[MiQP-Mail] Spice up the pie..

[k8gt at twmi.rr.com]

In the OK QSO Party, the OKDXA footed the bill for the mugs,
participants coughed up $5 for S&H.   

73, Gerry  K8GT



----- Original Message -----
From: Jimk8mr at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:48 am
Subject: Re: [MiQP-Mail] Spice up the pie..
To: MIQP-Mail at miqp.org

> 
> 
> Pennsylvania for years has had mugs and tee shirts available for  
> participants in the PAQP. 
> 
> PAQP charges for the stuff, so no significant costs are incurred by 
> the  
> sponsoring club.
> 
> I think either tee shirts or hats would be a better choice. They 
> tend to  get 
> worn in public at places like hamfests, where others see them and 
> get some  
> advertising exposure for MiQP (or whoever). I still have and 
> occasionally wear 
> a  hat from a Texas QSO Party circa 1996.
> 
> Mugs tend to sit in cupboards.
> 
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
> 
> Coming up north again next month!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/11/2007 1:51:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> murphys at comcast.net writes:
> 
> 
> I  agree with Dave's comments about increasing activity at the 
> grass roots  
> level.  I don't think some additional incentive would hurt,  
> though.  The 
> ARRL SS Coffee mugs, pins and brooms come to mind, and,  doesn't 
> the League 
> require the recipient to pay for their own mug or  pin?  That type 
> of 
> arrangement would keep MRRC from having to put up  the $$ for the 
> awards.
> Perhaps offering some sort of trinket for  achieving certain 
> "milestones" 
> (working WAS during the contest, for  example) might entice people 
> to not 
> only get on for the contest, but to  stay on for the duration.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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