This idea was shot down at the Atlanta meeting. The majority wanted it to stay
at 20
hours...
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Jeffrey D. Clarke 706-628-9672 email : ku8e@bellsouth.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Drake" <tbdrake@charter.net>
To: "John Laney" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] GQP-2004
> Maybe it's time for a re-vote, now that we have managed to analyze all the
> problems with the April schedule. I agree that anchoring the contest on
> Easter would confuse just about everyone and produce a new conflict every
> year. The Saturday only idea might work. How about 12 hours...0900-2100
> Eastern Time? Somewhat civilized.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Laney" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: <secc@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [SECC] GQP-2004
>
>
> > The problem with having consistency by having the GQP so many weekends
> > from Easter each year is that there is no telling what contest we would
> > conflict with. This would be the most inconsistent scheduling of all.
> > We would sometimes conflict with WPX SSB, with Mother's Day (which GQP
> > did for years in the 60s and 70s and we decided not to do that again)
> > and no one would know the date from year to year.
> >
> > I personally favored having it as a Saturday only event in 2004, but I
> > was outvoted.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> > John, K4BAI.
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