AMSAT News Service

Election of AMSAT’s Senior Officers was one of the first orders of business at the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting on October 31 in Houston, Texas.

The following positions were voted upon and filled:

•  Barry Baines, WD4ASW – President
• Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA – Vice-President Operations
• Gould Smith, WA4SXM – Vice President User Services
• Tony Monteiro, AA2TX – Vice-President Engineering
• Frank Bauer, KA3HDO – Vice-President Human Spaceflight
• EMike McCardel, KC8YLD – Vice-President Educational Relations
• Alan Biddle, WA4SCA – Secretary
• Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF- Treasurer
• Martha Saragovitz – Manager

The following Senior Officer positions remained open at this time awaiting appointments:

• Executive Vice President
• Vice-President Marketing

With the resumption of US Government activities, the upcoming tour of Johnson Space Center as part of 31st AMSAT Space Symposium is back on schedule.  JSC was closed to visitors during the recently concluded partial federal government shutdown and if the US Congress had not acted to pass a Continuing Resolution, the JSC Tour was threatened.  The tour is scheduled for Monday morning, 4 NOV 13 and we are once again accepting reservations for individuals to participate in the JSC tour. However, given the maximum number of participants that JSC can handle, there are only four slots that are currently open.  Anyone signing up for the tour once those slots are filled will be placed on a waiting list in the event an existing participant cancels.

Read more