Hello Bruce and all others,
I would like to make sure we all have the same understanding: AMSAT-DL is not an organizational member of AMSAT (NA) !
Nothing indicating this can be found in the by-laws of AMSAT-DL (which is publicly available on the AMSAT-DL website).
Of course AMSAT-DL has and welcomes members which are also members of other AMSAT organizations (including AMSAT-NA).
In fact AMSAT-DL and I believe also most or all other AMSAT organizations are independent.
Nevertheless most of them share the same goal: to foster R&D for ham radio satellite systems and make satellite payloads available to the ham radio community.
And finally fortunately in the past there have been very successful cooperations among AMSAT organizations in achieving this common goal.
Kind regards
Matthias
Von: Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. April 2021 18:31
An: Clint Bradford <[email protected]>
Cc: Steve Kristoff <[email protected]>; AMSAT BB <[email protected]>
Betreff: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Bylaws change. Why now?
On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 9:18 AM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:
And as long as the rational for disallowing does not violate federal discrimination statutes,
a 501(c)(3) can certainly do this.
This is indeed an important point. Look at it this way:
Is AMSAT the National Association for Amateur Satellites in the United States, sort of a parallel to what ARRL is for Amateur Radio?
Or is AMSAT a private club?
If they are a private club, they can do what they want. If they want to be the National Association, they need to meet a higher standard and represent every ham in the country.
A past AMSAT president asserted that AMSAT was the Global association, and National Associations like AMSAT-DL were its organizational members. If that is really the case, the standard would need to be even higher.
Thanks
Bruce