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AMSAT Board of Directors Agenda
October 30 & November 1, 2013
Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, TX
Room: “Pasadena”
Revision “A” Version
Thursday, October 30th
Opening Issues
08:00 Welcome and Facilities Barry Baines, WD4ASW
08:05 Agenda review Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Election of Officers Barry Baines, WD4ASW
08:10 President, Executive Vice President, Vice-President Operations, Vice-President Engineering, VP of User Services, Secretary, Treasurer, and Manager
Tactical – Executive Team Reports
08:20 President’s Report for 2013 Barry Baines, WD4ASW
08:40 Secretary: Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
-Approval of prior minutes
-Report for 2013
08:50 Treasurer’s Report for 2013 Keith Baker, KB1SF
-Accept the 2012 Review
-Appoint a review firm for 2014
-Report on Overall Finances
09:30 Regulatory Issues Barry Baines, WD4ASW
-ITAR
10:00 “15 minute” coffee break
10:15 Manager’s Report for 2013 Martha Saragovitz
10:30 Operations Team Report Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA
-IARU Region 1 Proposal
10:50 AMSAT Lab Update/Storage Lou McFadin, W5DID
11:05 User Services Team Report
-AMSAT Journal Joanne Maenpaa, K9JKM
-AMSAT News Service Joanne Maenpaa for Lee, KU4OS
-Weekly Satellite Report Barry Baines, WD4ASW
-Field Operations Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK
-Dayton Hamvention Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for Steve Belter, N9IP
12:00 Lunch Break (1 hour) Martha Saragovitz
Tactical – Executive Team Reports (Continued)
13:00 Education Outreach E.Mike McCardel, KC8YLD
13:20 ARRL 2014 Centennial Convention Barry Baines, WD4ASW
13:35 ARISS-US Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
14:15 ARISS International Report David Taylor, W8AAS
14:30 HamTV on ISS Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
Lou McFadin, W5DID
15:00 “15 minute” coffee break
15:15 AMSAT Symposium Planning Barry Baines, WD4ASW
15:30 AMSAT Logo Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
15:40 AMSAT Store Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P
16:00 AMSAT’s Website & Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Electronic Services Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P
16:45 “15 minute” coffee break
AMSAT Engineering and Discussion Topics
17:00 Project Fox Engineering Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
18:45 Break for Dinner-Room TBD Martha Saragovitz
Finance and Budget
(CLOSED SESSION)
19:45 AMSAT’s Financial Trends Keith Baker, KB1SF
-Performance Review
Open Session
20:15 Initial 2014 Budget (First Cut) Keith Baker, KB1SF
21:00 Adjourn for the day
Friday, November 1st
CLOSED SESSIONS
BOD Members and Invited Guests ONLY –
08:00 Employee Evaluation/Compensation Review Barry Baines, WD4ASW
09:15 Future Launch Opportunities Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
OPEN SESSIONS
09:45 IARU Satellite Coordination Hans Van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV
10:50 “10 minute” coffee break
Additional Items
11:00 Finalize Budget Keith Baker, KB1SF
11:45 Atta-boys and Girls Tom Clark, K3IO
12:00 Adjourn-Lunch for Board Members and Senior Officers