The center of the circle was on the Circle web page. There
was also a page that listed all members, their distance from the circle center,
and whether they were inside or outside the circle (the circle radius could be
selected as it varied slightly depending on contest). It appears the web
page design has changed and this info is no longer on it. It was driven off
of the membership DB. Bobby may know if the link can be fixed
Agreed, This was the last circle center.
> 33.200
>
> -82.500
Jeff
From: Hal Kennedy
[mailto:halken@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 4:49 PM
To: 'secc'
Subject: [SECC] FW: Fwd: Circle at Last
Thanks to Bob, W2WG, I’m posting the note from when the
circle got set last. Thanks Bob for saving the emails two years!
The link to tell you if you are inside the circle is dead, but as we update the
web page that can be added back in.
Thanks again Bob.
So, its:
33.2 N
82.5 W
Hal
N4GG
-----Original
Message-----
From: Robert Carroll [mailto:w2wg@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 4:29 PM
To: 'Hal Kennedy'
Subject: FW: [SECC] Fwd: Circle at Last
From: secc-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Dougherty NQ4I
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:09 AM
To: SECC
Subject: [SECC] Fwd: Circle at Last
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...
The circle as it stands now includes the most members
possible...from the circle committee:
"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. "
"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."
The current recommendation from the committee is for a
location of the circle at 33.20 and -82.50
The proposed circle and a table of those inside the circle can be viewed at:
http://secc.contesting.com/circle
(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)
The page will soon be linked from the SECC web site at:
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....
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...
To the circle committee members again thanks for all the
help and time spent.....
Respectfully submitted.
Rick Dougherty NQ4I
President SECC