[UK-CONTEST] HF CW Field Day / G0CKV

[Olof Lundberg]

Don - RSGB and its activities stands and falls with its volunteers. We would
be nowhere without the volunteers. I can quote from en email I sent to Ed on
an entirely different matter early in March:

"Let me also say that I hope you and your colleagues are not too turned off
by some of those negative comments that occasionally appear on the
reflectors. I believe we have a fairly large silent majority who are very
appreciative of the effort you and your colleagues devote to the hobby so
keep smiling pls."

I stand by that.

At the same time I am very angry with the process with this year's NFD
rules. The March rules were called the 'Definitive Rules'. There were
several aspects of those rules that I didn't like but I took them as written
and started to prepare with those rules. While I was wasting my time the
committee entertained proposals for changes without telling us. They wasted
my time and others. I understand some have also wasted money.

The best support I can give to the Contest Committee at this stage is to
constructively try to explain 1) why I think that the April version of the
rules are even worse against the very yardstick they seem to have used when
the April changes were made, 2) how I think they could just about recover
from this year's mess and 3) how I think they could avoid falling into such
a deep hole in the future.

73 Olof G0CKV

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Field
Sent: 18 April 2012 12:10
To: Chris G3SJJ
Cc: UK-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] HF CW Field Day / G0CKV

As a PS to Chris's posting, while I was Contest Cttee chairman we did indeed
advertise in RadCom on more than one opccasion for certain specific roles
which needed to be filled. Needless to say, the response was nil.
Which is why we had to resort to the tried and tested method of twisting
arms (referred to disparagingly by some as the "old boys network"). RSGB
certainly has a policy of advertising Committee Chair vacancies (which we
also did when I stepped aside, again to no avail).

Don G3XTT

On 18 April 2012 10:45, Chris G3SJJ <g3sjj at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Adrian, obviously there would need to be a vacancy created by someone 
> leaving the Contest Committee. The are currently 17 members covering 
> VHF and HF events. I guess if one of them resigned, the position would 
> be advertised in RadCom, and/or on this Reflector.
>
> In some ways you may be correct about "by invitation," in that if, say 
> for example, Q G3WRR left, they may want to look for an experienced CW 
> FD person to take over, or again if one of the VHF guys left the same 
> could apply.
>
> Could I also suggest that sarcastic comments wouldn't particularly be 
> helpful in getting positively noticed to work in the team!
>
> Chris G3SJJ  (Member of the former HFCC 1985-2000)
>
>
>
>
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