Tucson Section Officer Board

Meeting Minutes for July 2006

Next meeting is Thursday August 17^th at El Parador at 6:00 PM

ATTENDEES: 

Matt Angiulo, Frank Manning, Patrick Craine, Kevin Kremeyer, Sara

Falconer

KIDS CLUB:

• Susan Brew is not prepared to answer questions regarding hosting Kids Club at LPL.
• 1 session is setup……Frank hasn’t picked a date.
• Steve Lubliner will do another rocket session.
• Steve Ratts will do an astronomy one
• We’ll try to get the Flandrau representative back.
• Maybe Physics Factory for another session.
• We should try to find something new.
• It’s currently $35 a student but we can up the price since we spent more on supplies then we brought in.

WEBSITE:

• New officers list on the webpage.
• Job openings on the webpage.
• We can allow members to post job requests and resume’s on the webpage.
• Frank to look into possibilities on resume and job posting.

TREASURER:

· Pat corrected the budget and we signed it.  I’ll scan and send tomorrow.

· Pat will arrange a renew of our mailbox or get a new one.

· Checking account has $4407.26

· We should put about 25% in a CD or money market.

 AERIAL ROBOTICS

• Franks going to the competition in a couple weeks.
• He’s shooting for completing Level 1.
• Are we going to budget student projects?
• We could make groups send in budgets and requests and then we can award some money to the best as we see fit.
• We could make it like a competition.  Maybe we could use it  to get donations and whatnot.
• We should make this a formal program.
• Maybe some amount will go to Pima and the Student Section and then the rest will go into the competition.
• We can give Pima Aerial Robotics Club $500.00 to cover travel expenses as the first winner of some grand program.
• Turn this into a press release.

E-NEWSLETTER:

• We should do the e-newsletter. As Sara suggests.  Ask for feedback on schedule and more votes. Urls to the webpage.

BORDER SECURITY FORUM:

• AIAA is starting a homeland security program committee
• Use this to get connections to other organizations
• Organization of Old Crows (electronic Warfare)
• Crows want to do a symposium in Tucson in October.
• Get San Diego, Tucson Section, New Mexico, Texas, and maybe Phoenix
• Crows does all the registration, hotels, and etc.
• Crows agreed to give money to the section.  Brian Ewingson has set up space at Pima. Pima would charge 10K-20K
• We’re shooting for 130 people.  Low entrance cost would be $250.00 a head.  We could also sell display booths for local companies and government organizations.  Free for the government. 
• Use this as a way to get funds to the sections and the program committee
• We need to line up a good program with good speakers.
• Tuesday Wednesday, and Thursday Morning
• October 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th.
• Maybe start with a Distinguished Lecturer. Have it be a keynote and open it to the section.
• Want to have a big band.
• First session will be something from Policy mentioning what the government wants to accomplish for the money.
• The next session would be the people on the ground (the people doing the work) talk about what they’re able to do.
• Then we note the mismatch between what’s wanted and what’s available.
• Then we bring in DOD centers say how they can help bridge the gap.
• Last day have a panel discussion.
• Contact National Guard, Border Patrol, and Civil Air Patrol for speakers
• Give this a month and try to pull in speakers.  Contact San Diego (Kevin Burns) and coordinate planning.
• Pat to try to get a speaker from Civil Air Patrol
• Ask Kelly for contact information.
• Sara to try to get Grijalva. 
• Matt to try distinguished Lecturers and look for National Guard and Army
• Kevin to provide Sara with a writeup, with mission statement
• Kevin to attend the next set of meetings,
• Kevin to provide Matt with contact information.
• Kevin to contact Fort Huachuca for guy to talk about capabilities.