Zach,
I also support your proposal or suggest to the AMSAT-NA (I am a member) leaders to stop asap the politics on the BB which to my humble opinion is not an electoral platform were the mud should be thrown, but a platform for international exchange of ideas, sharing infos and friendship. I also agree with Matthias that all this is tarnishing our image worldwide thus reducing our chances for sponsorship and towards authorities such as regulators across the globe. The harm has already be made but let's try to mitigate the consequences by acting “professionally” and try to correct things now.
The opponents have other means such as direct mail, the blogs, facebook etc… to make their point to AMSAT-NA members for the coming elections, my opinion is already made about all this dispute and I will vote accordingly.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
On Jul 12, 2020, at 1:21 PM, Matthias Bopp via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hi,
My understanding is that the AMSAT-BB was meant to be an international forum for AMSAT members and people interested in it, not just for AMSAT-NA.
Presently it seems to me that it is dominantly an AMSAT-NA forum dealing with internal problems in a way, which is harming the image of AMSAT worldwide. Many people might confuse "AMSAT-NA" with "AMSAT" worldwide respectively other national AMSAT organizations.
Therefore, I support the proposal from Zach to move the AMSAT-NA internal non-technical discussions to a separate "AMSAT-NA" forum.
Kind regards
Matthias
www.dd1us.de
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 4:57 PM Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hello all,
I propose that a new list be created, separate from amsat-bb, for discussion of administrative issues regarding AMSAT. This would improve the SNR of amsat-bb for those of us who just want to play radio and work satellites.
Thanks,
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