I am an executive for a telecommunications company.
Landline telephony is a shrinking industry and is heavily regulated by the FCC.
My company will be in the black for the next 10 years due to smart management and hustle.
I offer those same skills to AMSAT-NA.
I didn't do badly in wireless and satellite telephony earlier in my career, either. I retired as a senior engineer from Qualcomm Incorporated. That taught me an enormous amount about cost controls, technical marketing, and how to make money in fields that were assumed to already be saturated or mature.
AMSAT can benefit from both cost cutting and revenue increases. There are grants that have not been applied for and partnerships not pursued. I'm unafraid to take on that job.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 08:32 Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I am not a candidate for the AMSAT BoD (been there, done that) nor am I endorsing or opposing anyone. Most of you know me; if not, please see my QRZ.com page. As the the then EVP, it was my fate to be Acting President during the failure and partial recovery of AO-40. AMSAT's basic problem is financial. Universities and even high schools get NASA up.money to build and launch Cubesats, while AMSAT's limited resources are slowly drying up.
I don't have a solution, but I am not running for the BoD. I urge those who are to put their solutions forward, not just their gripes. 73 Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb