[UK-CONTEST] Ethics & Financial restraints?

[Dave Sergeant]

On 14 Jan 2010 at 13:31, Peter Hobbs wrote:

> AFS already has a maximum radius requirement for participants.  Although
> one could argue how many members expect to travel 50 miles (or often
> considerabley more by road!) to a club meeting, this limit has been in
> place for a very considerable time and it would probably be unreasonable
> to change it now. 
> 
> There is however no such limitation in the HF CC events, which were
> initiated specifically to develop contest interest and participation
> within local clubs; location restrictions may have been overlooked when
> the rules were first drawn up.   There are already some overseas
> entrants who claim to be "members" of local UK clubs and there is
> nothing to prevent any club or society from creating a "contest only"
> membership category on an honorary basis. 

OK, I am one of those sitting in the background, not wanting to get 
drawn into this somewhat silly discussion.

Just to say that in Bracknell we have a number of 'country' members - 
former Bracknell residents who have moved away, or have other close 
contacts with the club and join at a reduced subscription. They are 
certainly not 'contest club' operators by the usual definition on this 
reflector. They look forward to the CC events as an opportunity to 
participate in club affairs when they are far too far away to attend 
meetings. We even have an ex-member in Japan who has joked about coming 
on in the CC events for us - but at the moment has been unable to get a 
decent antenna in his flat in JA land.

Please continue to allow these more distant members to participate in 
our club activities in this way. It would be sad to see a distance 
limit introduced.

73 Dave G3YMC
 
http://www.davesergeant.com