[amsat-bb] AMSAT BoD Election... Please Vote!

[Jeff Johns]

Candidates whom are running for a position on the AMSAT BoDs are allowed to use AMSAT’s publications/media in order to campaign per AMSAT bylaws. As such, this email is an allowed campaign email. 

If you are eligible to vote in this year’s election and have not yet done so, please consider casting your vote for me, Howie AB2S and Bob N4HY. This election cycle has been quite heated, as it should be. Myself and those I endorse want to change how AMSAT is operated. We want to see the organization follow its bylaws and the Code of Washington D.C. and to remove the dark cloud which is currently hanging over the organization. This dark cloud has been brought about by the organization being treated as a clubhouse and not a non-profit business. During this election cycle, AMSAT members have learned that their elected officials have squandered membership monies in a complete violation of bylaws and Washington DC corporate code. This HAS to stop. AMSAT members have learned that the BoDs refuse (the majority of them including those running for re-election) to have regular meetings. How can any organization survive in this manner?

A few days ago, one of the BoDs and the VP of  Engineering stated on QRZ.com that he couldn’t be bothered with the failure of AO-92 and that if anyone wanted to know what happened to it, they could look at the data but he was too busy to do so. Folks, that is the attitude of the majority of the BoDs, they simply don’t seem to care. What kind of leadership is that? Those incumbents running against me are promising you an HEO satellite but they can’t even tell us why AO-95 never worked, AO-92 is basically dead and HO-107 only lasted a few days. Members deserve leadership and answers, not false promises. 

This will be my last campaign email of the season. I’m just asking people to take a objective and not subjective look at AMSAT as it stands today. If emotions are removed, it’s easy to see that AMSAT is failing financially, ethically and failing in being a world-class leader of keeping amateur radio in space. If you are a member and haven’t voted, please do so tomorrow so that your ballot will reach the Secretary in time to be counted. 

AMSAT is worth saving but if changes don’t happen soon. There won’t be anything left to save. AMSAT needs real leadership not just uninterested OM that enjoy having a title. Let’s keep the organization going for decades to come. This can happen with a vote for me, Howie and Bob. 

Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing you on the air. 73!

Jeff WE4B 
http://we4bravo.com