Is there any interest in having the GQP "Bonus Prizes" for 2008 ?  If you remember in 2007 we had some prizes we gave away for the top 5 out-of-state entries. These were mostly products from Lane Packing. Gordon K4OD, made the arrangements for purchasing and shipping these prizes since he lives near Fort Valley.

 

I also wonder if there is interest in extending this to in state participation to encourage activity ? The idea I had was to give away some prizes to events that occur in Georgia. This program would be for in state entries only.  Here are some I picked off the top of my head and I looked up the cost . We could probably come up with more ideas.

 

Atlanta Braves - 2 game tickets or gift card - $50
Georgia Aquarium - Premium Day Pass - $29.50 each
Stone Mountain Park - Attraction Pass $50 each
Calloway Gardens - $13 each
Calloway Gardens - Fantasy in Lights - $16.05 each

 

 

I also wanted to make a proposal on the plaque program. Maybe we can offer the winner of a plaque the option of recieving a plaque OR in place of the plaque a prize of equal value from the list

 (in progress) above. If I remember right each plaque costs around $50 not including shipping.

 

Another idea is to have a raffle. Each entry that submits a score gets one entry per 100 QSO's. We could then raffle off the prizes we get donations to purchase. To make this work we would need to get rid of some of the plaques and use that money to purchase these prizes or get more donations to buy these prizes.

 

Last year we only had about 5 SECC members throw in some $$ for the bonus prizes. I am hoping there might be more interest for 2008 ?

 

Jeff KU8E