[SECC] Face to Face

Gary McConville wb4sq at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 2 17:10:58 EDT 2004 

I might be persuaded into having a springtime 2005 cookout on the deck,
if no one minds driving to West Roswell.  Maybe everyone bringing a
covered dish...

Gary - WB4SQ

--- Jay Pryor <jpryor at uga.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks!
> 
> I agree wholeheartedly that the club would benefit from face-to-face 
> meetings and exchanges of ideas. However, it was because of the every
> day 
> demands on many of us, including KU8E and others, that the club was 
> established by W4AN (who disliked meetings) to interact with one
> another 
> via the internet.  Read "About Us" on the SECC web site, crafted by
> K2UFT.
> 
> Many members complained when we first pointed out that the ARRL (at
> that 
> time) required two in-person meetings per year.  Again, I like
> getting 
> together with other club members.  If someone figures out a way to do
> it on 
> a regular basis so that someone from the Valdosta area, and from
> Columbus, 
> and Dunwoody can attend, then I'm all for it!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jay/K4OGG
> 
> 
> 
> At 04:14 PM 9/2/2004, ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:
> 
> >  Tom,
> >
> >   Actually, I am the person responsible for the GQP results. They
> will be 
> > out in the near future. If you compare the GQP with other QSO
> parties you 
> > will find most of them will not have their results out in 2 months
> - 
> > unless they are small. The MI QSO party, which was a week before us
> and 
> > the FQP, a couple weeks after have not published their results yet.
> My 
> > goal is to have them out before the fall contest season really
> takes off 
> > - sometime in September....
> >
> >                    Jeff
> >
> >
> > >
> > > From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
> > > Date: 2004/09/02 Thu PM 03:04:56 EDT
> > > To: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> > > Subject: Re: Re: [SECC]
> > >
> > > I agree with Jeff.
> > >
> > > After coming back to south Georgia last year from the Washington,
> DC area
> > > and the PVRC, the Valdosta ARC is a true joke. The SECC, as Jeff
> mentions,
> > > has a very small core of active  members and there seems to not
> be much
> > > effort in stimulating more activity. SECC officers seem to only
> speak up
> > > when someone tend's to 'rock the boat'! Is there any leadership?
> > >
> > > I did a good effort in the GAQP because I was enthusiastic about
> the 
> > SECC at
> > > that time. But what happened to the SECC after that contest?
> Nothing. Other
> > > states post their QP results  within two months, SECC still has
> not posted
> > > scores (and I am  not pointing a finger). The 'bigger' contest
> such as SS
> > > and CQ WW, who have somewhat of a world-wide load to deal with,
> used to 
> > be a
> > > long drawn out affair, but with the internet, even those
> 'biggies' and
> > > beginning to have a decent turn-around time on posting scores 
> > from  contest.
> > >
> > > If it were not for John, Jeff, and just a few others, the SECC
> would rank
> > > right up there with  the VARC! I listened to  the 75m SSB two
> times, and
> > > that was all I could take of what ever that is called...anyway
> it's pretty
> > > pathetic. So the question is, is the SECC a southeast contest
> club or is it
> > > just a social club for old foggies?
> > > I will still contest, simply because I enjoy it, but why post
> scores 
> > for the
> > > SECC when there certainly is little interest, except maybe north
> of Macon?
> > >
> > > Tom - W4BQF
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> > > To: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 2:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Re: [SECC]
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >  I think the roster needs to be cleaned up as well. We have a
> core of
> > > maybe
> > > >  30 stations out of over 100 on the club roster that are active
> in the
> > > club.
> > > >  That means 70% of the club is not active in any way.
> > > >
> > > >  In the two years I have lived in GA I have not seen these
> people at a
> > > club meeting, on the reflector, or even submit a score for SECC.
> Maybe
> > > someone who has time can do some analysis on the ARRL contest
> website 
> > to see
> > > who has been submitting scores.
> > > >
> > > >  I have to admit I am very disappointed with my experience with
> SECC so
> > > far, since I have moved here from Ohio. I have made a few new
> contesting
> > > friends but that's about it. I miss the social events (meetings)
> that were
> > > part of belonging to the Mad River Radio club.
> > > >
> > > >  I have actually become kind of apathic toward expending my
> energy
> > > torwards doing things such as updating the web page or even doing
> a FT
> > > effort in a contest and submitting my score for SECC. I have a
> limited
> > > amount of time , for radio, because I have a young family I am
> raising. Why
> > > waste my time if no one even cares. I am at the point now that I
> would
> > > probably just give up running the GQP if someone else in the club
> wanted to
> > > run it, but I don't think there is anyone else in the club that
> wants to do
> > > it.
> > > >
> > > > We need to have some club activities to rally around and until
> that
> > > happens I see nothing changing
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                        73, Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: John Laney <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> > > > > Date: 2004/09/02 Thu PM 01:26:38 EDT
> > > > > To: K4SB <k4sb at bellsouth.net>
> > > > > CC: SECC <secc at contesting.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [SECC]
> > > > >
> > > > > Officers for the year August 1, 2004 to August 1, 2005 were
> elected at
> > > > > the Kennehoochee Hamfest this past April.
> > > > >
> > > > > 73,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > John, K4BAI.
> > > > >
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