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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/TNURRZZUTS7TBSCGOU5YOY66DIFBFHB3/?format=api",
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        "address": "bill (a) hsmicrowave.com",
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    "sender_name": "Bill Ress",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  Board Candidate  Responds",
    "date": "2008-08-12T22:28:06Z",
    "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/LCVLQ2GIJREFH32IQRXWKMFJMOBI67QR/?format=api",
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    "content": "Hi Timothy,\n\nBeing a current AMSAT Board candidate, I'll respond to your last paragraph.\n\nMy candidate statement sent, out with the ballot, and the statements \nI've posted on this .bb before and since, clearly state my \ndisappointment with AMSAT management \"communication\" and my desire, if \nelected, to help identify and participate in solutions.\n\nLet me tell you now that our AMSAT management recognizes their \ndeficiencies in this area of communication (and not just in \ncommunications).\n\nHow do I know? Being a Board candidate, was invited to and did attend \nthe recently concluded weekend AMSAT Senior Officer and BOD meeting in \nBaltimore. It was what I would call, a \"soul searching - gut wrenching\" \nassessment of current AMSAT conditions and to seek improvements and \nsolutions. Just on the subject of \"communications\" there was a clear \nrecognition that communications has been a problem and specific action \nitems were suggested to make serious improvements.\n\nOne of those actions items was to report the meeting details as soon as \nthe usual process of summarizing the meeting notes, and review by \nattendees is completed. I expect the first place it will show up is on \nthe AMSAT web site, followed by the AMSAT Journal and discussions at the \nOctober Atlanta AMSAT Symposium.\n\nIt was a very full two day session and many serious topics were \ndiscussed. Putting it all into a cohesive statement without forgetting \nany details will take a little time. Please give everyone the time to \nget it accurate.\n\nRegards...Bill - N6GHz\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimothy J. Salo wrote:\n> Ken Ernandes wrote:\n>   \n>> ... BTW even if somebody has \"insider\" information on something, \n>> it's highly inappropriate to disclose that in advance of an\n>> official announcement.  ...\n>>     \n>\n> This is, in my opinion, an area in which AMSAT has serious\n> problems.\n>\n> As I recall, the chair of the AMSAT Board meeting\n> traditionally admonishes participants and observers that\n> they should not talk about what transpires at the meeting\n> until the  official minutes are available.  (Does this still\n> happen? I haven't observed an AMSAT Board meeting for a few\n> years.) These minutes are then typically not published (in\n> a fairly restricted venue, namely in the [paper] AMSAT\n> Journal, not online) until _over a year later_!   In my view,\n> this reflects a board that wants to operate without the\n> knowledge, much less advise and feedback, of the membership.\n> Never mind that this is  very poor governance -- it is a\n> recipe for mischief on the part of the Board.\n>\n> Yes, even not-for-profit organizations like AMSAT need to\n> restrict the flow of certain types of information.  And,\n> this is what the closed portion of the Board meetings are\n> for.  But, I believe that the current approach of restricting\n> the flow of information to which the members ought to have\n> [nearly immediate] access is inappropriate and facilitates\n> abuse.\n>\n> I had been meaning sent e-mail to the list asking the\n> current Board candidates whether this issue concerns them.\n> Thanks for reminding me...\n>\n> -tjs\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>   \n",
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