[amsat-bb] WA9JBQ Request (Kevin)

[Chad KG0MW]

You are right Stephen. 
The attacks on members should never have happened in the first place.

chad


	
Chad Phillips
KG0MW
Amsat Ambassador
www.kg0mw.com


> On Jul 12, 2020, at 4:22 PM, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Stephen,
> I have no idea where that information is posted, or why. Typically, if a closed BOD meeting is called it is for personnel issues and the like.
> ---  
> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side  
> 73 de W3AB/GEO     
> 
> http://www.w3ab.org
> 
> You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out". 
> 
>    On Sunday, July 12, 2020, 01:00:29 PM PDT, Stephen DeVience via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
> 
> "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
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