Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 1st.

ATTENDEES:

Matt Angiulo, David Haas, Brian Ewenson, Sara Falconer, Doug May, Amy Rice, Frank Manning.

KIDS CLUB:

• Two sessions remain. Outside of that it’s over.
• Sara is looking into people for next year.
• Sara sent me a write-up of who spoke, income, expenses, etc.

WEBSITE:

• Frank adding the soaring flyer.

TREASURER:

• Mary Ellen sent a new check for 4K today.
• Checking account shows us currently at 2451.79.
• Matt to pay bill for pencils and magnets ($48.68)
• We still need a treasurer (Matt to re-contact Nick Cicchini to see if he’s interested – maybe Anthony Boekman).
• Student section deposited their check.
• Frank needs to deposit his check.

STUDENT DBF:

• Brian, Sara F, and Jane (pre college outreach coordinator), Stan Powell had another teleconference regarding incorporating a kids event into the DBF competition.
• Brian agreed to drive the van.
• Any Rice will ride and talk to and monitor the kids
• There are four sessions of 60 minutes a piece. (two on Saturday and two on Sunday).
• Don Lacey has agreed to be available for the kids.
• Virginia Tech students have agreed to talk to the kids.
• U of A student section will be on hand to talk to the kids.
• Sara will email all the teams and let them know this will be going on.
• Matt to double check on whether Raytheon will support the tent.
• We will be renting two vans. (We can ask Bruce for Cat III) $240.00 each.
• I received a box of gliders
• Ask Raytheon to provide 30 to 40 bags.
• There will be a follow up session sometime afterwards. Maybe a school night near the DBF. Perhaps Friday, May 4^th. Don Lacey may do delta darts and do a competition for them. We’ll need to reserve some space. Brian will let us use the Museum.
• All that’s left is to “find the bodies”.
• My cell phone is 204-5003
• The Students flew their plane on Sunday.
• Flight went well. Trouble shooting continues but the plane is in great shape.

AERIAL ROBOTICS:

• Put together a radio controlled blimp for Physics fun night. They put a camera on it. Flew the blimp over the audience and projected the images to a big screen in the front of the auditorium.
• Frank to bring blimp to May 4^th event.
• Frank’s camera system takes great pictures during flight. Amazing actually.
• Frank will deposit his check this week.

MEMBERSHIP REPORTS:

NEWSLETTER:

• We need a newsletter out April. Articles due May 1^st. Include DBF article, Chairs Corner, Soaring Club Event, & Astronomy Weekend Event, Gene Austin, etc.

BORDER SECURITY FORUM:

• Everything ran smoothly and they had a good turnout.
• Now there is planning for one in Monteray. (August 20^th)

SOARING CLUB EVENT:

• President Kate Porter has been very helpful.
• We’re all set for our event on April 28^th.
• Doug will send out an email message to everyone.
• People will be in the sun for hours. You’ll need a hat and sun screan. Not a wide brimmed hat. Probably a baseball hat.
• We should meet for lunch at the Sky Rider café at the Marana airport.
• We may want to carpool from there. No credit cards. Cash or check made out to AIAA Tucson.
• We’ll have around 21 if we get about 7 students.
• Jack Stebe will bring a video of the U2.
• - Sara will give up an AIAA baseball cap as a gift to Jack.
• No smoking (its in a national monument).
• Students and officers only pay $30.00 for flights.
• Showing up at 2:00 PM is okay.

PASM Joe Engle Talk:

• Sunday April 29^th at 11am
• $5 charge for people to get in.
• 90 minute presentation.
• Brian to send me a blurb to send to the membership.
• 40^th anniversary of the X-15.

Camping Trip:

• All the places Sara has checked are first come first serve. The only place we know that is available is Parker Canyon Lake.
• There is a place out by Oracle that may work. “Oracle State Park”
• Nothing available on Mount Lemon for the weekend of April 13^th. Weekend of May 11-13^th is our next best option. “Mother’s Day weekend”. Somewhere up Mount Lemon or Similar. (Matt to email names of locations). Sara can find whatever she likes on whatever weekend she likes.
• We should make sure we have an announcement to go out ASAP with the soaring email.

Action Items:

• Gene Austin’s expenses may still be outstanding
• Matt to contact Sherry and Gene and work out the funding. This needs to be handled ASAP.
• Brian needs a private pilot who would be willing to take a 6 year old boy who is dying of Brian cancer on a flight. A point will be with him. “Dreams take Flight” program. Need something in the next week or so. Matt to talk David Corder or Kelly Sinnock.