I could not agree with you more...
There is constructive and destructive criticism. The problem I have seen or more precisely - read. Is that some people seem to lump them both together and don't want to read any criticism unless of course it blends in with their own bias.
To my way of thinking, if a person have a complaint, it should be aired and in all fairness investigated and if need be, changes made. All to often I have read on this BBS statements that lead me to believe - or to more properly state my feelings - that unless you are one of the elitist few, then your complaints will often be denigrated or you ~ as the author ~ will be politely told you have no idea of what you speak, which usually in the long run is the root of the problem. The writer does not know and the information is not readily at hand.
I will give you an example... The only energies I see being spent at this time and projected into the future are for more LEOS of one kind or another. The argument I have seen advanced is that this is because it is all we can do... It would seem to me there would be a HEO project moving along (under design at least) against the day that this becomes a possibility. However whenever someone mentions a HEO, rather than being encouraged to join a discussion group, a plans and engineering group or something of this ilk, I see the denigration begin. To me it is this short sighted and to my way of thinking, stifling mindset that is AMSATS largest shortcoming and perhaps even its downfall. Perhaps there is a planning group for a HEO, but if so, it is well hid.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "OZ1MY" oz1my@privat.dk To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" glasbrenner@mindspring.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:20 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] please be positive
Hi -bb, I do not know if I speak for a large number of receivers from the amsat - bb - but it is sometimes difficult to read and understand the "finer" details of such a conversation as has taken place over the last days. That is when our first language is not English/American.