[Ncdxf-bod-sub] TX3X Chesterfield Island 2015 grant request

[Glenn Rattmann]

Ned and Board,

Looking at their budget, I am comfortable with 
the proposed grant of $10,000.  They show the 
op-share at $6,000, and the ops have already been 
notified of  possible increase to $9,000 if there 
is shortfall.  I like the potential for donor 
payback if there are extra funds at conclusion.

I don't believe the indication of no operation on 
17m is a typo, because someone took the trouble 
to write NO there, instead of YES; but we've all 
made similar mistakes, probably, when we are 
typing a document.  That said, in October of this 
year I would expect 17m to be an extremely 
important band and they had better be making QSOs 
there-- especially if 10/12m are down somewhat by then.

K6NA votes YES for the $10,000 grant to 
Chesterfield 2015.  Thanks Ned for the nice workup.

--Glenn K6NA

At 08:00 AM 1/24/2015, you wrote:
>Fellows,
>
>I have received sufficient information for this 
>group to evaluate the grant request from the 
>TX3T Chesterfield Island DXpedition 2015. 
>Attached are the Grant Application and the Budget Worksheet.
>
>The DXpedition is scheduled to start on 2 
>October and run through 12 October. This is a 
>seasoned team, with experienced leadership 
>provided by Pista, HA5AO, and Les, W2LK. 
>Finances for this project are managed by Gene, 
>K5GS, with whom I have had the pleasure of 
>working with on their VK9MT project last year. 
>In addition to these fellow, the team currently consists of the following ops:
>
>K6GFJ
>W1SRD
>WA6O
>K6TD
>ND2T
>AA4NN
>K6MM
>
>All operators are contributors to NCDXF and even 
>some are tireless servants of the Foundation.
>
>The DXpedition web site can be found here:
>
>http://chesterfield2015.pdxg.net/
>
>Chesterfield Island joined the ranks as a DXCC 
>entity in March 2000. It was activated in March 
>2000 by an international team using the call 
>TX0DX. The island was activated again in 2004 
>with the NCDXF-funded team TX9. And the last 
>operation from the island was by the two-man 
>super team (AA7JV and HA7RY) signing TX3A in 
>2009. Chesterfield Islands are ranked #24 on the 
>Clublog "Global" Most Wanted List. The island is 
>listed as #26 in the DX Magazine's 2014 Most 
>Wanted Survey with none of those above it on the 
>list having been significantly visited by a DXpedition up to this time.
>
>I have spoken with Gene about the details of 
>trip and I have some additional information to consider.
>
>The team will, once again, use the Evohe for 
>transportation ( http://evohe.com/ ) captained 
>by Steve Kafka. The Captain and crew managed a 
>safe adventure to Mellish Reef in 2014 dodging 
>some weather that developed during their stay. 
>The Captain has stated that their scheduled trip 
>will be complete several weeks before the start of Typhoon season.
>
>Below is a letter sent to NCDXF explaining their 
>budget and deficit management process:
>
>"To NCDXF Board of Directors,
>
>As we work through the planning and budgeting 
>processes for TX3X I’d like to present this 
>side letter as a further explanation and 
>rationale for this budget and our deficit management.
>
>We developed a fully integrated cloud based Log 
>Search / OQRS / QSL-LoTW management application. 
>Working with Tim M0URX we will share with him 
>the confirmation process responsibilities and 
>take advantage of Tim’s Royal Mail bulk mail postage discounts.
>
>Tim agreed that all OQRS PayPal revenue will 
>flow to our (TX3T) PayPal account. Furthermore, 
>he agreed to use any money received with 
>“Direct Mailed QSL” requests to pay for QSL 
>printing, labels, envelopes and toner. Any 
>shortfall will be paid by me from the budget. In 
>other words, any net profit from QSLing goes to 
>TX3X. Since this is a new process for Tim he 
>requested that he not be listed as the QSL 
>manager so TX3X Direct cards are not commingled with his other projects.
>
>My current budget shows a shortfall of about 
>$25,000(USD). I think we can close that 
>shortfall by aggressively soliciting 
>contributions and through our yet to used OQRS 
>system / processes. The team has been advised 
>about the possibility of a shortfall, and an 
>increased operator fee, up to $9,000.
>
>I’ve done several business cases around 
>various OQRS ­ LoTW models and am confident we 
>can yield the required additional revenue by 
>doing our own cards and using the net income to 
>offset the deficit. If there’s a windfall that 
>exceeds the deficit we will return money to the 
>major foundation donors using the following process:
>-       Windfall profit amount above deficit divided by 2
>
>-       50%  goes back to the team
>-       50% apportioned to donors of $3,000 or more
>         o       Apportionment based on their 
> percentage of the total $3,000+ donation pool
>
>   Please contact me if there are any questions or concerns.
>
>                                                                 Sincerely,
> 
>Original signed by Gene Spinelli"
>
>AA7A recommendation:
>This is a worthy project that is addressing one 
>of the more needed DXCC. This is the right team 
>with a solid plan. I can poke no holes in the 
>budget and feel confident in suggesting that we 
>grant $10K to the TX3X Chesterfield Island 2015 DXpedition.
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Ned
>AA7A
>NCDXF Director
>
>
>
>
>
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