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

[Joseph Armbruster]

I would like to see regular updates again, in an environment that is free
of legal intimidation and rich of engineering activity, like it use to
be...  That's why I voted for:  Hammond, Paige, Stoetzer.

AMSAT should be voting for people who speak well about AMSAT, work for
AMSAT and want it to continue to evolve and grow.  I have seen some board
members speak up now and then, but it seems limited now and focused on
answering specific engineering questions.

I'm not on the board of AMSAT, or involved with the board in any way, but
from all observations i've been able to make from the -bb traffic, it seems
like many on the BOD are being forced to walk on eggshells with their words
and are being stifled due to legal threats.  Reference the -bb email
 "[Reply to W5PFG's letter of 10 July 2020", and all it's majesty.  With an
email like this being sent publically to the -bb, who knows what else has
gone on behind the scenes or in board meetings.  Not sure if the email was
sent just-for-show or not (you know how some people can be these days...),
but that's the work of Patrick and Michelle (ref the email), whom appear to
be part of the root cause of the deafening silence we are experiencing from
the board.  If you want to do AMSAT a service, sift through the -bb and
vote-away the friends-and-family of ORI.  Otherwise, it feels like it will
be the last year, ad-infinitum, minus any engineering activity.

Joseph Armbruster
KJ4JIO

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 5:14 AM Ciemon Dunville via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Interpretation of the statement aside what I find interesting is that this
> sort of news and subsequent discussion is not happening on this list.
> Surely the whole point of having a central point of focus is that all
> information should be here. Do I need to subscribe to QRZ.com now to find
> out what's going on in the world of AMSAT?
>
> Why aren't the various BoD people giving regular updates here for us all to
> see?
>
> 73
> Ciemon - G0TRT
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 08:01, E.Mike McCardel via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Jeff stated “ A few days ago, one of the BoDs and the VP of  Engineering
> > stated on 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. ”
> >
> > This is incredibly misleading and distorted. The VP of engineering said
> no
> > such thing. In fact if you take the time to actually read his statement
> he
> > offered to share information if someone wanted to dig deeper. He did say
> > that current engineering priorities were “focused on Golf”. This is a far
> > cry from saying he couldn’t be bothered with the failure of AO-92.
> > You can look it up and read it for Yourself.
> >
> > People, please, do your fact checking and don’t be mislead by distortions
> > of the truth.
> >
> >
> >
> > EMike McCardel, AA8EM
> > Past Senior Editor AMSAT News Service
> > Past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations
> > Former ARRL, Ohio Section, Affiliated Club Coordinator
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 7, 2020, at 9:01 PM, Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
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