Bauxite Chapter of 10-10 International
The Bauxite Chapter of Ten-Ten International, the only 10-10 Chapter in Arkansas, began in 1977 with 13 Charter and one Honorary Charter member. There are over 100 other Arkansas members (classified as “Local” members). Every state in the United States is represented, as well as many countries around the world. The Chapter was revived on January 1, 1997.
The New Certificate Program
Will Be In Three (3) Stages.
Stage 1: The Basic Certificate (THE BAUXITE) requires five (5) contacts with members, one of whom must be a Charter or Local. (For our purposes, any AR member is considered a local.)
Certificate holders Number 1–15 are Charter members and include Grace, K5MRU, an honorary Charter. Grace lives in both Texas and Colorado, for those of you that may have difficulty in making contact with Arkansas.
Cost for the BAUXITE CERTIFICATE is $1.00 + 2 First Class stamps.
It is also available number-only via email.
Stage 2: The ARKANSAS VISITOR Certificate requires 50 points and can include the same contacts used to qualify for the BAUXITE. Points are earned as follows:
Each Charter contact 5 points
Other AR contact 3 points
Any DX or FS contact 3 points
All other members 1 point
If the member contacted has an ARKANSAS VISITOR number, add 1 point to the above.
Cost for the ARKANSAS VISITOR CERTIFICATE is $1.00 + 2 First Class stamps.
It is also available number-only via email.
It is possible to obtain both the BAUXITE and the ARKANSAS VISITOR simultaneously.
After obtaining the ARKANSAS VISITOR number, points are no longer collected. They need to remain on your list, however, to help others who are working on Stage 2 of the program.
Stage 3: The ARKANSAS STATE PARKS Certificate is the newly added program. It begins with contacts made on or after January 1, 1997, and you must have an AR Visitor number of your own to begin.
You exchange AR Visitor numbers with fifteen (15) other AR Visitor members to qualify for the new Certificate, which will include an official booklet describing the State Parks of Arkansas with a map showing their locations.
Cost for this certificate is $2.00 and the mailing will also include the first Seal with a pamphlet describing the Crater of Diamonds State Park.
There will be 14 additional seal opportunities. Each Seal upgrade requires an additional 10 AR Visitor contacts (NO DUPES) and each seal includes a pamphlet describing another of the State Parks.
Completion of the first five Seals adds one point to your total. Completion of all 15 Seals adds another point and opens the door for another program called ARKANSAS TRAVELER.
Chapter Nets are held at 28.470 on Sunday and Monday evenings at 8:30 local (Central) time.
Links
Ten Ten International Home Page- The City of Lights (COL) Aurora, Illinois
- 10-10 International Arizona Desert Chapter
Some Bauxite History
Our Chapter name, The Bauxite Chapter, came from the uniqueness of our location. Saline County and central Arkansas is the only place in the continental United States where it has been economically feasible to commercially mine the Bauxite ore.
Mining of Bauxite began here in 1899 and increased each year, peaking during the World War II years when the need was greatest because German subs were sinking the ore ships from Suriname.
During the peak years, as much as 1,000,000 long dry tons per year of Bauxite were mined and processed locally by Alcoa.
The high-grade, low-silica Bauxite ore is no longer available and the low-grade ore that remains is not economically feasible to process, so the mining and refining plants have been shut down.