[CQ-Contest] Contest Rules - was Check numbers again

[K0HB]

>
> As to "The league has said that they don't care", is that the Board of
> Directors, the Contest Advisory Committee, or an ARRL employee
> speaking for himself?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>  

It was the ARRL Contest Manager, I presume speaking in that capacity
(that's how he signed his email). 

I hope the Board of Directors has better things to do than micromanage
contest rules, and I know for a fact (having served) that the CAC has no
authority to make or interpret contest rules, only to "advise" (hence the
name).  FWIW, below is the exchange of emails in question, coincidentally
exactly a year old today.

73, de Hans, K0HB

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: K0HB [mailto:k-zero-hb at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:05 PM
To: Contest at arrl.org
Subject: "Check" in SS?

Does anybody at the contest desk really give a 
rip what "check" I send in SS, so long as I use 
the same one all weekend long?

73, de Hans, K0HB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hogerty, Tom KC1J 
To: k-zero-hb at earthlink.net
Sent: 11/9/2006 1:36:22 PM 
Subject: RE: "Check" in SS?


Hi Hans,

Many amateurs like to let others know when they were first 
licensed. The exchange during the SS gives them an opportunity 
to do so. There are, however, many folks out there that don't 
remember what that date was or choose not to divulge it for 
personal reasons. That's OK. For log checking purposes
 it is important to use the same check number during the 
entire contest.

73,

Tom Hogerty, KC1J
ARRL Contests