Fw: Contest

[Bill Glaze]

I guess what I shouid have said was "communication and caring."  Without 
both, either one alone can be pretty useless.  Bill Glaze

AWorrest at aol.com wrote:

> More than communication is needed.  Part of the problem is that the 
> coordinators don't live in the states where the contests are held.  A 
> number of years back when I was a CD, I sanctioned a contest in 
> Nebraska.  The coordinator at the time for my district lived in 
> Colorado.  I was surprised that just at the time my contest was 
> sanctioned that another was sanctioned close by in Missouri that was 
> in another district.  I phoned my district coordinator and she said 
> that she had informed the coordinator for Missouri (who incidentally 
> lived in Illinois) of my contest.  I then phoned the gentlemen in 
> Illinois. His excuse was that he didn't know Nebraska and Missouri 
> were adjacent states and made no effort to see if there would be a 
> conflict!
>
> Allan Worrest
>
> In a message dated 4/18/2005 10:15:37 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> billglaze at triad.rr.com writes:
>
>> Scott:
>> It doesn't need to be a problem; the secret is communication.  But, 
>> there is little anybody can do if the sanction is applied for by the 
>> CD and nobody else is aware of it.  Which usually becomes the case, 
>> and the conflicts are known only after the fact.  And,  while it is 
>> easily possible for the District VP to handle his own district, it 
>> gets stickier when there are 2 or even 3 districts involved.  Perhaps 
>> this position of Competitions Manager could help, if it's 
>> implemented.  As John says, probably no harm done in this case; I 
>> don't see much intermingling of our 2 Districts going on.  But, still 
>> and all, it would be much better to try to synchronize these 
>> contests.  Perhaps doing so would encourage more inter-district 
>> visits.  It would be advantageous.
>>
>> Bill Glaze
>> D2 VP
>
>
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