I agree that a comment section would be of great value. Yes or no and multiple choice leaves one with picking the best of the undesirable responses. Example I would prefer a HEO but if we are going to get a GEO ride for free then for me it is a moot point. Hard to express yourself in survey format but it is better than not expressing yourself at all.
I for one am very opposed to the 3 and 10 gig transponder. I have seen little or no interest in the 1.2 uplink. Folks are not willing to spend $500.00 to work a transponder that is mostly quite and could go away over night like 2.4 did with AO-40. Did anyone listen to the L/u AO-51 on Field Day. While V/u was jammed I worked the first station I heard on L/u and there were maybe 5 others on that pass. I don't maintain 1.2 gig equipment here. It is not worth the investment.
Now if I had a place to make those comments I would feel like I was contributing.
My 2 cent worth. 73's << John
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Bill Ress bill@hsmicrowave.com wrote:
Hello all,
On August 10-11, the AMSAT Senior leadership will be holding a critical "strategy" meeting with the theme of "Can We? Should We?" launch a HEO satellite.
As a board candidate, I feel it's essential that "strategic" decisions must consider the membership's opinions and desires.
The last membership survey taken was in 2004 by Gunther Meisse, W8GSM.
So, to get the current thinking of the membership, I invite you take the simple, anonymous, no cost (probably unscientific) survey that I have prepared to determine your operating preferences at . . . . .
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/55247/amsat-operating-preferences
I will be using this simple, easy e-survey format to get membership opinion on future topics. This is my first go at it, so I hope that I selected the right buttons to make it work. Let me know if you run into any issues at . . .
n6ghz@amsat.org
I'll let the survey run for about a week and then I'll share the results here on the -bb with a copy of the results to the senior leadership.
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