[Cwo] [N1MM] Attention Contest Organizers

[Peter Chamalian]

Will do Pete.  It's brand new with the first running this August.

Pete, W1RM

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:26 PM
To: Peter Chamalian
Subject: Re: [N1MM] Attention Contest Organizers

Turns out that we support the one-hour monthly minis, but not the CWOpen 
(yet).  If we're not in touch soon after Dayton please ping me.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 5/17/2011 9:31 AM, Peter Chamalian wrote:
> Thanks Pete.  The contest is set for August 20/21.  If we had code to test
> in say June, that would give everyone plenty of time to test and provide
> feedback if necessary.
>
> Let us know if you need any additional specs or information.
>
> 73!
>
> Pete, W1RM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:02 AM
> To: Peter Chamalian
> Cc: Alan Maenchen AD6E; 'K6RB'; 'KZ5D'
> Subject: Re: [N1MM] Attention Contest Organizers
>
> Pete, I have asked the programmers, but I don't see anything in the log
> of our Skype IM over the past few months to indicate that anyone has
> seized the opportunity, nor did it turn up in the revision log which I
> just reviewed.  I have surfaced the question just now and will try to
> get you an answer.  When is the contest?  Most of the team will be at
> Dayton.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at
www.conteststations.com
> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
> reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
> spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>
>
>
> On 5/17/2011 7:18 AM, Peter Chamalian wrote:
>> Hi Pete,
>>
>> CWops put in a request to establish a new contest with the N1MM team a
few
>> weeks ago.  You probably saw the buzz about the CW Open.  We don't want
to
>> be a nag or bug anyone as I know there's more than enough to do for you
>> guys.  But, is there a way to know where it sits in the schedule?  The
>> organizing team (AD6E as manager, K6RB, KZ5D and myself among others)
> would
>> very much like the opportunity to hammer the code before it gets released
> to
>> be sure everything is working properly and to test the output for our log
>> intake engine.
>>
>> The rules are posted here:
>> http://www.cwops.org/cwopen.html
>>
>> Many thanks!!
>>
>> Pete, W1RM
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com]
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 7:56 AM
>> To: N1MMLogger at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [N1MM] Attention Contest Organizers
>>
>> I am getting close to the end of the process of revalidating all the
>> links on the Supported Contests page of the N1MM Logger documentation,
>> so this seems like a good time for a plea directed to contest organizers.
>>
>> You can help publicize your contests, and assure continued support by
>> the authors of contest logging software, if you will do a few easy
things:
>>
>> 1.  When you move your contest's rules to a new web page, whenever
>> possible please put a redirect on the old page, to send people to the
>> new one.  Somewhat unbelievably, the ARRL failed to do this when it
>> unveiled its new web page, so every single link in our table to ARRL
>> contests was broken.
>>
>> 2.  Separate the rules from the year-specific content, such as results
>> from the last year or announcement of the coming year's content.  Every
>> time I run across a rules URL like "http://hypotheticalcontest2010.htm"
>> I know that it will be broken before the next running of the contest.
>>
>> 3.  If you change your rules, or the multiplier list, please let us know
>> enough in advance of the next running of the contest so that we can
>> incorporate the changes.
>>
>> Thanks for reading!
>>
>
>