[CQ-Contest] Bob Cox, K3EST, Retires as CQWW Contest Director

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

With apologies to all, I need to correct my last - the members of the 
committee are now publicly identified, both on the web page and in Bob's 
2011 CQWW writeup.  Definitely a step forward.

73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000

On 9/6/2012 2:47 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Hi Willy - I think you're over-analyzing Randy's message, though I 
> acknowledge that I don't know the answers to "Why now?" and "Why this 
> way?"  For the past 35 years, Bob has been pretty much the face and 
> voice of CQWW, and very much the decision-maker.  So of course, it is 
> "the end of an era," even if the new guy keeps on pretty much the same 
> track.  It *is* puzzling that his departure was announced before a 
> successor had been identified, but it may not be an easy job to fill.
>
> Bob, himself, has been an agent of change in CQWW the last few years.  
> The relatively recent decision to open all logs, for example, is 
> diametrically opposite the position he took a decade ago when I 
> suggested an agreement between CQ and the ARRL to grant DXCC credit 
> for verified CQWW QSOs.  At that time, he told me that he would never 
> approve the release of a single line from any CQWW log.  Fortunately, 
> times have changed.
>
> I do hope that the new CQWW management takes a more transparent 
> approach to the administration of the contest.  I'm not suggesting 
> that measures taken to reduce cheating should be applied in public, or 
> even that positions taken by individual members of the Contest 
> Committee on various issues should be made public.  I do feel that it 
> would be helpful to credibility if the members of the Committee were 
> publicly identified.  I think that the contesting community would be 
> impressed by their experience and accomplishments, and that its 
> decisions would gain weight simply by letting us know who was involved.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at 
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
> arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
> On 9/6/2012 11:25 AM, Vladimir Umanets wrote:
>> The question is why he left so suddenly?
>>
>> 73s
>> Braco
>> E77DX /OE1EMS
>>
>> It is one of the questions Braco. One other question I have about Bob's
>> retirement is why not one single CQWW CC member says something about it?
>> It looks more like a special forces operation rather than a normal 
>> change of
>> directors of the biggest amateur radio contests in the world. Why? Is 
>> everything
>> that bad in our hobby? Why Randy called it "the end of era"? What era 
>> Randy are
>> you talking about? Does that mean the new director will implement 
>> totaly new
>> policy and approaches? I like the way  CQWW has been developing into 
>> what it is now.
>> I hope it will continue developing like before.
>>
>> As to me Bob has deserved a Big thank you from us all contesters to 
>> say the least.
>> May be at some critical points Bob didn't act accordingly, but we all 
>> make mistakes,
>> even the Kings. TNX Bob for all your efforts you've put into making 
>> CQWW what it is now!
>>      73's & GL, Willy UA9BA
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