[amsat-bb] AMSAT Critical Election

[Jeff Moore]

I love it!  (NOT!!!)   deliberate election interference  -- you should be
proud!!  Tips for democrats trying to overthrow a FEDERAL election!!

This is why I will probably NEVER become an AMSAT member  -  too many
liberals in charge!

KE7ACY

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 7:23 PM David Swanson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I would highly recommend everyone who got this unsolicited email to use
> their email provider's 'Report as Spam' function. What this does is let
> your provider know this was unwanted messaging, and flags the originating
> relay (the actual computer that sent the emails out) as a bad actor. If
> enough folks flag said server as a bad actor, that server will start
> getting ignored by the internet's email infrastructure thru a series of
> blocklists and reputation databases. I flagged the first email this morning
> as such, and I've been slowly watching the commercial vendor's relay climb
> in the 'bad reputation' score all day. Normally inexpensive relay services
> also have provisions that require someone renting their servers to have
> *explicit* (that is, opt-in) permission from their receivers, or they risk
> paying exorbitant fees for breaking the rules. I haven't dug into the TOS
> of this particular relay service yet, but I would guess it's no different.
> I'm sure Candidate DeFelice and Candidate Johns were aware of this fine
> print when they chose to use this service, so they must have deeper pockets
> than me.
>
> The beauty of the internet today is it's largely a self policing group of
> operators and engineers who just want things to work, and jerks to go
> away.. and that's normally how it all goes down. Welcome to the 21st
> century.
>
> -Dave, KG5CCI
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 7:07 PM Howie DeFelice via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Galaxy S9
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Unsubscribe by email<mailto:ab2s at amsat.org?subject=Unsubscribe>
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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