AMSAT News Service – Page 77

Memorial Service for Anthony “Tony” J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) Scheduled

June 28, 2017April 15, 2014 by amsat admin

AMSAT has received word from the family of Tony Monteiro, AA2TX that a
service for Tony will be held on Saturday, April 26th at 4:00 PM at the North
Parish of North Andover Unitarian Universalist Church, 190 Academy Road, North
Andover, MA 01845. During the service there will be an opportunities for people
to share their “Tony stories”. For individuals wishing to share their stories
via e-mail, they should be sent to [email protected]. They will be read
at the service.

AMSAT VP-Engineering and Board of Directors Member Tony Monteiro of North Andover, MA passed away on March 26, 2014 at age 55 from cancer. More details on his life and passing may be found here and in the Lowell Eagle-Tribune.

Jerry Buxton, N0JY selected as AMSAT’s VP-Engineering

June 28, 2017April 6, 2014 by amsat admin

AMSAT-NA Engineering VP Jerry Buxton, N0JY — New AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY

In a special AMSAT Board of Directors meeting held via GoToMeeting on Tuesday, April 1st, the board unanimously approved the selection of Jerry Buxton, N0JY of Granbury, TX as AMSAT VP-Engineering. Jerry replaces Tony Monteiro, AA2TX who passed away on March 26th.

Given the significance of completing Fox-1 for delivery on time later this year, the Board recognized that the Fox Program must continue under leadership that is focused on completing AMSAT’s latest satellite. Selecting a new VP-Engineering is an important step towards maintaining the momentum that was developed under Tony’s leadership and to avoid creating an engineering leadership vacuum as work continues on the satellite. The Engineering Team deserves to have the new leadership identified in order to be in position to make the appropriate engineering decisions.

AMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2013-2014

June 28, 2017November 1, 2013 by amsat admin

BoD_Photo — Board of directors meeting 2013

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

Cutoff Dates for AMSAT Space Symposium Registration/Tour Signups Are Quickly Approaching!

June 28, 2017October 19, 2013 by amsat admin

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.