[UK-CONTEST] Ethics & Financial restraints?

[Peter Bowyer]

2010/1/15 Ken Chandler <g0orh at sky.com>:
> Club meaning, a
> body who hold regular meetings once or twice a month at a regular
> meeting place, and have an agenda laid out, and who are listed in
> RadCom.

Your definition, I presume. Any particular reason why you think it
should be everyone else's?

> The RSGB has said 50 miles is resonable for a member to travel to his/
> her club venue how can this be.

The RSGB set a radius of 50 miles for 2 particular Club contests. It
didn't say anything about how reasonable it might be for members to
travel to their club venue.. unless you can produce a citation? This
rule was omitted from the CCs in order to not constrain the entry in
the same way that AFS is constrained - to produce a contest series
with a different flavour. Why is it so important that everything is
defined in exactly the same way all the time? We already have
AFS-style contests, now we also have CC-style contests.
.
> The RSGB contest committee should get a grip on the situation instead
> of burrying it's head in the sand,  or are committee frightened of
> upsetting a few people who are taking liberties and manipulating rules
> to suit themselves, (yes guys this is what it feels like, a complete
> disregard of rules)

The CC is presiding over the most successful set of new contests ever
introduced (in my 30 years of experience - others may have more years
to contribute). This demonstrates a very good grip, IMO. Since there
is no rule about geography, then how can those few clubs with remote
members be 'manipulating rules to suit themselves' ?

> What we want is being fair all round and each CLUB on a level playing
> field.

No, that's what YOU want. Don't presume to speak for everyone else,
particularly for those who enjoy the CC series as it is currently run.
Level playing fields are 1) impossible, 2) boring, 3) not needed.

Peter G4MJS

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