Hi, Bob!!
Your voice at the table would give me much more confidence in the quality of our Board’s decisions. The knowledge, experience, and reasoning you bring to the table won’t be replaced. Please, reconsider and stay at the table.
73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA
On 20-Sep-2020, at 08:36 PM, Robert McGwier via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Congratulations to those who came in 1-3 and are now board members and Howie who is first alternate.
I am deeply grateful for all who supported my candidacy.
My place in this notwithstanding, I feel it makes little sense for me to be second alternate given this seems likely to cause conflict of interest recusals in my position with ARDC. I would have dealt with he pain of it had I been elected to the board or been first alternate. Jeff Johns also ran so this move by me doesn't leave AMSAT without a second alternate.
I wish the organization well in its endeavors.
My life membership continues and I have a new amateur satellite system under construction at my retirement home in Alabama and I expect to be active soon since I have constructed the M2 crossed yagis, received the Yaesu AZ/EL rotator and expect my Q5 to arrive this Fall. My new satellite tracking software package written in Golang is well underway and I hope I can get people to try it soon.
73s Bob N4HY _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
To thrive in life, you need three bones: a wish bone, a back bone, and a funny bone. - Reba McEntire