[Board] Time to schedule

[Michelle Thompson]

I'm hoping - you'll know as soon as I know.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 2:00 PM Jan King <jan at astrodigital.com> wrote:

> Good job Michelle!
>
> Just to let you know.  I have a rather major vacation coming up August 24
> to September 7 and it is in the OUTBACK of Australia - so no Internet
> coverage.  Any chance we could do the meeting(s) before then?
>
> Jan
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> *From:* Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2021 4:32 AM
> *To:* david davidsiddall-law.com <david at davidsiddall-law.com>; Jan King <
> jan at astrodigital.com>; anshul makkar <anshulmakkar at gmail.com>;
> jan at openresearch.institute <jan at openresearch.institute>; Richard J.
> Norton, N6AA <n6aa at arrl.org>
> *Cc:* Hunter, Daryl <daryl.hunter at viasat.com>;
> board at lists.openresearch.institute <board at lists.openresearch.institute>
> *Subject:* Re: Time to schedule
>
> This morning I spoke with Kimberly Baum, the Chief Engineer in the
> Satellite Division, and based on the outline of our content, she believes
> involving OET and the International Satellite Bureau in the meeting would
> be a good idea.
>
> Kimbery is going to have CurTrisha Banks get in touch with me about dates
> and times.
>
> I know it's challenging with participants in the UK and Australia. I
> apologize in advance for what will most likely be an ugly hour for Jan King
> and Anshul Makkar.
>
> I emphasized microwave spectrum defense as necessary for the amateur
> satellite service, with some specific examples. I think we should have a
> list ready to go with additional examples. I cited something we wrote about
> in a filing (space-space links at 3GHz) and said 5 GHz, 10 GHz, and 24 GHz
> were all necessary for us to be able to move forward with high speed
> digital designs.
>
> I stated our position that we accept the challenge and opportunity of full
> compliance with Debris Mitigation. I explained that we intend to use the
> regulatory relief for public domain carve-out work in ITAR/EAR that we've
> achieved over the past year in order to continue a long history of
> innovation.
>
> Kimberly said there may be more than one meeting.
>
> I made it clear that we needed and wanted guidance from the FCC on some of
> the non-traditional orbital proposals we are working on, and that we were
> dedicated to increasing international goodwill, education, and citizen
> science with modern engineering and systems work.
>
> It was a brief but productive meeting, and I'm more than relieved to get
> the scheduling underway.
>
> Very special thanks to Daryl Hunter (cc'd) who enabled this phone call
> with a very nice email introduction to Kimberly Baum.
>
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
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