[amsat-bb] Who I'm voting for (long)

[Bruce Perens]

Robert,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 4:58 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I know you only show up at election time
>

Snark if you want, but I am working on Amateur Space quite often. My latest
was the pocketqube ion thruster project, see
http://perens.com/static/AppliedIon/
where my work successfully raised the necessary funds and got the project
on its feet again.

AMSAT is on a solid financial footing and headed in the right direction.


Well, that is wonderful. But you must understand where my trepidation about
AMSAT's finances comes from, since AMSAT presidents in their annual reports
at AMSATs own meetings have been really grim about AMSAT's finances.

I also hear that around the start of April, you reported "Without cash
flows, we (AMSAT) can't afford to pay our bills." At which point AMSAT
applied for the government salary protection program. That is after the
report you just cited, isn't it? We are all suffering from COVID-19 related
austerity, and we can expect AMSAT to lose funds that it would have
received around conferences, etc., so best wishes with that.

    Thanks

    Bruce