[Dx-qsl] K1B: EPILOG

Wed Jul 24 20:04:00 2002

Just want to put in my 2 cents worth that when Nenad posted his offer to
hand carry any QSL's mailed to his address in Canada to YT1AD I gladly took
him up on it.
A couple of days ago I received my K1B cards in great shape from Canada. 
This was for 6 separate contacts (different bands, different modes, no
dupes). It should be noted the cards were hand written, no labels being
used. I would think hand writing the cards constitute even more of an
effort to get the QSL's ready in time for Nenad's return to Canada.
The cards themselves are great, with views of the island, the ops, and a
bare breasted view of Miss Baker Island, who I believe is related to Miss
Midway.
Thanks for your extra efforts, Nenad!
Great job, Great QSL, K1B Team!
Nenad Stevanovic wrote:
>> Folks,
>> I have been pretty busy last two weeks first with shiping you the
> K1B cards, and than sorting VE QSL bureau backlog made during
> my 3 wks vacation.
>> I have been reading your mail, but did not have chance to respond,
> even after seeing couple of misconcepts in your mail. I would
> not consider them intentional, rather the result of inadequate
> information.
>> What was the K1B mission in the first place? After the DXpedition
> was over, many people were more than pleased with the great
> achivement of the team, and expressed their interest in sending
> donations AFTER the DXpedition. The number of those requests
> increased after the DXpeditions costs were made public (100ドルK US).
> However, many of you did not have the confidence in postal system
> and asked me if I can help.
>> In this sense, the whole action is initiated by YOU, not by
> anybody else. The latest on our mind was to condition cards to
> donation, as some of you tried to misinterpert.
>> I usaually never do anything before I think twice. The
> Hamvention in Dayton was the opportunity to make details
> of the plan, after discussion with all parties involved.
> The whole plan was made public in an anouncement that
> was published right after Dayton on this and other lists.
>> We did not expect more than 50 such contributions. However,
> your response was ovrwhelming. I received almost 250 donations.
>> Having long term QSL Bureau experience in handling large
> number of QSLs, I made my own records of all cards and donations
> that were received, opened each and every letter, and responded
> to those who asked for confirmation. This had twofold effect:
>> To reduce the luggage weight, and to send the list of requests
> IN ADVANCE to YT1AD. For those of you who never handled large
> volume of mail, such a trivial action as opening the envelope, or
> placing the stamp, becomes elaborate taks when done in volume
> of hundreds or thousands. Let alone the time spent.
>> When I arrived to YU, the situation was such that QSL cardis have
> arrived from the printer just a day before, and almost none
> of 4000 K1B requests was processed, or even the letters opened.
> When I came with 250 nicely sorted and opened letters, including
> the list sent before my arrival, the choice was obvious: Process
> them first. Also the decision was made to process SSB cards to
> avoid long time consuming manual transport to Moscow.
>> In record time all requests have been processed, logs checked,
> and to save the tame for Hrane and his team to start processing
> another 4000 requests, I took an action to seal the envelopes,
> place the stamps, and rubberstamp the return address after my
> return to Canada. This action paid off. While I was getting ready
> to return to Canada, the team processed another 200 requests
> and handed them to me at Belgrade airport, literally minutes
> before plane departure. In that sense we can only say 'Hats down'
> to such dedication.
>> Now on this side of the pond the process was pretty streightforward.
> Within a day or two all mail was sent, and as per confirmations
> seen on this list, many are already received.
>> The most important of all. In a phone call 20 minutes ago, I have
> the latest infrmation on K1B cards progress. 2500 reiquests have been
> processed and sent last week (ending July 20), and another 1000
> this week. This is in addition of several hundred 3D2CY requests
> (received from Z32AU) that are also processed.
>> I hope this conludes the discussion on this topic on this list.
> K1B DXpedition goes into history as one of the gratest DXpeditions
> of this kind. Thank you.
>> 73 Nenad VE3EXY
> Please help QSL.NET . Send your donation now.
>> If you have already donated, thanks !

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