[amsat-bb] 2018 Corrected AMSAT Board of Directors Ballots

[Gabriel Zeifman]

Mike,

I disagree. I think mailing anonymous postcards on stock paper I can buy at
Office Depot is superior in every way. First of all, 128-bit encryption is
very succeptible to hacking by people trying to sabotage our small
non-profit's election. Second, I think most of our members enjoy getting
out, going to the post office, buying a stamp, and praying that USPS
manages to get it there on time and in one piece. Not only that, but when a
member accidentally does not receive a ballot, they simply cannot vote,
which weeds out the non-dedicated members. The obvious choice for an
organization looking to move forward and into the future is paper, forever.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 5:42 PM Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> Disagree. There are online services that are just as, if not more, secure
> as your medical information or where you spend your money. Going to print
> with anything takes a lot more work than simply providing some options to a
> voting service. Then there’s postage. Online is also more convenient, you
> can pretty much do it anytime, anywhere you want. Think of it like LOTW for
> QSLs, saves a ton in paper, postage and trips to the post.
>
> Last but not least is I don’t see a real threat of people “hacking” the
> elections for jobs that don’t pay and are full of criticism.
>
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID
>
> > On Jul 17, 2018, at 19:44, Eric Fort <
> eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org> wrote:
> >
> > Let’s not get into electronic voting. Too much opportunity to “hack the
> vote”.   It’s unfortunate that an error was made and not caught prior to
> printing and mailing but electronic voting is not the answer.
> >
> > Eric
> > Af6ep
> >
> > Sent using SMTP.
> >
> >> On Jul 17, 2018, at 3:40 PM, Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> How unfortunate that our cash strapped, technology oriented
> organization is
> >> having to waste so much money to print and mail two sets of paper
> ballots
> >> to each and every member. Seems to me that electronic voting would save
> the
> >> organization money, make voting more secure and efficient, prevent
> mishaps
> >> such as this, and prevent some members from not receiving ballots like
> last
> >> year.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Gabe
> >> AL6D/VE6NJH
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 2:33 PM Clayton Coleman W5PFG <tasmac at w5pfg.us>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-NA
> >>> members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have
> >>> been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the
> AMSAT-NA
> >>> office will not be counted.
> >>>
> >>> New ballots, labeled “CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018” and printed on
> >>> yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members.
> >>>
> >>> Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates:
> >>> Tom Clark, K3IO
> >>> Mark Hammond, N8MH
> >>> Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
> >>> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
> >>> Peter Portanova, W2JV
> >>>
> >>> The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the
> >>> highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
> >>> members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Clayton
> >>> W5PFG
> >>> AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary
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