[MiQP-Mail] A radical idea for MiQP 2007?

[Hank Greeb]

 From the ILQP reflector.  Anyone within the MIQP hierarchy want to 
tackle getting the SEC and EC's involved in MiQP 2007?

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Subject:     Re: [ILQSO] A radical idea?
Date:     Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:18:04 -0400
From:     ny4n at aol.com
Reply-To:     Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
To:     ilqso at mailman.qth.net

We did that last year. After I found out that I could not come up 
mobile, I got with our EC and came up with a EmComm plan. We decided to 
use the Earthquake card, the New Madrid fault shook and damaged much of 
the State. It was the job of our Group to make contact with as many 
counties in Illinois as possible. Each contact was treated as Health and 
Welfare traffic. Exposed several local hams to both contesting and 
working as a team for a common goal. Local EMA and 911 officials were 
direct on our plan also. Several State QSO parties could be used this 
way. Prime directive. Have fun !  Jeff  NY4N / M

-----Original Message-----
From: n8xx at arrl.org
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Cc: ortracr at yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: [ILQSO] A radical idea?

I don't know who inspired ARES in Michigan, but two or three ARES groups 
joined in the 2006 MiQP. I moved to Michigan last November (2005) so 
wasn't cognizant of the hierarchy of ARES/RACES in this section. 
However, I mentioned to the Section Mangler that operating during MiiQP 
would be a good way for ARES groups to see how many counties they could 
contact. (One of the goals of ARES/RACES is to be able to contact their 
counterparts via Ham Radio when other forms of communications fail.) If 
leaders of the ILQP were to contact the SEC and EC's immediately after 
the 2006 ILQP, and remind them from time to
time, during the year, more such groups or individuals from these groups 
might be encouraged to participate. And, if these groups would get 
active, perhaps some of the contesters might get interested in emergency 
communications - a two way street....
 
73 de n8xx Hg