[MiQP-Mail] Mackinac 50th Certificate

[David Pruett]

The certificate being offered to commemorate the 50th anniversary by 
spelling the word MACKINAC using the first letter of the suffix of 
stations worked is officially endorsed by the MiQP Committee as part of 
the event.  It was the Committee who included the announcement of it in 
the text which we sent to the Michigan ARRL Section Manager, Dale/WA8EFK 
for publication in the Michigan Section Newsletter.  The MiQP 
logchecking team already has software in place to check for the complete 
spelling in every entered log.  We will also include announcement of the 
award in the postings concerning MiQP on CQ-Contest which we send out 
the week before the event.  The MiQP Communications manager, Mark/NU8Z 
will mention the award in the pre-contest e-mails he is sending out.  A 
notice about the two new awards will be on the MiQP web site home page 
this evening.

The Mackinac 50 award it should be noted, is not being administered by 
the MiQP Committee, but rather by the person who conceived the award, 
Hank Greeb, N8XX.  This award, and the new "MiQP Rookie Of The Year" 
plaque sponsored by Steve Murphy, N8NM, are the first of what we hope 
might be a new trend in privately sponsored MiQP awards which augment 
the plaques and certificates currently offered by the committee.  This 
awards are certainly "official" in that the MiQP Committee, as part of 
the process of scoring the contest, will determine who the winners are.  
We are simply tapping non-committee resources to be able to offer more 
awards for MiQP participants.

Just in case anyone is interested, in MiQP 2006 37 stations spelled 
"MACKINAC" using the first letter of the suffix of stations they worked.

73,

Dave Pruett, K8CC
Director
Michigan QSO Party