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<DIV>Pennsylvania for years has had mugs and tee shirts available for
participants in the PAQP. </DIV>
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<DIV>PAQP charges for the stuff, so no significant costs are incurred by the
sponsoring club.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mugs tend to sit in cupboards.</DIV>
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<DIV>73 - Jim K8MR</DIV>
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<DIV>Coming up north again next month!</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/11/2007 1:51:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
murphys@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>I
agree with Dave's comments about increasing activity at the grass roots
<BR>level. I don't think some additional incentive would hurt,
though. The <BR>ARRL SS Coffee mugs, pins and brooms come to mind, and,
doesn't the League <BR>require the recipient to pay for their own mug or
pin? That type of <BR>arrangement would keep MRRC from having to put up
the $$ for the awards.<BR><BR>Perhaps offering some sort of trinket for
achieving certain "milestones" <BR>(working WAS during the contest, for
example) might entice people to not <BR>only get on for the contest, but to
stay on for the duration.<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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