American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – San Diego Section

P.O. Box 503453, San Diego, CA 92150-3453 AIAA San Diego Section Council Meeting Minutes – October 13, 2010

The meeting called to order at 17:35 and adjourned at 20:00

COUNCIL ATTENDANCE: 14 AIAA GUESTS: 1 NON-AIAA GUESTS: 0

DISCUSSION TOPICS: · Quarterly Theme items · Changes to Annual Awards Banquet

ADMINISTRATIVE · Secretary Report – Brian Quan o September minutes passed and distributed. · Treasurer Report – Penny Ulander o Little to no changes in the current budget other than funding for awards are down. · Chairman’s Report – Phil Smith o Reiteration of quarterly themes. o Events looking forward: Atlas Heritage and Aerospace Sciences Meeting early next quarter; SD Science Fair is now March, not April and CVD is set for March too. o Events further forward: Aug. - 47th JPC in SD: list of paper review commitees distributed, volunteers needed. o SD Aerospace Legacy Display @ SD Air & Space museum to have a soft open in Dec with a Grand Opening in Jan.

MEMBER SERVICES · Membership Development – Jim Peterson o Report distributed showing membership down slightly. o Sharepoint data shows student membership is down significantly, probable error. o A former Honorary Fellow (Robert C. Truax) in the section recently passed away. · Honors and Awards / Career and Workforce Development – Keith Glassman o Banquet options detailed and discussed. o Board discussed options and is close to settling between two options (1 and 4). · Professional Society Liaison o Position Vacant · Young Professionals o Position Vacant PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS · VC Long Range Planning – Michael Kelly o Not present. · VC Technical – Dan Miller o Proposed a Guidance and Control Meeting or Conference to be held in January o Call for volunteers to be part of a technical committee. · Program Arrangements o Position vacant. · Field Trips – Mark Shin o Not present.

COMMUNICATIONS · Flyers o Position vacant. · Newsletter & E-Bulletins – Kevin Burns o Newsletter currently needs the Chairman’s article and additional inputs o Searching for no cost meeting locations. (Pt. Loma or Serra Mesa Library) o Document circulated with potential future speaking topics and speakers o History TC will have two meetings this year, one at the JPC · Webmaster – Ian Yates o Not present · History & Bylaws – Chris Root o Bylaws rewrite committee to be formed soon. o Proposed reprinting old newsletter articles in the current newsletter. · Region VI Delegate – Kevin Willett o Not present · Public Policy – Jen Rhymer o Recap of the STEM event w/ 5 speakers o Decent attendance, future events will have more advance planning o Action: Report on the event

EDUCATION PROGRAMS · K-12, STEM – Chris Root o SPAWAR people enjoyed the Engineers as Educator training @ SPACE 2010 o May host a similar event in SD w/ Sharon o 3-hr course as an after work event possibly in Jan. o CoNA planning and marketing is underway · Educator Associate – Sharon Freeburn o Website navigation for educators has had poor feedback. Top button then sidebar. o NASA mascot Camilla Corona viral marketing campaign. o Santa is visiting the planets · RHF Scholarship Coordinator – Greg Marien o Mass distribution email to be opened to more members w/ training o Thank You’s for RHF donations have been distributed o Request for funds & scholarship forms to be sent out soon o STEM event @ Lakeside Middle school NG “Engineer in a box” · Student Activities o Position vacant. · Rocket Committee – Steve Harrington o Not present.

AIAA STUDENT CHAPTERS · UCSD Student Chair – Jason Hale o Had first General Body Meeting with about 80 ppl o Lots of org changes at UCSD due to recent turnover o Added more contact points for communication internally o Attempting more collaboration w/ other engineering orgs on campus o CANSAT and AIAA satellite contest are the current major projects o New project: 1800’s Stringfellow plane build w/ modern engine @ Brown field o Other minor projects updated o Current AIAA@UCSD goals updated · UCSD Faculty Advisor – Keiko Nomura o Not present. · SDSU Student Chair – Alejandrina Nuno o Rocket Project updated o Space transportation COTS design award last year o DBF project is in preliminary design phase o Kepler Astronomer as Distinguished Lecturer o Student Conference planning going well · SDSU Faculty Advisor – Allen Plotkin o

ACTION ITEMS · Find and recruit people for current open positions on the board. · Find a way to get additional sponsors for events · Create a report template for officers to use for meetings and events. · Increase Professional outreach · Decision needed on Awards Banquet choices Present Absent Absent Position Name/Company Excused

X Section Chair Phil Smith

X Secretary Brian Quan

X Treasurer Penelope Ulander

X Vice Chair – Long Range Michael Kelly Planning

X Vice Chair – Technical Dan Miller

Program Arrangements

X Field Trips Mark Shin

X Newsletters & E-Bulletins Kevin Burns

Flyers

X Webmaster Ian Yates

X History & Bylaws Chris Root

X R.H. Fleet Scholarship Coord. Greg Marien

X Region VI Delegate Kevin Willet

X K-12, STEM / Public Policy Chris Root

X Public Policy Jen Rhymer

X Membership Development Jim Peterson

X Honors & Awards / Career and Keith Glassman Workforce Development

Student Activities

Professional Society Liaison

Young Professionals

X Educator Associate Sharon Freeburn

X SDSU Faculty Advisor Allen Plotkin

X SDSU Student Chair Alejandrina Nuno

X UCSD Faculty Advisor Keiko Nomura

X UCSD Student Chair Jason Hale X Rocket Committee Steve Harrington Guests

Name Phone E-mail Affiliation Member? (Y/N)

Cesar Martin SDSU Y