In a message dated 3/30/2007 9:25:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
btippett@alum.mit.edu writes:
W8JI:
>It really doesn't bother me one way or another Bill. I know what
>I've worked, and I know what I can work. The fun is always in
>working it for me.
>I don't like the paperwork part of this hobby and never have.
I feel verification is important no matter what the
issue is (technical, operating/contest achievements, etc).
If I truly didn't care about verification, I would simply post my
contest score and not bother submitting my log for cross-
checking and verification by the sponsor. Verify technical
issues...verify contest scores...but not verify claimed award
achievements? Seems a little inconsistent to me.
W2PM reply:
But Tom's point is to self verification. And that's perfectly valid - if
not literally "perfect" because he has met all of his own validation criteria.
If he was making these claims proactively in a promotional way I'd agree the
formalized validation would be appropriate but his achievements are for his
own gratification - end of story and thus no further validation is necessary
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