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From: Rick Dougherty NQ4I <nq4i at contesting.com>
Date: Sep 27, 2007 8:59 AM
Subject: Circle at Last
To: jeff.stuparits at verizonwireless.com
Hi guys of the SECC...I have finally received a proposal for the circle of
membership for the SECC....first a little about what has transpired in the
past few months...I appointed a committee with Jeff W4DD as its head, and
consisting of John K4BAI, Lee WI4R, and Matt K4AQ, and lastly Bobby KF4GTA
had to be included as the webmaster to make the changes....I have to commend
them all for their diligence and patience...there were external pressures as
well as internal pressures that had to be dealt with...hi...the first thing
that had to be done was to identify a method to accurately get a location
for each member..a couple of iterations later they came up with a
solution...then began the process of gently moving the circle around to see
how many people could be included...
The circle as it stands now includes the most members possible...from the
circle committee:
"Considering both Tennessee and Alabama now have strong contest groups in
their states, the circle committee recommends moving the circle to the above
coordinates to cover as much of the membership in GA and SC as practical.
These coordinates were determined after a lengthy database update,
development of a web page to easily determine if a member is inside the
circle, and considerable circle tweaking. The original tasking of the
committee was to propose several circle alternatives. However, during
update of the database it became apparent that the SECC membership is
constantly in flux with members moving in and out and the best approach
appeared to be finding a circle that captured as many current members as
practical and still cover as much prime real estate as possible. The Circle
committee feels these coordinates represent the best coverage of the
territory most likely to include SECC members and minimize unproductive
areas such as the ocean or sparsely populated areas. "
"It would have to be moved more than 50 miles from its present position to
make any significant changes in membership....in view of the recent
heightened activity from Alabama and the ACG, and Tennessee and the TCG, it
was determined that our main focus would include GA and SC....I can't tell
you how many variations have been tried as the circle was moved around and
around."
The current recommendation from the committee is for a location of the
circle at 33.20 and -82.50
The proposed circle and a table of those inside the circle can be viewed at:
http://secc.contesting.com/circle
(The table gets automatically updated when a new member is added to the SECC
Database, so they will know if they are inside the circle)
The page will soon be linked from the SECC web site at:
http://secc.contesting.com
As per our constitution, I am now putting the proposed circle up for an
on-line vote....you can respond to me directly if you want your vote secret,
or you may reply directly back to the reflector...the time frame for a tally
of votes will be 2 weeks.....I would like for each member to take the
opportunity to look at the data, and make a decision on this
proposal....Vote deadline is Oct 11th at noon.....I along with Bill Coleman
AA4LR will tally the votes and post the results by the 12th....
For the record, I endorse very strongly the committee's recommendation to
make the circle at the proposed location of 33.20 and - 82.50.....as in
every decision that is being voted on, there will be some who are not
totally happy with the outcome, and that is one of the realities of
democracy....I encourage each and every present member whether you are in
the circle or slightly outside the circle.....to come together on this
proposal....vote on it, and lets get back to what we enjoy most,
contesting.....people who are outside the circle are still members, can
still provide meaningful input, and still contribute to the success of the
SECC in many different yet valid methods...
To the circle committee members again thanks for all the help and time
spent.....
Respectfully submitted.
Rick Dougherty NQ4I
President SECC
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