Robert,
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 4:58 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
I know you only show up at election time
Snark if you want, but I am working on Amateur Space quite often. My latest was the pocketqube ion thruster project, see http://perens.com/static/AppliedIon/ where my work successfully raised the necessary funds and got the project on its feet again.
AMSAT is on a solid financial footing and headed in the right direction.
Well, that is wonderful. But you must understand where my trepidation about AMSAT's finances comes from, since AMSAT presidents in their annual reports at AMSATs own meetings have been really grim about AMSAT's finances.
I also hear that around the start of April, you reported "Without cash flows, we (AMSAT) can't afford to pay our bills." At which point AMSAT applied for the government salary protection program. That is after the report you just cited, isn't it? We are all suffering from COVID-19 related austerity, and we can expect AMSAT to lose funds that it would have received around conferences, etc., so best wishes with that.
Thanks
Bruce