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<div>Hi guys of the SECC...I have finally received a proposal for the circle of membership for the SECC....first a little about what has transpired in the past few months...I appointed a committee with Jeff W4DD as its head, and consisting of John K4BAI, Lee WI4R, and Matt K4AQ, and lastly Bobby KF4GTA had to be included as the webmaster to make the changes....I have to commend them all for their diligence and patience...there were external pressures as well as internal pressures that had to be dealt with...hi...the first thing that had to be done was to identify a method to accurately get a location for each member..a couple of iterations later they came up with a solution...then began the process of gently moving the circle around to see how many people could be included...
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<div>The circle as it stands now includes the most members possible...from the circle committee:
<p>"Considering both Tennessee and Alabama now have strong contest groups in their states, the circle committee recommends moving the circle to the above coordinates to cover as much of the membership in GA and SC as practical. These coordinates were determined after a lengthy database update, development of a web page to easily determine if a member is inside the circle, and considerable circle tweaking. The original tasking of the committee was to propose several circle alternatives. However, during update of the database it became apparent that the SECC membership is constantly in flux with members moving in and out and the best approach appeared to be finding a circle that captured as many current members as practical and still cover as much prime real estate as possible. The Circle committee feels these coordinates represent the best coverage of the territory most likely to include SECC members and minimize unproductive areas such as the ocean or sparsely populated areas. "
</p>"It would have to be moved more than 2s0 miles from its present position to make any significant changes in membership....in view of the recent heightened activity from Alabama and the ACG, and Tennessee and the TCG, it was determined that our main focus would include GA and SC....I can't tell you how many variations have been tried as the circle was moved around and around."
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<div>The current recommendation from the committee is for a location of the circle at 33.20 and -82.50
<p>The proposed circle and a table of those inside the circle can be viewed at: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://secc.contesting.com/circle" target="_blank">http://secc.contesting.com/circle
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<p>(The table gets automatically updated when a new member is added to the SECC Database, so they will know if they are inside the circle)</p>
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<p>The page will soon be linked from the SECC web site at:</p>
<p> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://secc.contesting.com/" target="_blank">http://secc.contesting.com</a></p></div>
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<div> As per our constitution, I am now putting the proposed circle up for an on-line vote....you can respond to me directly if you want your vote secret, or you may reply directly back to the reflector...the time frame for a tally of votes will be 2 weeks.....I would like for each member to take the opportunity to look at the data, and make a decision on this proposal....Vote deadline is Oct 11th at noon.....I along with Bill Coleman AA4LR will tally the votes and post the results by the 12th....
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<div>For the record, I endorse very strongly the committee's recommendation to make the circle at the proposed location of 33.20 and - 82.50.....as in every decision that is being voted on, there will be some who are not totally happy with the outcome, and that is one of the realities of democracy....I encourage each and every present member whether you are in the circle or slightly outside the circle.....to come together on this proposal....vote on it, and lets get back to what we enjoy most, contesting.....people who are outside the circle are still members, can still provide meaningful input, and still contribute to the success of the SECC in many different yet valid methods...
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<div>To the circle committee members again thanks for all the help and time spent.....</div>
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<div>Respectfully submitted.</div><span class="sg">
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<div>Rick Dougherty NQ4I</div>
<div>President SECC</div>
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