Al, I wasn’t too sure what the plans were going to be and I didn’t want you to make all sorts of plans and financial commitments for something that would not be within the SOTA rules.
I think in general your plan makes sense… You desperately want the square as do others, you can’t go there, others can’t go so fund up a club that is allowed to operate and then you can work them for the square.
It means for the SOTA activation they’ll be limited to more QRP setups. Well you can run 100W from modern batteries now but more moderate powers will give longer endurance. That should not be a big issue as we are well on the upside of the solar cycle. The other day David N6AN achieved WAC from one activation on 10m CW @ 5W. 68th Birthday Activation on W6/CT-269. WAC!