[UK-CONTEST] Ethics & Financial restraints?

[Alex GM3ZBE]

Hi,
I operate for DeMontfort University ARS in the 80MCC contests - why on 
earth is a GM station in Fife operating for a club in the Midlands?  
Because I lived in the Midlands for 17 years and have a long association 
with DMU club contest group.  I would be extremely annoyed to find 
myself barred from operating with the friends I made in DMU.  I am 
already excluded from operating for them in AFS, so please leave things 
as they are, my association with them is genuine and not a convenience 
to maximise scoring!  I am sure there are others in the same situation.
Alex

Dave Sergeant wrote:
> 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
>