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        "address": "dave (a) druidnetworks.com",
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    "sender_name": "David Swanson",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Reply to W5PFG's letter of 10 July 2020",
    "date": "2020-07-27T17:31:02Z",
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    "content": "Thank you so much for this. I needed a good laugh today. I hope you didn't\npay more than a few hundred bucks to have this 'demand' (still laughing at\nthat) letter written.\n\nFor those on the sidelines not used to dealing with lawyers often, this is\nwhy an organization like AMSAT spends $10k+ a year in legal fees. Quality\nwork is worth it.\n\n-Dave, KG5CCI\n\nOn Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:46 AM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via\nAMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Hi.\n>\n> The following is the text of a letter sent on behalf of Michelle\n> Thompson W5NYV and me to AMSAT President Clayton Coleman W5PFG,\n> along with everyone who co-signed Clayton's letter of 10 July 2020.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK\n> http://www.wd9ewk.net/\n> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n>\n>\n>\n> *********************************\n> Text of forwarded letter is below\n> *********************************\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> July 27, 2020\n>\n> AMSAT Board Members\n> Clayton Coleman, President\n>\n>\n> Dear Sirs and Madam:\n>\n> I am writing in my capacity as counsel to Michelle Thompson and Patrick\n> Stoddard regarding the letter to members entitled “AMSAT Leadership\n> Explains 2018-2020 Legal Expenses” posted on July 10, 2020 (“Letter”).\n> Through the course of my representation of my clients, I know that\n> information included in this letter is patently false and defamatory\n> and has resulted in reputational harm to Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard.\n> On behalf of my clients, I demand that appropriate corrective action be\n> taken to address these falsehoods and prevent further harm to their\n> reputations.\n>\n> The most egregious falsehood, among several, is the statement that\n> AMSAT is “under attack” by my clients. Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard\n> have consistently worked to improve AMSAT – and have done nothing to\n> attack or undermine the organization they support. It is true that my\n> clients have worked diligently to evaluate the mission, activities,\n> finances, and procedures of AMSAT. Specifically, they have taken steps\n> to increase the financial transparency of AMSAT, enforce the provisions\n> of its existing bylaws, and obtain access to corporate and financial\n> documents. They have done all of this work as volunteers, deeply\n> invested in the well-being and success of AMSAT as an organization.\n> While I understand that certain AMSAT officials may interpret my\n> clients’ actions to be critical of their personal actions, it is simply\n> not true that AMSAT as an organization is “under attack.” The broad\n> dissemination of a statement to the contrary is false, harms Ms.\n> Thompson’s and Mr. Stoddard’s ability to serve AMSAT and calls into\n> question their integrity.\n>\n> As you know, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard were improperly denied\n> access to AMSAT’s corporate records. They had to retain my firm just to\n> be able to carry out their corporate responsibilities as Directors.\n> They now are questioning the propriety of the legal expenditures as\n> they have not been given any evidence that these expenses were ever\n> approved by board action, much less in advance of the engagement, as is\n> required by Article II, Section 1 of AMSAT’s bylaws. One of the\n> principal fiduciary responsibilities of all board members is to obey\n> the provisions of the organization’s governing documents. Rather than\n> “disrupt and possibly defame” or “publicly attack the integrity and\n> honor” of AMSAT Officers and Directors, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard\n> have merely been trying to review whether the AMSAT board has met this\n> important fiduciary obligation.\n>\n> You noted, “[t]he only powers that Directors have is when the Board is\n> in session and Board members make their vote” – and yet, we are not\n> aware of any Board meeting in which this Letter was discussed. The fact\n> that five of the current Directors have decided to sign this letter\n> without conferring as a Board is good evidence that Directors may\n> choose to exercise his or her individual oversight role in the absence\n> of a Board meeting.\n>\n> In conclusion, my clients are doing their best to improve financial\n> transparency and good governance in AMSAT. We agree that “a poisonous\n> atmosphere makes it impossible for good ideas to be heard” and my\n> clients both wish to create instead an “atmosphere of collaboration and\n> common purpose.” They ran on a reform platform and were duly elected by\n> the members to carry out that mandate.\n>\n> With this letter, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard formally request that\n> the Letter be retracted and removed from AMSAT’s public website.\n> Alternatively, the Letter should, in consultation with my clients, be\n> corrected to accurately reflect the reality of their interactions with\n> AMSAT and its Board. Given that the unfounded accusations against my\n> clients harm their reputation and question their integrity, we request\n> action be taken no later than ten (10) days after the receipt of this\n> demand.\n>\n> We look forward to your prompt attention to this matter.\n>\n> Sincerely,\n> Carolyn A. Klamp, Counsel\n>\n>\n> cc: Dr. Tom Clark\n>     Keith Baker,\n>     Jerry Buxton,\n>     Dr. Mark Hammond,\n>     Paul Stoetzer,\n>     Martha Saragovitz,\n>     Robert Bankston,\n>     Drew Glasbrenner,\n>     Bruce Paige\n>     Michelle Thompson\n>     Patrick Stoddard\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n",
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