[UK-CONTEST] Good news

[Donald Field]

John and others

It's early days yet, and I have no preconceived ideas as to how this role 
will pan out. In the past I have tried to avoid being nominated for the 
Board (!) as it probably means more hassle than I need, and would take me 
away from the rig. But I agreed to give it a whirl this time because I do 
believe that the competitive side of amateur radio (DXing, contesting, ARDF) 
is very important for the future and is not well represented at Board level 
within the Society (as recent postings on here seem to confirm!).

As Colin says, one aspect will be to set up a Radio Sports forum to bring 
together representatives of the the competitive aspects of amateur radio, 
whether from within the Society or outside. I will also be a conduit between 
the membership and the Board. And I hope I can kick off some initiatives to 
address those areas where we are currently a bit weak or where our combined 
efforts can bring improvements - for example to achieve consistency across 
the piece in the way that contest logs are accepted, adjudicated and the 
results published.

Wish me luck!

Don G3XTT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wayman" <g4drs at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Good news


> That sounds very positive.
> Great news, well done, Don for agreeing to do it.
> (Good Luck!)
>
> 73
> John,
> G4DRS
> --- Colin G3PSM <colin at g3psm.net> wrote:
>
>> Well it has been at least 24 hours since I have seen
>> a
>> winge/comment/observation about RadCom and UK
>> contesting in general so
>> things must be looking up!
>>
>> To add to this uplift in conditions I am pleased to
>> tell you that at the
>> RSGB Board meeting last Saturday it was agreed to
>> co-opt Don Field G3XTT
>> to the Board to oversee the Radio Sports interests
>> within the Society.
>> Based on the (to my mind) very successful Spectrum
>> Forum the Radio
>> Sports Forum will embrace all aspects of amateur
>> radio competitive
>> elements within the Society and will provide a much
>> needed linkage into
>> the Board.
>>
>> Don will obviously need some time to get things on a
>> firm footing but
>> I'm sure that all of you out there will have plenty
>> of ideas to
>> offer...........won't you?
>>
>> Meanwhile the Radcom situation is being addressed
>> but is at an early stage.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Colin, G3PSM
>> -- 
>>
>> Colin J. Thomas, G3PSM
>>
>> *Spectrum Director*
>>
>> *Radio Society of Great Britain*
>>
>> http://www.g3psm.net
>>
>> Mobile: +44 (07759) 548982
>>
>> Skype: ColinJThomas
>>
>>
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