[Cwo] 2014 Summary Before Voting

[D Faklis]

I have tried to capture the meat of the concensus building process.  I'm sure I missed some of the discussions.  Please check me carefully.  This email was sent to CWO at KKN.net and I assume that everyone involved receives reflector emails.  
 
Starting at the beginning:
 
What is the "new date?" Is it last zulu Friday in August? Or zulu Friday of first (partial) weekend in September? Or ... ?
73, Hank, W6SX
 
Good question Hank.  I think we decided on the first (partial) weekend in Sept. Be it Sat Aug 31 (zulu) like this year or first Sept Saturday (zulu).  Need to look at the 2014 contest calendar and see if that's a problem or not.  I haven't done that. Might be we were just lucky this year with the split weekend.
73, Alan, AD6E
 
If we make it last weekend of August, it would be Aug 30 2014. If we keep it first full or partial weekend in September, it will be Sep 6 2014.
Rob K6RB
 
Then, for these dates, YODX and NA Sprint are identified as concerns by the group.  A search for a new date begins.  Conflicts are identified by the group.
 
Primary conflicts:  Tokyo Ham Fair (23 AUG 14), YODX (30 AUG 14), NA Sprint (7 SEP 14), FOC (13 SEP 14), SAC CW (20 SEP 14), CQWW RTTY (27 SEP 14)
 
Secondary conflicts: HIQP and OHQP (23 AUG 14), WAQP (20 SEP 14), TXQP (27 SEP 14)
 
Unknown potential conflicts: KSQP (23 AUG 14)
 
YODX, FOC and CQWW RTTY achieve "keep out" status by the group:  30 AUG, 13 SEP, 27 SEP are essentially deemed no good by the group.
 
This leaves 23 AUG, 6 SEP, and 20 SEP as possibilities around this timeframe.
 
Review 23 AUG:  Tokyo Ham Fair, HIQP and OHQP are conflicts.  KSQP may be a conflict.
Review 6 SEP:  NA Sprint conflict.  No overlap in time; Sprint begins when CW Open would end.
Review 20 SEP:  SAC CW and WAQP are conflicts
 
Analysis 23 AUG:  In 2013, there was no conflict with Tokyo Ham Fair and 6 JA logs have been received out of a total of 246 for Session 1.  >90 logs from EU/W.Asia.  Remainder NA.  I have not processed Session 2 or 3.  HI and OH QPs take in about 200 logs each.  Most of the group feels that concurrent state QPs will not impact the CWO greatly.  

Analysis 6 SEP:   45% overlap in operators Sprint/CWO.  W6SX, NW2K, N3JT weigh this data against a 6 SEP CWO.  K6RB and AD6E are leaning OK with 6 SEP.  I can't find evidence on where W1RM, K6MM, NO5W stand on this date. 

Analysis 20 SEP:  SAC CW seems to be a late addition to the discussion.  Here is a link to some stats:  http://www.sactest.net/blog/statistics/  1200 logs received in 2012.  92 logs from NA.  874 logs from EU.  146 logs from Asia.  RST and serial number.
 
Proposed Cull:  20 SEP (SAC CW) seems more occupied than 30 AUG (YODX)
 
Please comment on this email and its assumptions and please decide if 20 SEP should be removed from consideration.  After the comment period, I'd like to convene a vote.
 
Thanks!
73, Dean, NW2K 
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