[FQP] FQP Digest, Vol 34, Issue 2

[Bill Williams]

All,

My $0.02 worth.

Electronic certificates are not worth a tinker's damn.  If we have an
organized activity wherein the individual can earn a certificate, someone
should IMHO care enough to print one and sign it, then mail it to the
recipient in a document-safe container of some kind.  Why else bother?  If I
want an electronic certificate, I can design a few hundred and send them to
myself with no further effort involved.  But to have something printed from
the Florida Contest Group that celebrates my achievement - that's worth
something to me.

If the question is cost - let the winners pay a small fee to offset/defray
the cost of printing and mailing the certificates.  But please don't
relegate us to the world of electronic data in a virtual world where nothing
has tangible value.  Again, IMHO, I believe the winners have earned
something physically tangible.

Nix to the e-certificates.  The whole concept smells like 5-day-old fish.


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73 de N4PCF 
Bill Williams 
Vice President and Webmaster, Panama City Amateur Radio Club (2007)


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   1. Re:  FQP certificates (k1to at aol.com)


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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:17:37 -0500
From: k1to at aol.com
Subject: Re: [FQP] FQP certificates
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Thanks for the input!
 
Since the replies have trickled off, here are the one-day totals:
A)  1
B)  8
C)  4
D)  0
E)  1 (Just making this up but it was an e-mail that involved both WC4E and
KU8E...)
 
The two key points here are that the certificate design itself seems OK and
that there is growing interest in some sort of e-certificate.
 
Interesting comments:
- Cost savings with C).  
My reply - Certainly true, but the FCG does budget each year for FQP costs.
 
- If C), consider the European A4 paper size.  
TO:  Is this what the WAE uses for their downloaded certificate?  Can
someone pse check that out?  
 
- Making your own from the web site is cheap and less meaningful.  
 
- We should have an extra award similar to CA wine, etc.
TO:  Very true.  This is overdue for the FQP.  Oranges would seem to be the
appropriate item.  Anyone have an orange grove nearby that might donate 10
or more bags in return for publicity in our results or something?  
 
Also, based on the above voting, I will go ahead and reorder certificates to
cover at least this yr.  In the meantime, we should be looking at ways of
electronically generating certificates.  
 
TU all & 73, Dan
 
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From: K1to at aol.com
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Cc: fcg at kkn.net
Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: FQP certificates


Folks - 

While the plaques are in the mail, the certificates are a little behind.  We
have run out of certificate stock and are switching responsibility from WC4E
who did a fantastic job with them in recent years, so we're at a crossroads.


For those of you who have received certificates in recent years, a quick
survey:

1)  The certificate design is:
  A)  Getting a little bit dated - please update the layout
  B)  Just fine - keep it going indefinitely 
  C)  So outdated that you should just offer a downloaded version and skip
the 
"hard copy" altogether 
  D)  Other (fill in the blanks)

Please reply to me personally unless your comments are particularly
entertaining!  

I'll tally the responses and announce our approach in the next few days.  

Thanks!  

73, Dan, K1TO



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