[amsat-bb] Re: Information on Ballots

2012-09-19 Thread Bill Bordy, NJ1H
I won't give out my exact life member number, but rounded to hundreds is 2200. It was issued in 1997. Wow, not sure how many are officially declared deceased. 2200/3176 is a pretty high percentage. 73, Bill NJ1H On 9/18/2012 2:51 PM, Thomas Doyle wrote: There was an interesting article in

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2012-09-19 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Jim Wright wrightj...@verizon.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:33 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Information on Ballots Perhaps I am not the only one this happend too, but.. The long lag in receipt and return deadline caused

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2012-09-18 Thread Alan P. Biddle
So with 700 ballots received, we got a return rate of 22%. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:13 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Information on Ballots

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2012-09-18 Thread N0JY
Always makes me wonder, do people really not care, or does the board always do such a wonderful job that everyone is so happy no matter who is elected to the board? Did all of the people who complain about AMSAT and the lack of this or that satellite or feature or they way they are built or

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2012-09-18 Thread John Spasojevich
All of the above. Most care less about the politics. Even fewer actually would give their time to make a difference. But there never is a shortage of complainers. John AG9D On Sep 18, 2012 11:57 AM, N0JY n...@lavabit.com wrote: Always makes me wonder, do people really not care, or does the

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2012-09-18 Thread Thomas Doyle
There was an interesting article in QST a few months ago about the number of Hams in the US. They mentioned some of the difficulties in determining that number. It is easy to count licenses but of those licensed how many are actually active. One thing that could throw off the AMSAT numbers is life

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2012-09-18 Thread Jim Wright
Perhaps I am not the only one this happend too, but.. The long lag in receipt and return deadline caused mine to get covered up and forgotten until too late. If the deadline were shorter, I would have voted and put it back in the return mail the next day. Jim WA4IVM Amsat 31517 ps:

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2012-09-18 Thread Marc Vermeersch
- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Spasojevich Sent: dinsdag 18 september 2012 19:18 To: n...@arrl.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Information on Ballots All of the above. Most care less about the politics. Even fewer

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2012-09-18 Thread Andrew Squires
My ballot paper was not received here in Australia ? I always vote , maybe because voting is compulsory in Australia. Perhaps their was problem with the overseas post ? 73 Andy VK3AS LM-1837 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

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2012-09-18 Thread John Spasojevich
We streamed the entire symposium in Chicago, granted it was audio only, but a lot of it depends on the hotels internet, this year BATC even warned that they might not be able to live stream if the hotel connection wasn't good. Last year they tried streaming the General Meeting, I caught the first