[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Symposium November 4-6 at San Jose, CA

[Gould Smith]

Hi Stefan,

I am working on it.  Should be available this weekend.

73,
Gould

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stefan Wagener
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:28 PM
To: Barry A. Baines
Cc: Alan Bowker ; Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Symposium November 4-6 at San Jose, CA

Just wondering, when will the presentation schedule be made available
(titles, author etc.)

Thanks, Stefan

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Barry A. Baines <bbaines at mac.com> wrote:
> Time is quickly approaching for the upcoming AMSAT Symposium to be held 
> November 4-6.  This year's Symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the 
> launch of the first amateur radio satellite into space.   The Symposium is 
> being held in San Jose, CA which is the home of Project OSCAR, the 
> organization that built amateur radio's first satellite.  As part of our 
> commemoration, the ARRL is bringing an OSCAR 1 prototype which has been 
> refurbished to help highlight this significant milestone. Our banquet 
> speaker, Lance Ginner, K6GSJ was a member of the team that built OSCAR 1; 
> he subsequently was involved with a number of follow-on amateur radio 
> satellite projects.  Lance's presentation promises to be a fascinating 
> look at the early days of amateur radio in space as well as perhaps some 
> lessons learned.
>
> Along with recognizing this significant milestone, the Symposium is an 
> excellent opportunity to learn about the success of ARISSat-1 as well as 
> AMSAT's latest project, Fox and the steps that we're taking to continue to 
> keep amateur radio in space.  There are some excellent presentations 
> scheduled that will cover the gamut from satellite engineering to 
> satellite operations to education outreach.  This year's "Proceedings of 
> the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and Annual Meeting", which is provided to 
> every Symposium attendee contains 21 papers and is over 250 pages in 
> length.  While not all papers will be presented, there are also several 
> presentations scheduled to be presented where the material was not 
> finished in time for publication.
>
> Along with the outstanding materials presented, Symposium offers a great 
> opportunity to meet the AMSAT leadership (the Board of Directors members 
> as well as Senior Officers), other satellite enthusiasts, and interact 
> with our volunteers who are involved with our engineering projects. 
> Symposium is both a presentation/educational opportunity as well as  a 
> social event.
>
> If you haven't yet registered for this year's Symposium, please consider 
> joining us.  Details on the Symposium and registering can be found at: 
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php  Please note that 
> deadline for taking advantage of the block or rooms that AMSAT has 
> reserved expires on October 24, so time is indeed running out for making 
> your arrangements.  The last time that AMSAT held a Symposium in 
> California was in 2006;  this may be the best chance for AMSAT members and 
> others living on the West Coast to participate in a Symposium and have 
> direct interaction with the AMSAT leadership for some time.   Hopefully, 
> those of you living in the Bay Area will take full advantage of this 
> opportunity. Alan Bowker, WA6DNR and his team have done a great job 
> preparing for an outstanding weekend in San Jose.
>
> See ya in San Jose!
>
> Barry Baines, WD4ASW
> President-AMSAT
>
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