[amsat-bb] Jeff Jones blocked - please explain

[Michael Walker]

Thanks Charles

I hope it was related to that and if so then the offender was educated what
he did wrong.   To do it without informing the offender as to why is just
wrong.

Mike va3mw


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:52 AM Charles Reiche <charlieray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Possibly there was a violation of the Acceptable Use policy?
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> Found here: https://www.amsat.org/new-mail-services-page/
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> https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AMSAT_AUP_061819.pdf
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> N3CRT
> Charles Reiche
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> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:33 AM Michael Walker via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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>> Jeff Jones Posted in social media that AMSAT blocked him from reading
>> Tweets, etc.
>>
>> In fact, this is what he posted
>>
>> Now, I must report what has happened to me as a result of speaking out
>> against the incumbents (legacy) members of the AMSAT BoDs. Because I spoke
>> out, I was removed from the AMSAT-BB mailing list (a direct violation of
>> AMSAT-NA bylaws). I was removed and banned from the AMSAT-NA Facebook page
>> and I am blocked from viewing the AMSAT Twitter feed.
>>
>>
>> I am a member, and I would like the Board to respond with what criteria
>> were followed in order to come to this conclusion.  Is there a Bylaw that
>> he violated?  This reads like one person decided on his or her own to lock
>> him out.
>>
>> I have no personal gain in this, however, I do get concerned when things
>> start to take on a dictator roll.
>>
>> Does AMSAT follow any sort of Democracy process?
>>
>> Mike va3mw
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