Jeff, Everything from your wannabe bod group is so negative, you can't just let anything go or keep it to what you might want to accomplish, every posting has to be disparaging to the current members and that is wrong. With this much negativity I wonder how much vacuum do you people pull.
I have been happy with the way AMSAT has been run, and as for the number of meetings, they only need to have enough to accomplish their goals. Nothing is worse than having meetings just to say you had one.
Kevin WA7FWF 19623
On 8/4/2020 3:15 PM, Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Historical Board of Directors meetings held per year: 2019 (2), 2018 (3), 2017 (4), 2016 (3)
Thanks for showing that there needs to be change. How can AMSAT flourish when you are only having 2-3 meetings a year. Technology changes more often than that. This pattern illustrates that there is a need for more meetings of Directors that direct Officers. The local school PTA meets more often than this. Just because something happened a particular way in the past does NOT mean it was correct or a good practice. AMSAT seriously needs new guidance, thoughts and ideas. I have read where many members are frustrated that there is a lack of leadership. This can be changed by voting for new Directors and not re-electing incumbents who have been comfortable to have just a couple of meetings a year and rubber stamps whatever business may come before them. Members should consider that when casting a vote. If members want to continue to coast, that is their right but the coasting is downhill and eventually you can’t coast any further and the ride is over.
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