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[W2pm at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/30/2007 9:25:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
btippett at alum.mit.edu writes:

W8JI:
>It really doesn't bother me one way or another Bill. I  know what 
>I've worked, and I know what I can work. The fun is always  in 
>working it for me.
>I don't like the paperwork part of this  hobby and never have.

I feel  verification is important no matter what the
issue is (technical,  operating/contest achievements, etc).
If I truly didn't care about  verification, I would simply post my
contest score and not bother  submitting my log for cross-
checking and verification by the  sponsor.  Verify technical
issues...verify contest scores...but not  verify claimed award
achievements?  Seems a little inconsistent to  me.


W2PM reply: 
 
But Tom's point is to self verification.  And that's perfectly valid -  if 
not literally "perfect" because he has met all of his own validation  criteria.  
If he was making these claims proactively in a promotional way  I'd agree the 
formalized validation would be appropriate but his achievements  are for his 
own gratification - end of story and thus no further validation is  necessary 
... 



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