[amsat-bb] Who I'm voting for (long)
Michelle Thompson
mountain.michelle at gmail.com
Tue Jul 14 22:26:04 UTC 2020
OK.
I replied privately to Stephen.
He's wrong about some facts.
No "ITAR" issues were involved with that model. That is not how ITAR works.
He did not like the fact that it was intended to be posted for free for
anyone to use. Some wanted to assert "copyright" over it, put "AMSAT.ORG"
on the side of it, and control it in other ways. There were multiple
conversations about this, and legal consultation over the "copyright"
issue. I got a go-ahead from enough people on the board to publish it as
originally proposed and went on to the next thing.
The model since then has been used very effectively, remixed, augmented
with electronics, turned into a satellite tracker where one side is an LCD
display, entered in art shows, "launched" at a trebuchet event, and
thoroughly enjoyed.
It has also been completely ignored by leadership.
I am sorry Stephen's feelings were hurt by the open sourcing of a project.
These issues of control and hurt feelings surrounding control are
unfortunate.
After it was up, and there was some after-the-fact scramble, I offered to
take it back down. He left out that part.
The fact that this is brought up as a reason for voting any particular way
(I'm not even on the ballot) is a bit odd.
He endorses people that have shut down AMSAT board meetings entirely and
are completely unapologetic about it.
Is publishing a useful model - faster than he preferred - somehow worse
than derailing all deliberative venues for the entire organization, going
way over the authorized amount for FD Associates, and secretly hiring
lawyers?
There are some extremely high standards for some people, and very low ones
for others, in the letter Stephen wrote.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 2:44 PM Steve Kristoff via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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> As Stephen has painted them in a negative light, I hope we can hear from
> Patrick and Michelle concerning their perceptions of the events described
> by Stephen.
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> Steve AI9IN
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> Date: 07/14/20 16:30
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