Exactly right Joel. Endless discussions beating a dead horse on subjects such
as declining participation, logging, arbitrary rules changes and scoring
schemes, etc. does more to decrease activity than increase it. A couple of
years ago I Un-Subscribed from the forum to keep that huge volume of
nonsensical chatter from being far too bothersome. I am an active contester
both multi op and Rover. I enjoy seeing what I can do to improve my station,
operating, etc. Technical discussions help as does any discussion on improving
contesting. However too much browbeating is a negative.
I also spent time generating what I believe to be a thoughtful response to the
survey and am disappointed to have heard no feedback yet. I would think a
status report would be in order. Perhaps if the ad-hoc committee was doing
some useful work, it would cut down endless discussion
John Isenberg
WA2IID
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