<div dir="auto">I might not be the best person to say if the granting group is ARDC since I gave RentAGeo high marks and urged support. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let me go back and read the remarks that were made by the grant committee and any remarks that were made in return from the board to the committee on their decision. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have concerns which are not appropriate to mention here that I will address internally to ARDC.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Again the bottom line is I supported the RentAGeo strongly but I apparently wasn't convincing even given AMSAT-DL success as an example.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bob</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bob</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 1:20 PM Bruce Perens <<a href="mailto:bruce@perens.com">bruce@perens.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Well, Bob, I am most interested in YOUR opinion on how to produce a grantable proposal for an amateur satellite program.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bruce</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 5:50 AM Robert McGwier <<a href="mailto:rwmcgwier@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rwmcgwier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I will not disagree with you on the desirability to have a target. Let's all discuss how to go forward.<div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bob</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 2:48 AM Bruce Perens <<a href="mailto:bruce@perens.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bruce@perens.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">My thought was that achievement on the ground station grant would be a gateway to more. OK, but I would rather see a satellite program in development. I don't think rent-a-echostar was the one I wanted to see.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 8:39 PM Robert McGwier via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I don't believe this is a permanent condition. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We supported development of the ground segment. My perception is the board wanted something more concrete.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Bob McGwier, N4HY, Adjunct Professor, Virginia Tech</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 16:56 Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Greetings all!<br><br>We did not get the $140,000 Rent-a-GEO grant from ARDC. But, I will keep an eye out for a match for that proposal before EchoStar 9 goes completely out of service. <br><br>Thank you to everyone that helped with that proposal, the application, and the process at ARDC. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br>-Michelle W5NYV<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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