This year’s Symposium commemorative shirts are now available for order. Orders must be placed by October 1, 2013. Shirts ordered will be available for pickup at the Symposium, but will not be sold at the Symposium or on the AMSAT Store. Please order using the Symposium Shirt Order Form.
The September/October AMSAT Journal is ready. This issue is on the way to the print shop. The next stop will be the post office and then your mailbox. Here is a preview of what you will find in this issue:
This is the final call for papers for the 2013 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space
Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 1 – 3, 2013, at the Marriott
Hobby Airport Hotel, Houston, Texas. Proposals for papers, symposium
presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to
the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your
presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by October 5
for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent
to Dan Schultz, N8FGV
As a result of the 2013 Board of Directors Election, Barry Baines, WD4ASW; Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, and Mark Hammond, N8MH, will serve on the board for two years. The first alternate is JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and the second alternate is Steve Coy, K8UD. The results of the voting with 688 ballots cast are as follows;
Barry Baines, WD4ASW 521
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX 518
Alan Biddle. WA4SCA 424
Mark Hammond, N8MH 365
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM 316
Steve Coy, K8UD 186
Frank Griffin, K4FEG 158
Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO 141
Submitted by
Martha Saragovitz
Manager