[Cwo] The CW Open

[Jim Talens]

Great job on the cwops.org website, John!

jt





On Jul 6, 2011, at 5:43 PM, John Miller wrote:

> Alan and Ray:
>
> I think we're off to a good start:
>
> http://cwops.org/cwopen.html
>
> Look forward to receiving the additional information.
>
> BTW:  Ray -- wasn't that you who peeked into the NCCC meeting last  
> month while I was giving my Dayton overview presentation?
>
> Next time stay awhile.  : >)
>
> 73,
> John, K6MM
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Alan Maenchen wrote:
>
>> Yes, this sounds like a good plan to me.  Is there any chance to  
>> get Icom advertisements to mention CW OPEN at this late date?  I'm  
>> somewhat aware of publishing deadlines.
>>
>> Can you send us the art?  K6MM is the webmaster for this event. He  
>> is very good at the inventive artsy stuff .. for which I'm sadly  
>> lacking in talent.
>>
>> The arrl SS web page is a good starting point. John:  what do you  
>> think?
>>
>> 73, Alan  AD6E
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Ray Novak  
>> <RayNovak at icomamerica.com> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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