Bruce,
You don't seem happy or OK. I'm concerned about you. Try and get
happy, and then please get back to me when you want to work on
something. I have nothing but empathy for busy people trying to also
do meaningful work. I am not retired. We are all busy people, and
accepting of what we can give to each other along the way.
Best wishes!
-Joseph KJ4JIO
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:58 PM Bruce Perens <bruce@perens.com> wrote:
>
> Joseph,
>
> Since the moderator has made it impossible for me to answer your emails on the list, it is completely unfair of you to write attacks that I can't answer.
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 8:55 PM Joseph Armbruster <josepharmbruster@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> "The board can do whatever they want"...........
>>
>> You are happily involved with the Open Research Institute, correct?
>> Which is an "AMSAT Member Society". And, ORI according to its bylaws,
>> basically only has members that are on its BOARD.
>> (Here's a reference for the uninformed: ref:
>> https://www.openresearch.institute/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BYLAWS.doc)
>>
>> AKA.... The Board can do whatever it wants....... sound familiar? (ref
>> my initial line, or your short answer :-)
>>
>> So, you are OK with organizations whose organizational fundamentals
>> are ANTI-DEMOCRATIC in terms of having an open membership.... but
>> burnt up over Rocking the Boat at AMSAT?!?
>> (ref: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/unbelievable)
>>
>> Joseph Armbruster
>> KJ4JIO
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:37 PM Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB
>> <amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Bob Liddy (K8BL) <k8bl@ameritech.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I was just trying to understand if there was some line not to step
>> >> over and what might happen if one did and if one could ever back
>> >> up over that line and become OK again and why and when.
>> >
>> >
>> > The short answer is "the board can do whatever they want". You don't even get a vote, this time, since getting 10% of the membership to mail in paper objection in time, using the post office, was never possible.
>> >
>> > The longer answer:
>> >
>> > ar·bi·trary | \ ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē , -ˌtre-rē \
>> > Definition of arbitrary
>> > 1a: existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of willan arbitrary choiceWhen a task is not seen in a meaningful context it is experienced as being arbitrary.— Nehemiah Jordanb: based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of somethingan arbitrary standardtake any arbitrary positive number
>> > 2a: not restrained or limited in the exercise of power : ruling by absolute authorityan arbitrary governmentb: marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of powerprotection from arbitrary arrest and detention
>> > 3law : depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by lawThe manner of punishment is arbitrary.
>> >
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