At 01:51 PM 3/27/2008, Richard J. Norton wrote:

I have been a personal friend of Martti Laine for many years. Martti recently approached me about the ARRL Board getting involved with the DXCC status of his recent Kosovo operation.

I told him that I would forward any information he wanted the Board to see to the appropriate Board committee, which is the PSC. In accordance with that, here is his submission. I expect to tell Martti that I have passed the information on, and the next PSC meeting will be on May 31.

Please understand that I am not advocating Martti Laine's position. I am only forwarding information for consideration by other PSC members.

I think the PSC is the wrong place to send the information. I think the PSC should handle it with a ten foot pole, hand it off to the HQ staff entrusted with DXCC country interpretations to make sure they have the available information. DXCC decisions shouldn't be handled by the Board or by standing committees. If there is a problem with DXCC rules, then consider changes with extreme caution and care. Do not make changes with the pressure of prominent DXers at your side. I'm pretty offended by Martti and by the QST DX Column editor in how they are working this on a political level. If the Board wants to get involved in DXCC decisions, we can go back and deal with Okino Torishima, 7O1YGF, 1A6SBO, 1G5A and a box full of other weird cards I have (and you probably have your own list) at the same time. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444