[amsat-bb] WA9JBQ Request (Kevin)

[Stephen DeVience]

"Additionally, the General Membership, GM, may normally attend BOD meets
but have no voting rights."

As a member, I was looking forward to receiving a Zoom link for the next
BOD meeting, but after a quick search online, this seems to only be true
for certain situations where government money is involved. We may need to
hire a lawyer to figure it out for sure...

I will just say that even as a non-profit, AMSAT is still like any other
corporation in that it provides a product (satellites, publications, etc.)
in return for compensation (donations, membership fees). Most members don't
care how the sausage is made, but they will care if there are no new
satellites because precious time and money are spent on internal conflict.
They will vote with their pocketbooks when they find something else
interesting to do. So the board needs to put aside its personal
differences, find some compromises to the legitimate grievances on both
sides, and focus on providing a good product that encourages people to
continue donating. Otherwise AMSAT will go the way of Sears and we will all
be stuck using cheap Chinese tools (satellites) instead.

-Stephen, N8URE