[amsat-bb] Re: Public Relations Lacking

[Rich/wa4bue]

Guess that AMSAT and it's members need to have that guide, and try to 
coordinate with these other organization may be in conjunction with NASA. 
Is the guide available from the government printing office???

God Bless

Rich
W4BUE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners at gmail.com>
To: "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d at earthlink.net>
Cc: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:51 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Public Relations Lacking


> Amsat is looking for a VP in Marketing!
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> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Clint Bradford
> <clintbrad4d at earthlink.net>wrote:
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>> > ... None of these cubesat developers has made any significant attempt 
>> > to
>> rally
>> the amateur radio satellite community ...
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>> That is because very few of the organizations/campuses with satellites
>> being deployed
>> this week have public relations professionals to properly promote their
>> projects. And
>> if they do have public relations departments, they have not been
>> "educated" as to the
>> true value of their projects to the amateur radio world.
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>> That's OUR responsibility. And we all can share the blame for this.
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>> NASA does it well with their 28-page Guide to conducting an ARISS 
>> contact.
>> Included are
>> timetables for media alerts (used to be called "press releases"), 
>> detailed
>> step-by-step
>> instructions for micro-managing every aspect of the project ... THAT'S
>> what "we" should
>> develop for EVERY one of these amateur radio satellite projects for
>> schools and amateur
>> satellite builders could use to better promote their projects. Of course,
>> project
>> managers can opt not to use such a guide. But when they realize the free
>> publicity their
>> project could easily garner (media attendance and coverage, promotion by
>> AMSAT on their
>> various Web sites, et al) - "we" would make it very attractive TO use 
>> such
>> a guide.
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>> I think AMSAT-NA should take the lead on this, and establish a committee
>> to develop
>> such a plan for future projects. I volunteer.
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>> Clint Bradford K6LCS
>> 909-241-7666 - cell, California
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>> Clint Bradford, K6LCS
>> http://www.clintbradford.com
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