thanks to both of you
>for sponsoring these plaques which I am
>pleased to have in my shack.
>
>Second, I would have thanked you before now,
>except that I received these plaques in 
>February 2007.  Almost FOUR YEARS
>after the 2003 WPXSSB contest.  I had
>long ago forgotten about the contests and
>lost any hope that I would receive any plaques.
>
>Third, many thanks to the unknown volunteer(s)
>who was/were kind enough to unearth them, 
>package them up and mail them to me.  I
>don't know who you are, but I appreciate your effort
>on behalf of myself and the generous sponsors.
>
>Four, I wonder how the plaque sponsors feel
>about such extreme delays?  Do they wonder
>if the plaques were received?  Do they know if
>they were NOT received?  Do they wonder
>if people get the plaques and don't have the
>courtesy to thank them?
>
>I wonder if such extreme delays in delivering
>the plaques would turn off other potential
>sponsors?  That would be a loss to all of us.
>
>Five, part of the fun of getting a plaque, certificate,
>whatever, is receiving it in a TIMELY fashion
>while you can still remember the contest.  This is 
>almost completely lost when you are dealing with
>two and three year delays!
>
>I am curious to see what other contesters and award sponsors
>think.  It seems to me that if you are going to sponsor
>a contest, then you have a responsibility to "deliver the goods"
>in a reasonable time frame.
>
>73
>Bob KQ2M
>
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