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Requires a
facility fee of $300/year and an annual station support fee of $175.Membership is
in one year increments.C A R I B B E A N C O N T E S T I N G C O N S O R T I U M
You can attain membership in CCC by being informally nominated by one or more of the existing members. That member then notifies one of the officers, who will send you information via E-mail to help you decide if you wish to join.
A list of officers and members is on the CCC web site, http://www.pj2t.org Accepting CCC membership carries the accompanying responsibility of paying a $300 annual facility fee, a $175 annual station support fee, and confers these privileges:
1. Perpetual invitation to operate at Signal Point, the group's Curacao QTH, any time a CCC contest operation has been organized for one of the six majors (ARRL DX, WPX, CQWW, both modes), or the ability to organize your own operation for any non-booked contest, and
2. Rebate of a portion of your annual facility fees, in the form of rent reduction, if you participate in rental of Signal Point at any time in the future, and
3. First priority on booking rental of Signal Point for any contest week or any other week of the year, and
CCC and the entity ("CG/Curacao Group") that owns the property are non-profit operations. All funds collected support the costs of operating and improving Signal Point and the PJ2T station. No portion of any revenue will be turned over to the owners of the QTH as profit.
Your facility fee dollars will be credited to your account and will remain on credit indefinitely. (While the minimum amount is $300, some members have chosen to contribute more annually, and these additional amounts will also remain on credit perpetually.)
Each person's membership year will run from 1 June to 31 May. At the end of each year, you will be responsible for payment of another $300 facility fee and $175 station support contribution for the following year if you choose to continue as a member. Payments may be made in start-of-year lump sum or quarterly increments. You will be assigned a nickname that only you will know, and the status of your account will be accessible by password on the group's web site. Payment reminders will be sent by E-mail.
Your facility fees will be rebated if you rent Signal Point. Each week's contribution will be reduced from $1100 to $800 (or higher for large teams) until any unused credit on your account has all been used. If you have more than $300 credit, the rent will still be $800, but your unused credit will be carried forward. This is done to assure reasonable revenues during CCC rentals. (Costs for non-CCC members are higher.)
Also, each licensed amateur participating in a weekly operation will be asked to pay a station support fee (see rates) into the PJ2T treasury to help with upkeep and improvements of the station. These funds will be used exclusively for the amateur station. This includes both CCC and non-CCC renters.
The house has two bedrooms, each with a full bath. Each bedroom has two double (full) beds.
Please see "Concepts for Team Use of Signal Point" for more suggestions and examples of how lodging and rental costs might be handled for team operating.