I have voted with my wallet. That doesn't mean I don't care that I'm watching a once great organization that I supported many years go down the tubes.
I, too, hate seeing what has happened to the organization. I seems to have really started going downhill much quicker over the past few years.
Honestly, it just sucks watching what's happening and seeing that apparently the rank and file members are content to let it go on and do nothing.
You're exactly right. Apathy is the main issues. In the last election only approximately 1/3 of members eligible to vote did so. That is pure apathy. Why belong to an organization unless you are going to cast a vote every couple of years?
I feel, at this point, that it is imperative to keep the members and non-members informed of what is really happening within the organization. Knowledge is power and knowledge cannot be gained when a handful of people attempt to cover-up shenanigans.
The legacy, incumbent Board members and their appointed 'friends' keep getting caught in conspiracies and not following the bylaws and policies of the organization. In this thread, alone, we have the current AMSAT-NA President stating that he didn't follow the policies of the AMSAT-NA Harassment Policy. This cannot be denied. It's right here in this thread. AMSAT-NA does
not follow bylaws and policies of the organization. It is imperative that members wake-up and vote out those that are using AMSAT-NA as a clubhouse for themselves and their friends.