[Cwo] The CW Open

[Jim Talens]

Hi, Ray!   I'll defer to Alan on implementation, with K6RB and perhaps  
others chiming in as needed, but Alan is our contact person so please  
carry on with him.   Again, we appreciate your willingness to sponsor  
these awards.

73,

Jim, N3JT


On Jul 6, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Ray Novak wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Thank you for your E-Mail.  I was not quite sure how to respond to  
> the E-Mail I received earlier.  So, I really appreciate your taking  
> charge here.
>
> With the NAQP RTTY and the ARRL SS they place an ICOM logo on the  
> awards as well as communicate that ICOM is a corporate or co-sponsor  
> of the awards.  Additionally, the ARRL references ICOM’s sponsorship  
> on the website and rules pages.  Can we do something like this as  
> well?  In return, we will assist in publicizing the contest via our  
> website, advertisements and various other media.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
>
> Ray Novak, N9JA |  Division Manager – Amateur and Receiver Products
> ICOM America, Inc. |  2380 116th Ave NE  |  Bellevue, WA 98004 |  
> Tel: 425.454.8155
> www.icomamerica.com
>
> From: Alan Maenchen [mailto:ad6e at arrl.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:46 PM
> To: Jim Talens
> Cc: Ray Novak; cwo at kkn.net; Craig Thompson
> Subject: Re: FW: The CW Open
>
> Ray,
>
> Thanks for this great offer!  As contest manager for CWO, I'm happy  
> to accept your offer for this year.
>
> We have not fully thought through the awards yet so if you have  
> suggestions, we are happy to listen.  Our concept at this point is  
> to have a nice award for top score in each of the three time  
> periods. Maybe even a real trophy cup?  Cost might be in the $70  
> range for each.  Then, for top score in each of the three power  
> levels a basic 9x12 inch wall plaque. That would be six wall plaques  
> total since the one power level (probably high power) will get the  
> trophy cup. I think such a plaque is about $45 each so we're talking  
> about $500 roughly plus shipping.  Of course, the winner of the  
> combined score could be someone who did now win an award in any of  
> the individual events. If so, then there could be two additional  
> plaques and one additional trophy for $650 total plus shipping.  I'm  
> rounding since I don't really have a solid quote to go on yet.  I  
> also don't know about shipping cost so I can't estimate that yet.
>
> Certificates will be self-generating, self-printing so the cost is  
> zero.
>
> If you have ideas based on your experiences, please share.
>
> Time wise, we don't yet know when these awards will be determined  
> and ordered. I am hoping for sometime late in October or November  
> but it could be later if we're overwhelmed with logs to check. For  
> the initial year of this event it's really difficult to estimate that.
>
> Please contact me directly with thoughts, ideas.  I can forward and  
> share with the group.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alan  AD6E
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Jim Talens <jtalens at verizon.net>  
> wrote:
> Hi, Ray!
>
> Thank you so much for your interest in sponsoring awards for our  
> upcoming CWops CW Open event.   Our Board has approved the concept  
> of accepting your kind offer.   I suspect there may be specific  
> terms or aspects of the sponsorship we need to know about.  As club  
> Secretary I will facilitate the discussion that we have about this.
>
> So please fill me in on any further details.   We may also want to  
> review the specific trophy, plaque and certificate outline you  
> suggest, though in our internal discussions so far there has been no  
> alternative suggested.
>
> Thanks, Ray!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Talens, N3JT
> CWops Secretary
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ray Novak <RayNovak at icomamerica.com>
> Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:25 PM
> Subject: The CW Open
> To: "k9ct at arrl.net" <k9ct at arrl.net>
>
> Craig,
>
> While you may not the right person to contact, I recognized the name  
> and callsign, and knew I could trust you to direct me in the right  
> direction.
>
> I saw a presentation for the CW Open, and would like an opportunity  
> to assist in the promotion and marketing of the contest as a  
> Sponsor.  Currently we sponsor the ARRL Sweepstakes as well as the  
> NAQP RTTY plaques, would this be of interest to the CW Operators’  
> club?
>
> Awards:
> Trophy for 1st place in each time period.
> Plaque for 1st place in each power level in each time period
> Trophy for over all combined score of all three time periods.
> Plaque for 1st place for each power level in the combined score group.
> Note: if the same entrant wins multiple awards, they may be combined.
> Certificates for achieving more than 100 QSOs in any or all time  
> periods.
>
> Ray Novak, N9JA |  Division Manager – Amateur and Receiver Products
> ICOM America, Inc. |  2380 116th Ave NE  |  Bellevue, WA 98004 |  
> Tel: 425.454.8155
> www.icomamerica.com
>
>
>



Jim