At 12:41 PM 12/13/2007, Fred A Parker wrote:
Just a suggestion, Has Amsat explored the idea of hiring a professional to help in some of the day to management and fund raising? When Amsat has a potential consumer base of 700,000 hams. If things were done right money should be no problem. Amsat needs to do a better job of selling itself. Then money should be no problem.
Hi Fred,
Actually, AMSAT has hired a professional and I talked with him this year. I don't know if his specific analysis is generally available but it certainly did get the BODs attention.
I have to say that Rick Hambly (W2GPS) presented a strategy at this years AMSAT space symposium (including the P4 component) that was not only an excellent presentation but it also was the first one that really addressed the issue of significantly widening the support base in a way that would be easy to sell.
Perhaps you could ask Rick for his slides or maybe Rick could make the presentation generally available. It is certainly worth reading.
73, Tony AA2TX