[CQ-Contest] CQ Contest Certificates.

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I'm not sure I agree with Randy on this.  If I could download a 
certificate with my name, callsign and details of my place in the 
contest already inserted, I think that would give me as big a rush as 
receiving a paper certificate in the mail.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/16/2012 3:35 AM, Maarten van Rossum wrote:
> I certainly can remember my first certificate! In my case it wasn't that
> long ago, it must have been the year 2008. I emidiately bought a frame to
> put it in so that I could put it on the wall in the shack. Unfortunaltely
> it didn't fit the frame (in the US everything is bigger, even the
> certificates ;-)).
>
> I think easiest way to let the contest sponsor know that there's no need to
> send a certificate is to not mention your address in the Cabrillo file.
> If someone left out his of her address by accident, then there should
> always be the abbility to download the certificate from the sponsors
> website.
>
> By the way, I for one would like to be able to download my certificates in
> the European A4 paper size. Fits our frame without having to modify it.
>
> Keep up the good work Randy!
>
> 73, Maarten PD2R
> PI4DX Contest group
>
>
> Op vrijdag 16 november 2012 schreef Randy Thompson K5ZD (k5zd at charter.net)
> het volgende:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> You are right that it is expensive to print and mail certificates to
>> thousands of people per contest.  However, it is worth it when we get
>> excited emails from new contesters happy to have won their first award.  I
>> think we can all remember getting our first few certificates and hanging
>> them proudly on the wall.  Hard for a pdf file to match that!
>>
>> We have discussed providing a way for contest participants to opt out of
>> receiving a certificate.  Perhaps they have a box of them or just don't
>> want
>> to cause us the expense.
>>
>> The logical place to do this is by a new field in the Cabrillo file.  So
>> far, the people who maintain the Cabrillo file "standard" have not been
>> interested in adding a new tag.  Perhaps some more support would encourage
>> them to change their mind.
>>
>> Should there be one new tag that says "don't send certificates or plaques
>> or
>> anything"?  Or should be there be two?  One for no certificates and another
>> for no plaques/awards?  Or could it be as simple as a convention that says
>> if there is no address provided then don't send anything?
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Randy, K5ZD
>>
>> PS - Hoping for good conditions and lots of certificate/plaque winners in
>> the CQWW in just 8 days!
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com<javascript:;>]
>> On Behalf Of
>>> brian coyne
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:19 PM
>>> To: CQ CONTEST
>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ Contest Certificates.
>>>
>>> On the morning of the ssb contest the mailman delivered two certificates
>>> from CQ, always nice to get them. One was for CQWW CW 2011 the other for
>>> CQWW SSB 2011.
>>>
>>> Looking at that mail got me to thinking about the expense incurred by CQ
>>> Mag in sending us these for free. Two A4 envelopes two lots of postal
>>> charges, the logistics of stuffing the envelopes, taking them to the
>>> mailing centre not to mention the task of hand signing them when there
>>> must be many hundreds if not into the thousand of these certificates for
>>> both contests. All businesses benefit from cost reducing measures and CQ
>>> organisation is no exception to that.
>>>
>>> I would venture that the majority of entrants have facilities to print e-
>>> certificates, perhaps something could be included in the cabrillo header
>>> or the soabox to the effect that an e-certificate will be acceptable.
>>>
>>> Just my thoughts anyway.
>>>
>>> 73  Brian 5B4AIZ / C4Z.
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