[UK-CONTEST] Important message from the UK Contest Reflector Administrator

[John MacLean MM0CCC]

Second that. Totally unecessary move to make. Andy G4PIQ asked why not just hit the delete key? That's all I do, and plenty of dross from both sides of the spectrum qualify for that here. Doesn't mean I want an entire section excluded. 

We often hear rants about CW ops with no interest in SSB, and vice versa. Can we start separate groups for these as well?  I've never done any data mode contesting before so that can go too! 

Many local groups have a slant towards HF or VHF, in terms of what contests they take part in. This heavily influences what future direction newbies take. At least a combined reflector might spark some interest in "the dark side". Now said newbie will become informed of the [HF] or [VHF] group by someone in his club, subcribe to that, and remain less informed about what else is out there. 

John MM0CCC

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 for AndroidPeter Hobbs <peter at tilgate.co.uk> wrote:Mark

Not at all happy with this development - signing up to Yahoo leaves one 
open to spam, unwanted advertising and all the other dross inherent in 
the so-called social networks.  UK-contest provided a welcome respite to 
all of this.  I particularly object to even being unable to read 
contributions unless I sign up to this disaster, which I have no 
intention of doing, for reasons given.

73, Peter G3LET

Mark David wrote:

>*
>
>Message From UK Contest list administration
>
>
>Important notice to subscribers of UK Contest.
>
>
>As administrator for the UK Contest reflector the recent debate on UK
>Contest reflector has brought to the attention of the reflector subscribers
>a discussion that has been held off list for over a year now. The key point
>has been whether to offer opportunities for the HF and V/UHF communities to
>collaborate on their relevant topics of interest in their own forum.
>
>
>An additional factor to consider is the current software used for the UK
>Contest reflector which is based on rather dated ‘Mailman’ platform The
>current reflector has served the UK contest community well. In recent
>years, other social platforms with improved functionality and ‘user
>friendliness’ have come to the fore, most noteworthy being ‘Yahoo Groups’, as
>used by many UK and world-wide amateur radio special interest groups.
>
>
>With these two points in mind this notice advises all subscribers to UK
>Contest of the intent to:
>
>
>1. Migrate UK Contest to two new groups on Yahoo each focused on HF and VHF
>respectively.
>
>
>2. By the end of November 2012 to close down the existing UK Contest
>reflector
>
>
>The user may choose to subscribe to either or both Yahoo groups.
>
>
>Migration Plan
>
>
>1st November 2012 - New Yahoo Groups sites open for subscription. Users
>will be responsible for actioning their subscription to the Yahoo Group -
>there will be no invitation process. New subscribers to the existing UK
>Contest reflector will be rejected and informed of the new groups.
>
>
>During November 2012 - All postings to UK Contest will be tagged with a
>reminder message, frequent reminder messages will be posted to UK Contest.
>
>
>30th November 2012 - All posts to UK Contest will be rejected, site archive
>will remain accessible.
>
>
>How to join the new groups
>
>
>Two new groups have been created on Yahoo Groups, one for HF Contesting and
>one for V/UHF (incl. 50MHz) Contesting; all UK Contest members are welcome
>to join either or both of these new groups to continue discussions.
>
>
>To join the HF Contest reflector follow this link:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-hf-contesting
>
>To join the V/UHF Contest reflector follow this link:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-vhf-contesting
>
>
>For those unfamiliar with Yahoo Groups, it’s easy to navigate and offers
>extra functionality such as searching, opinion polls, a calendar, photo
>gallery and files section that will potentially add to the reflector
>experience. You may be required to configure an account with Yahoo.
>
>If you need help registering on the new reflectors, please contact one of
>the administrators of these  new groups by emailing:
>
>
>uk-hf-contesting-owner at yahoogroups.co.uk
>
>or
>
>uk-vhf-contesting-owner at yahoogroups.co.uk
>
><uk-vhf-contesting-owner at yahoogroups.co.uk>
>
>John G4IRN, Chris GM3WOJ and Mark G4MEM are jointly administering these new
>groups. As a reminder these reflectors are open to all interested partie
>and operates independently of the Radio Society of Great Britain.
>
>Thank you for your participation on UK Contest Reflector over the years, we
>look forward to seeing you all on the new reflectors.
>
>
>Mark, G4MEM.
>UK Contest Reflector Administrator
>3rd November 2012*
>_______________________________________________
>UK-Contest mailing list
>UK-Contest at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest
>
>  
>
_______________________________________________
UK-Contest mailing list
UK-Contest at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest