On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 2:06 PM Joseph Armbruster < josepharmbruster@gmail.com> wrote:
How long have the projects been taking place and what has actually been produced?
There is quite a lot that you can find on the web site. https://openresearch.institute/ and these github repositories: https://github.com/phase4ground/dvb_fpga https://github.com/phase4ground/polar https://github.com/phase4ground/documents https://github.com/phase4ground/DVB-receiver It's a pretty good record for an organization started in February 2019.
So with all the amateur radio in space work ORI is getting now, is it directly competing with AMSAT at this point or is it still trying to 'fix' AMSAT?
You would not see three of the candidates, plus Michelle, Patrick, and myself were there not a desire to fix AMSAT. I think ORI has become a viable destination for funding the future development of Amateur Satellite, while AMSAT is not being a good destination for that presently. This can be fixed and both organizations can receive funding for their individual projects solely on their technical merits. IMO AMSAT loses funds today due to problems in organizational transparency and reliability in directing funds to the earmarked purpose. I have heard specific complaints by two large donors, but was not authorized to relay them.
Any organization could do the same and would likely get accepted
(membership-fees applied).
Actually, we were appreciative that Brennan was running this. I do not believe it would have gone as you say otherwise.
My individual observation is that AMSAT never hired an attorney 'against' me, or any volunteering members in the past, at least the ones I know personally. So, there must be a difference or other information / circumstances.
Yes, there is indeed a difference. You have not acted as opposition.
As I have explained, volunteer directors of non-profit boards sometimes do not learn how to deal with opposition. The problem is certainly not that Michelle and Patrick have acted as opposition, but that the incumbent board has ineptly and undemocratically handled opposition.
Congratulations on lobbying to end morse code. Just imagine the number of Amateur radio users there would be, if we just lobbied to get rid of the permits.
So, do you think I never heard this sort of poorly-though-out rationale? Obviously I was not working to get rid of the "permits". Although Amateur licensing increased for a time, and we headed off our *immediate *demise, *it is no longer doing so. *Old farts like you and I, Joseph, do not matter to the future of Amateur Radio. Obviously we need to get it working on things that will interest young people, or it may be that we preside over the end of ham radio within our lifetimes.
Thanks
Bruce