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

[Yuri VE3DZ]

I received my plaque for 2002 CQ 160 M CW Contest last year, thanks to the
effort of Dave, K4JRB.
Still "waiting" for two SAC plaques from 2001.

So, yours is not a record, Bob. :-)

73 Yuri  VE3DZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Shohet" <kq2m at earthlink.net>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ Contest Plaques - Many years old


> I recently received two contest plaques for:
>
> 1) 2003 WPXSSB donated by Oms, PY5EG
>
> and,
>
> 2) 2004 WPXCW donated by Dennis, K7BV.
>
> 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