[amsat-bb] AMSAT Critical Election

[Howie DeFelice]

Hi Dave,

That is a great question. I asked a similar quest of Clayton Coleman last year when AMSAT sent me a time critical email to an address I rarely used. If AMSAT had an email list candidates should have access to it. The answer I got was that AMSAT did not, and officially still does not apparently, have an email list for members and he obtained my email from QRZ.com. AMSAT does provide candidates with a mailing list that includes callsigns so I looked up all the callsigns on the AMSAT mailing list in QRZ.com (over 2200 of them) and did my own email broadcast.  I did not use an outside firm and the email list will be treated with the same rules that govern the mailing list we were provided.  I did have to lease access to a commercial smtp relay service, buy some software and modify my web site DNS but it was a fraction of the cost and much faster than sending snail mail. Welcome to the 21st century 🙂 The email had an unsubscribe link if you don't want to receive any additional mail from me.

73,
Howie AB2S


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From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:59 PM
To: Howie DeFelice <hdefelice at ab2s.freeservers.com>; AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: AMSAT Critical Election

Out of curiosity, did AMSAT supply email addresses to the candidates and if not how did a candidate get email addresses of AMSAT members?

Dave-KB1PVH


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On Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 1:01 AM Howie DeFelice <hdefelice at ab2s.freeservers.com<mailto:hdefelice at ab2s.freeservers.com>> wrote:







Your vote will determine the future of AMSAT


 My name is Howie DeFelice and I am running for the AMSAT board of directors. You probably have read my short candidate statement that came along with your ballot. You can find much more in depth information about me and my ideas on my web site at www.ab2s.freeservers.com<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrack.smtpsendemail.com%2F9026972%2Fc%3Fp%3DEjQ7tXvsYnBDjFRcefprDeK9ZMrjiwnhwu1PoCNwQCOhol0d6TOWC01wpinvMUNi7-98ONNxia1MR-IC7uyR23vVYx1tK1TCPnYKm-2C3d9f2hbW2kfe04GG5yNT26N2qcRALnRe0WwVuOleo-bC5Q%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bbae00e6e5b42aa491108d834b248ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637317287610480529&sdata=Tc8WiEs%2FpEYEcB15jlcqebSycWMh3aCeEzedlKe%2Fsc8%3D&reserved=0>.

 I have received many emails and read many comments on the AMSAT-BB that support the idea of moving the orgnization to a more proactive posture. I have long felt there were a large segments of the membership that felt they were not being heard and the comments I have been getting have proved that to be true. If you are one of those that feel that AMSAT has become a specialized contest club, that technical advancement is lagging and the needs of ALL the membership are not being heard, now is your chance to make a difference.

 It's going to take a lot of hard work to get the organization back on it's  founding path and will require a majority of like minded individuals. We need to add two more dedicated directors to the board this election to begin making progress, like being able to call regular board meetings. Please consider voting for me and my associates; Dr. Bob McGwire and Mr. Jeff Johns. Your vote WILL make a difference.

Thank you for your time,

Howie DeFelice AB2S

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