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

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

OK, I just plain screwed up.  I had the mistaken impression that 
membership in the group was unpublicized.

I do think that the point on transparency is a good one, though - 
witness the consternation about this year's results.  Right now, CQWW 
needs an explainer-in-chief.

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 3:37 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> 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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