592nd CCTS Board Meeting, November 14, 2012
Canaveral Council of Technical Societies (CCTS)
Minutes of the 592nd Executive Board Meeting
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
CCTS Board Room at 5:30 P.M.
Cape Royal Office Bldg., Suite 401
1980 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
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Attendance:
Dave Fleming
Bob Shaw
Joe Brown
J. P. Anderson
Laura Seward
Rich Kiefer
Bill Macdonald
Steve Schneider
Ken Brace
Bill Allen
Fred Martin
Chris Han
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Chairman, AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics)
Vice-Chairman, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
AACEI (Association for the Advancement of Cost
Engineering International)
AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association)
NSSFL (National Space Society – Florida)
Treasurer, INCOSE (International Council on Systems
Engineering)
Secretary, AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics)
PMI-SCC (Project Management Institute – Space Coast
Chapter)
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) (by telephone call
in)
MSRPI (Missile, Space and Range Pioneers, Inc.)
SAME (Society of American Military Engineers)
IEEE - Canaveral (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers – Canaveral Section)
1.0 Introductions – Chairman – Dr. David Fleming
A quorum was present and Dave Fleming called the meeting to order at 5:38 P.M.
A letter has been received from one of the Robotics Event participating teams thanking CCTS
for their sponsoring of the Event and noting that they are going to be performing at the UCF
Arena in March 2013 and if one wants more information about that, see Dave Fleming. Bill
Allen responded that he would like to be involved with that.
2.0 Vice-Chairman’s Report -- Robert Shaw
Bob Shaw received information from SAME about forming an Emergency Response Team and
helping to put together a plan for a long term process for Brevard County response and as this
Area is in the target zone for tropical storm disasters, anyone interested in getting involved in
this, and Bob recommended that CCTS should be involved in this, get in contact with Bob Shaw.
Laura Seward mentioned that there is a Brevard County Emergency sector that would be a good
place to start.
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3.0 Secretary’s Report –- Bill Macdonald
The minutes of the October meeting had been e-mailed out and hard copies are available on the
table. Steve Schneider Moved to approve the Minutes. Joe Brown Seconded and the Motion
was Passed.
4.0 Treasurer’s Report –- Rich Kiefer
The opening balance was $3,099.35 and the closing balance, as of today, is $6,963.85. There are
four Robotics Event checks that have been written, but not posted totaling $4,152.29, which,
when posted, will leave a Balance of $2,811.56. The Savings, Investment, Account is
approximately $115,000, The Motion to receive the Treasurer’s Report was made by Fred
Martin, it was Seconded by Bill Macdonald and the Motion Passed.
5.0 Society Announcements – ALL
5.1 Bob Shaw - ASCE will probably hold a Meet and Greet type Meeting again but no
details are available.
5.2 Andy Anderson –AFCEA will hold a Luncheon tomorrow, November 15th, with Dr.
Ford, from the Harris Institute at FIT, talking on Cyber Security.
5.3 Laura Seward - NSSFL was planning to hold a National Space Society-Florida
Dinner on Monday, October 29th, and Florida Space Institute at UCF was planning to
host a meeting with a guest lecturer, the Executive Director of the National Space
Society, Paul Damphousse, on October 30th, at UCF. Both were cancelled because of
interference with Tropical Storm Sandy. A Meeting is planned on Saturday, December 1st
at 2:00 PM, in the Cocoa Beach Courtyard by Marriott Hotel with Guest Speaker, Scott
Colloredo, Chief Architect, NASA Ground Systems Development and Operations. The
Local Chapter is conducting a membership drive as all the current local Members have
their membership expire on December 31, 2012. Laura is also looking for new members
to be on their Executive Board.
5.4 Bill Allen - MSRPI will be holding its Fall Dinner this Friday Night, November 16th,
at the Cocoa Beach Hilton with Ron Jones, from Rocket Crafters, as keynote speaker.
MSRPI will probably have a Board Meeting on December 19th.
5.5 Bill Macdonald - AIAA Members will be supporting a Boy Scout/Girl Scout
Aviation Merit Badge Camp at the FIT Hanger at the Melbourne Airport, December 1,
2012, by staffing some of a number of tables which address various aspects of aviation.
The Scouts will visit these various tables and gain more insight to aviation and thereby
meet requirements for their Aviation Merit Badge.
5.6 Steve Schneider - PMI-SCC is having a Dinner Meeting at 6:00 PM, Monday,
December 10. You go to the PMI Space Coast Florida Chapter web site, you sign up,
you attend and your dinner is free. The speaker will be Ky Nichol, who set up the
London Olympics and it will be held at the Holiday Inn Melbourne -Viera Conference
Center.
5.7 Joe Brown - Tomorrow, November 15, at 6:30 PM, the AACEI will be holding a
Meeting at Siemens, across from the UCF Campus in Orlando. More details will be in
the November CCTS Events Calendar.
5.8 Chris Han – IEEE-Canaveral is having a Board Meeting Saturday, November 17th,
to discuss the Christmas Banquet and next year’s Board.
5.9 Rich Kiefer – INCOSE will be having a Meeting in December with the details set
forth in the December CCTS Events Calendar.
5.10 Fred Martin – SAME will be having a Meeting in December with the details set
forth in the December CCTS Events Calendar.
5.11 Ken Brace - SME has no immediate planned events.
6.0 Old Business
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6.1 Contacts with Societies Discussion -- Jill Stirling
Dave Fleming said that overtures from SWE, the Society of Women Engineers, for rejoining have been received.
6.2 Review of Methods for Less Expensive Tele-conferencing -- Jill Stirling
Andy Anderson received correspondence from A T & T, but it included cell phone
coverage, which was not requested. Contacting by Andy is still going on, in spite of A T
& T Confusion.
7.0 Committee Reports
7.1 By-Laws – TBD
No Report
7.2 Publicity (includes Banner) – Andy Anderson
No Report
7.3 Outreach Education, Projects – Dr. Jim Johnson
No Report
7.4 Membership – Jill Stirling
7.4.1 New CCTS Society Submittals
None Pending
7.5 Long Range Planning and Goals - ALL
No Report
7.6 Other Conference and Seminars - ALL
7.6.1 Engineers Week 2013 - ALL
CCTS has established the venue for the Engineers Week Banquet to be at the
Holiday Inn Conference Center in Viera, Wickham Road and I-95, on Thursday,
February 21, 2013 and the date has been reserved with them. SME is exploring
being a co-host, with CCTS and AIAA for this Event. Ken Brace, of SME, who
was on this current teleconference call had the line drop out on him and he could
no longer be reached at this time, so no input was received as to whether SME
plans to co- host on this Event.
7.7 Awards – Bill Macdonald
No Report
7.8 Management and Budget – Dr. Jim Johnson
No Report
7.9 New Projects
None
8.0 Special Committee Reports
8.1 42nd Space Congress -- Fred Martin
Bob Shaw has handled the Facilities and the Lunch at the Florida Solar Energy Center
(FSEC) and that is settled, the Speakers Banquet is settled, and the audio/visual
requirements are settled. Nicolas Pelaez, graduate student at UCF, who is the
Presentations Chairman of the 42nd Space Congress, has done a fine job of getting a
program together for the Event. At this time, only have nineteen have Registered. Some
publicity has gone out and it is on the CCTS Web Site. The sign-up is being done by
Eventright in which when you pay at Registering, Eventright will e-mail you a ticket for
you to print out also if you want to come to the Speakers Banquet, that is another ticket.
It was recommended that the Registration deadline be extended from November 20th to
November 27th. Then possibly after that, add a late fee of $5 to the Registration amount.
The Speakers have been sent publicity, so that they can give the information out to their
companies to encourage attendance. At the present time, we have four Exhibitors that
plan to display plus one from Merritt Island High School desiring a table and while there
is no charge for Exhibits, it was noted that those who staff the displays will pay the price
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of Registration ($50). It was Moved by Andy Anderson that CCTS would accept a $500
overall loss on the 42nd Space congress. The Motion was Seconded by Joe Brown and the
Motion Passed. It appears that if forty-three attended the Event, it would be about a
break-even point in cost. MSRPI, who have volunteered to put on the Afternoon Break,
have looked at the location at FSEC and confirmed that Wine and Beer along with soft
drinks will be permitted at the thirty minute Afternoon Break. Announcing the Break
will be done in the Auditorium, where the Speakers are Presenting or other rooms where
the Attendees are located. After analysis, it appears that December of 2013 might be the
best time to hold the 43rd Space Congress; however, if it would be held in November, it
would work right in with the MSRPI Fall Dinner and they would put on their dinner right
in the middle of the Space Congress©, which might be a good draw for both MSRPI and
Space Congress©.
8.2 Computer/Web Site - Dr. Al Koller
Al Koller has been adding Society updates quickly when presented by Dave Fleming.
Laura Seward has advertised us on LinkedIn.
8.3 Orientation – TBD
No report.
8.4 Historian – Bill Macdonald
No report
8.5 Hospitality – TBD
No report.
8.6 Investments – Dick Russell
No Report
8.7 Condominium – Dick Russell
No Report
8.8 Office – J. P. Anderson
No Report
8.9 Grants – TBD
No report
9.0 New Business
The National Space Club (NSC) has invited us, for $500, to sponsor one of their networking
social events. This will be discussed at the next Board Meeting.
A further discussion of CCTS joining the Chamber of Commerce is planned for the next Board
Meeting.
10.0 Adjourn
There being no further discussion, a Motion was made to Adjourn by Andy Anderson, it was
Seconded by Joe Brown, and all Approved. The Meeting stood adjourned at 6:47 PM.
NOTE: The Next Meeting of the CCTS Executive Board is scheduled for December 12, 2012 at
5:30 PM.
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