[CQ-Contest] FW: Move to disband MAR section in Canada (forcontesting)

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

No, sir.

With all due respect, you ARE asking for special treatment.

Some contests use States, Provinces, and Territories/Possessions for
multipliers.

Others use ARRL/RAC Sections.

You are, simply put, asking that those contests that use Sections use the
provinces that make up the Maritime section instead of the MAR section.

I feel obligated to point out that if you succeed in having the mults
switched from Sections to Provinces (and States), for the rules to be
consistent, then you will actually be costing operators multipliers.
Ontario (Province) would go back to one mult, not four; Pennsylvania & New
Jersey from 2 to 1.  And so on... just imagine what that will do to
California!

The most straight forward solution to your problem, that would not require
special treatment, would be to convince the RAC to split up the Maritime
Section into separate sections representing each province.  

But asking contest organizers to arbitrarily change the rules to over come
an alleged appearance of unfairness, when it actually is not?  No.  That's
asking for special treatment, pure and simple.

73, ron w3wn

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FW: Move to disband MAR section in Canada
(forcontesting)

Ward, 

 

Thanks for the insight.  I have contacted Sam in the past and he said he was
going to pass it along to the Advisory committee but never heard back.

I have not heard from VE4BAW, RAC president, but have copied him on many of
these exchanges.  I think by now Geoff will realize we Maritimers 

are only asking for equality-and not special treatment.

 

I also sent Geoff a private email.

 

We'll just have to wait for some communication to occur.

 

We are hams after all.

 

Mike VE9AA

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB




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