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YCCC Contest Club General Meeting - Feb 7, 2015

Join the Yankee Clipper Contest Club for their general meeting on February 7th, 2015 from 1:00 to 4:30 PM at the Holiday Inn in Enfield, CT. The agenda includes various reports, announcements, game design & contesting discussion, and more.

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YCCC Contest Club General Meeting - Feb 7, 2015

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  1. Yankee Clipper Contest ClubGeneral MeetingFebruary 7, 20151:00 to 4:30PMHoliday Inn Enfield, CT

  2. Agenda • Call to Order • Secretary's Report - NJ1F • Treasurer's Report -N8RA • Announcements • CQWW Scores - W2JU • Game Design & Contesting - N2BA • Break/Buy Raffle Tickets! • New Members • Break Out – Two Groups: • Design the YCCC Contest – W1UE • On-Boarding for New Hams - N2BA • Adjourn

  3. Secretary’s Report Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, Secretary

  4. Meeting Minutes -Recent Minutes Published in Scuttlebut

  5. Did you in the past year • Get a New Call? • Move to a New QTH? • Change Email address? • Please send an email at Secretary@YCCC.org with updated information

  6. Treasurer’s Report From : December 1, 2014 To : January 31, 2015 Chet Slabinski, N8RA, Treasurer

  7. Treasury: Dec 1 thru Jan 31, 2015 Treasury balance $9,118 (Jan 31) $ 9,234 (Nov 30) Donation to WWROF $500 Donation to N1MM Logger $100 Club Newsletter $242 Holiday Meeting Buffet $ 87 TOTAL EXPENSES $929 Dues paid $810 Other income (badges) $ 3 TOTAL INCOME $813

  8. Scholarship Raffle K3-100 kit SCHOLARSHIP Ticket sales at December meeting: $1075 Balance Feb 1: $1075 $25/ticket

  9. Vote to Approve Reports

  10. Unfinished Business - None New Business?

  11. Announcements Winter Contest University LIDXA/YCCC Meeting

  12. The YCCC 2015 Winter Contest University Date: Tuesday February 10th, 2015 Time: 6:00-9:30 pm Location: ARRL Headquarters 225 Main St. Newington, CT This will be the ONLY Contest University held this winter. This will also be a Local Meeting; New Members may apply for membership and join YCCC at this time. Newbie or Barnacle-encrusted, come one, come all and join us for a great evening of contest discussion! We will gather for dinner around 5pm: Yanni's Pizza Restaraunt 296 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 see http://www.yannispizzarestaurant.com/

  13. 2015 NYC-LI YCCC Area Meeting A New York City - Long Island YCCC meeting Tuesday, Feb24, 2015, at 8PM (postponed from Feb 17) Town of Oyster Bay-Ice Skating Center, Community Room 1 in Bethpage. Sponsored by Long Island DX Association (LIDXA). Meeting Agenda: Short LIDXA meeting Introductions 2015 YCCC raffle tickets (Bob W2OSR won a K3 last year)! Presentation: TBA, moderated by Tom KA2D, LIDXA member and YCCC NYC/LI Area Manager YCCC and LIDXA dues can be collected New Membership info and applications for LIDXA and YCCC Check out LIDXA web goto: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ YCCC web goto: http://www.yccc.org

  14. Scores Update Alec W2JU, YCCC Scorekeeper

  15. CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED) YCCC FRC SSB 228,274,294 212,430,841 CW 345,019,904 284,276,282 TOTAL 573,294,198 496,707,123 YCCC ahead by 15% (12 points worse than 2013)

  16. ARRL DX 2014 YCCC FRC CW 190,495,374 140,728,254 35% SSB 119,056,050 133,821,876 -11% TOTAL 309,551,424 274,550,130 13%

  17. THANKS!

  18. Game Design for Contesters Brooke Allen, N2BA

  19. K5ZD K1DG 99% of all contests are Drag Races!!

  20. “YCCC seems to have become bored with winning the DX contests each year”. -Randy, K5ZD, YCCC reflector Mon Jan 5 14:23:16 EST 2015

  21. From Gamification online course by Kevin Werbach

  22. WFWL!! Work first and question later – and whatever you do, don’t be QRM!

  23. Game Design for Contesters “Pay attention, because nothing less than the future of our hobby is at stake. I do not mean just contesting; I mean all of ham radio. You will save this thing we love. Or you won’t — in which case it will die. Let me explain”. Brooke Allen, N2BA

  24. Break – Buy Your Raffle Tickets!!! 15 minutes Prize: Elecraft K3/100 Kit ! Tickets are $25 per chance!! Tickets ONLY sold at meetings!!!

  25. New Members • Application to Brian, NJ1F • Dues to Chet, N8RA • Introduce yourself • Interests, Contest activity, Rig, Antennas Motion to Accept these new members?

  26. Choose your working group: Gamification/Onboarding for New Hams – N2BA Design the YCCC Contest - W1UE

  27. Adjourn – Kick Butt in ARRL DX!! See you at the April Meeting!! April 12, 2015 Sturbridge, MA

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