[UK-CONTEST] Contest awareness.

[Peter Hobbs]

Take care Rob, I believe Mark Allgar already holds that job title and 
has been involved in some contest-related activities.  Could be one of 
those who-do-I-report-to scenarios . . .  But yes, I agree absolutely!

G4LMW wrote:

> Then perhaps we need a "publicity officer"?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hobbs" <peter at tilgate.co.uk>
> To: "G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
> Cc: "brian coyne" <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>; "UK Contest" 
> <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 12:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contest awareness.
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>
>> Rob
>>
>> On this occasion I have to agree wholeheartedly with Brian.  A 
>> central aim of any contest organiser is to maximise activity and 
>> entries; as much publicity as possible is therefore to everyone's 
>> advantage.  Brian's point was not that WA7BNM's site had errors, just 
>> that it was unaware of some or all of the RSGB's events - something 
>> that he has kindly remedied.
>> As for the BBC, where does "whatsonTV.com" get their forward 
>> content?  For sure the Beeb will have taken pro-active action here.   
>> Bearing in mind the perennial (and political) audience wars, I'd be 
>> surprised if they leave any free stone unturned!
>>
>> 73, Peter G3LET
>>
>> G4LMW wrote:
>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> Why should any organisation be charged with policing the content of 
>>> any third-party site?
>>>
>>> Is it the BBC's job to ensure that "whatsontv.com" has their 
>>> schedules correct?
>>>
>>> I doubt it.
>>>
>>> Rob, G4LMW
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian coyne" <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>
>>> To: "UK Contest" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:11 PM
>>> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Contest awareness.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was looking at the WA7BNM contest calandar and noted there is no 
>>>> mention of the RSGB 21/28 mhz contest of 7th October.
>>>>
>>>> I have mailed Bruce with a link to the HFCC website page.
>>>>
>>>> Whilst not wishing to appear nit- picking surely publicity and 
>>>> checking of known sites uogh't to be a task of a committee member.
>>>>
>>>> The SM3CER contest calandar only shows for this current month but 
>>>> perhaps that can be checked also at the end of the month.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Brian 5B4AIZ /C4Z.
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