[amsat-bb] President's Letter - October 2002

[VEFRH@xxxxxxx]

Well, I am sorry that this October letter is nearly a November one, but as 
the saying goes 'Better late than never.'
The latter part of September and all of October are traditionally a very busy 
time for AMSAT, as we are preparing for the AMSAT Annual meeting and Space 
Symposium. many activities in making sure that you, the members and visitors 
are going to be comfortable and well looked after by the Hotel, that meals 
are available and that the symposium papers are printed and readily available 
for those of you who come to the meetings. 
This year the Annual meetings Hotel is the AmeriSuites (City View) in Fort 
Worth Tx.
Details may be found on the AMSAT web page (www.amsat.org). November 7 
through November 11 - see the agenda.
In addition there is a Board of Directors meeting which will start on Sunday 
1300 hrs and be completed (we hope) at 1300 hrs on Monday. You are cordially 
invited to attend this meeting and see how  AMSAT business is conducted.
I am certainly looking forward to meeting as many AMSAT members as possible 
in Fort Worth and I wish you luck in the Banquet door prize draw for some 
impressive prizes.
Some of you may have noticed that the September/October 'AMSAT Journal' has 
not yet reached your mail box. I must apologise for this as we have had some 
quite unexpected production delays. This issue is now nearly complete and I 
hope will be at the printers within a few days. The November / December issue 
will shortly be generated and I hope will be on schedule. One of the 
requirements of the Journal is, of course, articles! a majority of which are 
supplied by AMSAT members. Do you have an article you would like to put in 
the journal, however short or long it will be welcome. I have set up a 
special mail box for E-mailed articles please send your articles, photographs 
etc. to Journal@amsat-na.org our editor can then pick up articles from this 
mail box to use in 'The Journal'
Each and every member of AMSAT-NA will be receiving a letter from me in the 
next few days, concerning the need for increased funding for our satellites, 
and introducing the next level of the "President's Club" donations. You may 
now become a Presidents' club donor for only $10/month. This donation level 
is called "The Core level" as it is the basic level, which we hope all 
satellite users will use as their minimum donation in support of the building 
and development of satellites.
They say that copying is the highest compliment, in which case it great to 
note that the ARRL has recently introduced their equivalent of the 
"President's Club". With your help we can get a higher percentage of members 
as donors, and thus really support our satellite design, building and 
launching programs. If all of our members were to be President's Club Core 
donors we would not need any further fund raising programs - will you 
donate?.
Once more I look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth,
73
Robin Haighton VE3FRH
President AMSAT-NA
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