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[Michelle Thompson]

I am an executive for a telecommunications company.

Landline telephony is a shrinking industry and is heavily regulated by the
FCC.

My company will be in the black for the next 10 years due to smart
management and hustle.

I offer those same skills to AMSAT-NA.

I didn't do badly in wireless and satellite telephony earlier in my career,
either. I retired as a senior engineer from Qualcomm Incorporated. That
taught me an enormous amount about cost controls, technical marketing, and
how to make money in fields that were assumed to already be saturated or
mature.

AMSAT can benefit from both cost cutting and revenue increases. There are
grants that have not been applied for and partnerships not pursued. I'm
unafraid to take on that job.

-Michelle W5NYV



On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 08:32 Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I am not a candidate for the AMSAT BoD (been there, done that) nor am I
> endorsing or opposing anyone.  Most of you know me; if not, please see my
> QRZ.com page.  As the the then EVP, it was my fate to be Acting President
> during the failure and partial recovery of AO-40.
> AMSAT's basic problem is financial.  Universities and even high schools
> get NASA  up.money to build and launch Cubesats, while AMSAT's limited
> resources are slowly drying up.
>
> I don't have a solution, but I am not running for the BoD.  I urge those
> who are to put their solutions forward, not just their gripes.
> 73 Ray W2RS
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