I make no apologies for being outspoken about AMSAT-NA. I am a paid member of the organization and it's my right to be critical of the organization when I view that the organization isn't providing members what they want, need and deserve.
I also make no apologies for maintaining a blog on my web site where I document the news of AMSAT-NA that you will never find anywhere else. My blog can be found at this URL:
http://we4bravo.comAs a paid member of AMSAT-NA, I am allowed to file complaints with the AMSAT-NA President. I exercise that right when I feel that it's necessary. I generally publish these complaints as I believe if you are going to complain, you should be enough of an adult to sign your name to the complaints and to not complain in secrecy. This past weekend, I filed some complaints. I suspected that I would be disappointed with any response that I might receive from the AMSAT-NA President. I just never expected what I did receive from him. It's bizarre. I've documented it on my web site and blog but thought members and potential members of AMSAT-NA could be well served by posting it here.
I recently filed three complaints with the AMSAT-NA President. Members have the right to do so and, since I'm a member, I exercised my rights. Predictably enough, the appointed AMSAT-NA President (it's a non-elected position with nothing in the bylaws that says the position has to serve members), has
chosen to deny my complaint. I knew this would happen.
Okay... here's where things get really weird. The appointed, AMSAT-NA President sent me an email telling me that there isn't such a thing as an AMSAT-NA Ambassador program:

So the AMSAT-NA President says there's not an AMSAT-NA Ambassador Program... oddly enough the AMSAT-NA web site plainly states that there
IS such a program. Here's a quick phone screenshot and URL:
https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/
Well, it does appear that AMSAT-NA does have an Ambassador program. If you go back up an read what the appointed, AMSAT-NA President emailed me, you can easily see the doublespeak he spouts. First he says there isn't an Ambassador program, then he goes further to say that there
are Ambassadors. He goes even further to state that the AMSAT-NA Ambassador Code of Conduct isn't a policy. It's just an "administrative document". Here's the AMSAT-NA Code of Conduct:

Wait a second, the AMSAT-NA Ambassador program doesn't exist... but it does... and there are documents governing it but these documents don't allow anyone to actually file a complaint?. I'm not the smartest guy in the world. In fact, I'm just average but I have been blessed to be able to read. I have read on the AMSAT-NA web site that members are allowed to file complaints. I have read that there is an Ambassador program. I have read that Ambassadors must agree to a Code of Conduct.
Sounds simple enough, right? I mean, I have minor children that live here at home with me that can read and understand all of this. Sadly, the appointed AMSAT-NA President has chosen to email me lies and doublespeak in an effort to keep from enforcing rules/policies of AMSAT-NA. Once again, we have more documented proof of how legacy AMSAT-NA 'leaders' choose not to enforce rules
and tell lies to members.
So... the President of AMSAT-NA will state the AMSAT-NA Ambassador program doesn't exit, but it does exist... this is all SO confusing... wouldn't it be easier if AMSAT-NA leaders would just enforce the rules and policies of the organization?