Hi!
My question is what content will replace the pages now left vacant?
Or, is this a cost savings measure? I agree that the ARRL web site,
for now, is just an adjunct to QST, look, for example, at the many
magazines that are still successful with parallel internet content.
I would not miss either contest news or section news. Just about all
contesters have internet capability. I don't read section news unless I have
my magnifying glass with me.
73,
Chuck...K1KW
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From: Gerry Smith <w6ter@worldnet.att.net>
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<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] FW: [adxa] QST Contest Results and Section News in QST
>I have sent the below message to my ARRL division director and copied
>other directors. There is an ARRL board meeting on Friday & Saturday
>this in which they will consider the removal of Section News and
>Contesting Results from QST. If you have views on this matter, you
>should email your director immediately.
>
>
>
>Gerry Smith, W6TER
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerry Smith [mailto:w6ter@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:08 PM
>To: 'Walt Stinson, Rocky Mountain Division'; 'Art Goddard, Southwestern
>Division'; 'Bernie Fuller, Atlantic Division'; 'Coy Day, West Gulf
>Division'; 'Dennis Bodson, Roanoke Division'; 'Frank Butler,
>Southeastern Division'; 'Frank Fallon, Hudson Division'; 'George Isely,
>Central Division'; 'George Race, Great Lakes Division'; 'Greg Milnes,
>Northwestern Division'; 'Jay Bellows, Dakota Division'; 'Jim Maxwell,
>Pacific Division'; 'Rick Roderick, Delta Division'; 'Tom Frenaye, New
>England Division'; 'Wade Walstron, Midwest Division'
>Cc: adxa@yahoogroups.com; abqham@yahoogroups.com; 'Robert Williams,
>Wyoming SM'; 'Jeff Ryan, Colorado SM'; 'Joe Knight, New Mexico SM'; 'Mel
>Parkes, Utah SM'
>Subject: [adxa] QST Contest Results and Section News in QST
>
>
>
>Walt Stinson, W0CP
>
>Rocky Mountain Division Director, ARRL
>
>
>
>Dear Walt:
>
>
>
>I urge you to vote to keep both Section News and Contest Results in QST.
>
>
>
>In New Mexico, Section Manager, Joe Knight, reports that after polling
>many meetings that he has attended, that the membership overwhelmingly
>wants Section News and Contest Results to remain in QST. Further, Joe
>reports, that as high as 40% of the membership in New Mexico does NOT
>have access to internet. It has been estimated that 30,000 to 40,000
>members of ARRL do not have access to the web. A comment uttered by
>several members to one section manager was, "If they take it out I will
>not be getting what I want and will drop QST [membership]."
>
>
>
>As you know, Walt, Headquarters did a poll of Section Managers via the
>Section Manager reflector. The results run approximately five to one (5
>to 1) in favor of keeping Section New and Contest Results in QST.
>
>
>
>I do applaud the work Headquarters has done in making section and
>contest information available on the ARRL web site. Please view this
>work as a very nice adjunct to printed information, not as a
>replacement.
>
>
>
>I know the removal of Contest Results and Section News is "your baby."
>However, I do expect you to represent your constituency in this matter.
>Your constituency does not want them removed.
>
>
>
>Gerry Smith, W6TER
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