[amsat-bb] AmSat Ombudsman

[Robert MacHale]

May I suggest AMSAT might need an Ombudsman.

The reason I am suggesting - in October 2018 - the same year Patrick Stoddard mocked, harassed, or bullied Gordo and Clint - I also had a negative experienced with Patrick that is still unresolved.

One evening during an ISS pass, my home brew iGate delivered a few rogue APRSAT packets via APRS-IS to ARISS.NET over a 20 minute period. I turned off the iGate as soon as I noticed the problem. Later, I found and fixed the bug in my Arduino software.
Google search 'patrick twitter KE6BLR' to see his Twitter complaint against me.
For some reason, as a result of Patrick's complaints to Steve Demse I was banned from ARISS.NET - for life. Imagine that. Banned for life for over an experimental radio project.

When I worked on an ICANN project I learned they had an Ombudsman. Obviously the stakes are much higher when managing TLDs. But, the pattern can apply here.
Perhaps AMSAT needs an Ombudsman to mange the bully culture, bad faith, and intrigue that has been tolerated in the past - it's not okay - it's not acceptable - it's not good.
BTW, I like Gordo. I got to hang out with him and his wife at a BBQ following an ARISS event for Mendez Fundamental School in Santa Ana, California - a low income district.
Sincerely,

Robert MacHale. KE6BLR Ham Radio License. http://www.aprsat.com/predict
. http://www.spaceCommunicator.club 
. Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration

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    On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 09:18:50 AM PDT, Greg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 LID/LCS

Wow, that is so chidish it borders on issues with emotional IQ …glad you brought that to my attention because it will influence my vote..

N3MVF



On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Mike Diehl via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

Clint, 

No need to send screenshots, everyone can just use the Wayback Machine here http://web.archive.org/web/20181227011914/http://work-sats.com/

73,
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID

> On Jul 15, 2020, at 10:10, Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Patrick and Jeff created a Web site In 2018 using my Web site’s name - but added the plural of my work-sat.com - they used “Sats.”
> 
> The site was solely created to demean myself and Gordon West. The posts were obscene, vile, insulting, and vicious in their attacks. Most of their posts are too objectionable to post on a public forum like this: posts like two rats fornicating and writing that my satellite inquiry phone number of 800-999-SATS could also use the alpha characters, 800-999-RATS.
> 
> If anyone is interested in reading screenshots of their work, I will privately email them to you. 
> 
> Stoddard and Johns will not be receiving my vote. 
> 
> Clint Bradford K6LCS
> 909-999-SATS
> 
> PS They let the GoDaddy domain name expire after a year. I registered it immediately - and it is now redirected to my site.
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