[WWYC] WWYC CQ WW Committee Voting. [Explanation]

[Chris Hurlbut]

All grammatical and spelling errors aside, this is really really funny. 

-Chris KL9A

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 16:22, Greg Fox wrote:
> A copy of the message I sent out last night. Fully stand behind it
> for the following reasons:
> 
> 1) We are suppost to be representing our total club for a this major
> moment in our history and less than X% (probably 20%) of our membership
> knew this was happening.
> 
> 2) No opportunity for resumes was given, no comment space was given. It
> turned very quickly into a EU vs other contients contest, a I recongize
> this call vs that call -- not a solid contest of who people were and
> what they could do.
> 
> 3) The poll was put up quickly to address a deadline we missed. It was
> not establish by concensus, nor were the rules. It just happened.
> 
> 4) No other opporunity was given to reach the membership on behalf of
> a campaign.
> 
> 5) This message was discuss with Lucas LU1FAM before hand and he granted
> me permission to campaign for him.
> 
> 6) Something as big as CQWW Committee representative that is to be
> choosen by a vote isn't going to go by with just the regular 20 people
> voting who visit the chat room and the site -- that is extremely skewed.
> I assume that is not the goal of this club.
> 
> Feel free to discuss this. I'll be reading and follow up with my point of
> view.
> 
> 73 Greg/KE9R
> 
> -- Original Distributed Message Follows --
> 
> During the Dayton Contest Dinner Bob, K3EST asked for a represenative
> from WWYC to represent young contesters in the CQWW Contest Committee.
> 
> As a WWYC member you are elegible to vote for this individual on our
> website http://www.wwyc.net - just login with your username/pass and
> vote on the poll on the right side of the screen.
> 
> I'm simply reminding you to vote, and as well, asking you if you'd
> look over my good friend Lucas, LU1FAM's contest resume and consider
> him for your vote.
> 
> He is an amazing contester and would make a perfect candiate for this
> position. If you don't know Lucas personally, you should. He's an
> active member of WWYC both on the radio and on the irc chatroom. You
> can usually find him every night on #wwyc on the irc.radiochat.org
> server.
> 
> Enough of that, now for his contest resume:
> 
> - 1st place World ARRL 10M M/S from LT1F 2001, 2002, & 2003.
> - 1st place World WPX CW 10M LP 2002 & 2003
> - 1st place All Asian CW & SSB 2002 M/S from LT1F
> - 1st place All Asian CW M/S 1999 with LU9AY
> - World Record WPX CW 10M LP
> - SA record CQWW CW 20 SO QRP
> - 4th place World ARRL DX 10M CW 2003
> - 4th place World WPX CW 10M SO HP 2001
> - 5th place World CQWW CW 15M LP SO 2001.
> - Holds LU record for NA Spring CW
> - Holds LU record in WAE SSB SOAB
> - Holds LU record in WAE CW M/S as AY0F
> - Operated in WRTC 2002 as part of the LU team. He was the youngest
>   operator as this prestegious event, being 20 years old.
> - And of course, 19th place in NAQP as a member of WWYC team,
>   A Princess and Four Lids.
> 
> I hope to see you on the radio and/or the chatroom. Remember to vote
> so that our choice represents the greater WWYC community. If you have
> problems logging on, send Hrle 9A6XX a email at 9a6xx at wwyc.net
> 
> 73 Greg/KE9R
> ke9r.com & we4yl.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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