The ARRL Board of Directors held its first 2008 meeting in Houston, Texas on January 18-19. The following paragraph appears in the meeting summary in this week's ARRL eMail Newsletter that was issued this afternoon (Feb.1):

The Board adopted a resolution of support for AMSAT's initiative seeking access to an Intelsat platform in geostationary orbit. AMSAT is in consultation with Intelsat regarding an application of an Intelsat platform carrying amateur satellites into geostationary orbit, with potential benefits for emergency communications. AMSAT has been the principal initiator of projects in the Amateur Satellite Service and continues to play a key role in significantly advancing the state of the art in space science, space education and space technology.

73, Tom