[UK-CONTEST] RSGB CC Contests and RSGB Membership

[Roger Cooke]

I feel that this is a bit of nit picking in mid-stream. We have been operating the RSGB CLUB contests for the last two years with no mention of having to be a "member" of anything EXCEPT the CLub that has to be affiliated. This I can understand and fully agree with, but to insist at this stage that everybody MUST be RSGB members individually as well seems little short of distorted values. 
  
  Our club is full of newbies, some of whom are in their 20's, pay Club membership and like to take part. This rule will antagonise them against the very organisation we are striving to get them to join.  The discarding of the Morse exam and inception of an extremely simple M3 licence was to encourage them. This sort of action is doing the reverse of that, stating that they MUST be members to operate in contests. 

   I protest at this action and sincerely hope that the organisers will think again. 

Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.