Region V Director’s Report
Laura Richard 303-269-5963
Region V Report to RSAC
11 May 2011
Region V Summary
• Membership
• Deputy Directors
• Financial Status
• Communication
• Highlights from the Region & Sections
• Action/Issues for RSAC
• Regional Health
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Membership
• From May2011 Membership Report
• Long term trends are on following pages
• Professional Membership: 1902
• Increase of 79 since last RSAC (Jan 2011); back up to levels of 2010
summer
• First increase since 2008 is continuing
• All Sections show the increase
• Student Membership: 579
• Decrease of 35 since last RSAC (Jan 2011)
• All sections show the decrease
• Educator Associate Membership: 241
• Increase of 10 since last RSAC (Jan 2011)
• Upturn continuing
• All Sections participating, one Section is not dominating; although Iowa
tends to be lagging
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Region V Professional Membership
3000
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
St. Louis
Twin Cities
2500
Wichita
Professional Members
Region V
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Apr-75
Oct-80
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Mar-86
Sep-91
Time
Mar-97
Sep-02
Feb-08
Aug-13
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Region V Student Membership
700
600
Student Members
500
400
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
St. Louis
Twin Cities
300
Wichita
Region V
200
100
0
Jun-02
Oct-03
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Feb-05
Jul-06
Nov-07
Time
Apr-09
Aug-10
Jan-12
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Region V Educator Membership
250
Educator Members
200
150
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
St. Louis
100
Twin Cities
Wichita
Region V
50
0
Jun-02
Oct-03
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Jul-06
Nov-07
Time
Apr-09
Aug-10
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Professional Membership Observations
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Region V membership has been trending up slightly since 1997, but has
been showing a decrease since 2008; this is the first uptick since 2008
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Short term trends over the past six months:
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All Sections have all shown decrease over the past year, only one showed an
increase over the past six months
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
St. Louis
Twin Cities
Wichita
Long term trends:
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Regional membership has an uptick which reverses downturn which has been
consistent since 2008.
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+ 4
+ 51
+12
+ 12
+ 2
Rocky Mountain show largest uptick of all the sections
Wichita holding steady over past 9 months, but long term drop
St. Louis stabilizing after long term slide trends
Iowa, and Twin Cities have less pronounced down trend
Continuing focus on calling “drop”, “new” and “transfer” members
Sections not fond of having dedicated membership drives, prefer to
concentrate on associating good meetings with new members
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11 May 2011
Laura Richard
Region V
Student & Educator Member Observations
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Region V Student membership continuing Upward Trend
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Educator membership continuing Upward Trend over past year
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Significant variation in number of student members over the year
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Past Year trends:
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Educators
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Iowa
- 11
+ 0
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Rocky Mountain
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6
+ 6
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St. Louis
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2
+ 3
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Twin Cities
+
1
+ 1
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Wichita
- 22
+ 1
Student Long term trends:
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Students
Regional membership tending to oscillate for the past few year; overall
tending to remain constant
Educator Long term trends:
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Regional membership is above 2007 levels and is at it’s highest recorded
average level
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Region V Deputy Directors
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DD-Career & Workforce Development: Karen Copper karen.k.copper@boeing.com 314-234-5742
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DD-Education: Roger Greenwod roger.greenwood@usafa.edu 719-333-2427
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DD-Finance: Larry Frutiger LFrutiger@cox.net 316-733-1572
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DD-History: Frederick Roos frederick.w.roos@boeing.com 314-233-2530
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DD-Honors and Awards: David Myren, David.Myren@ASEholdings.com 651-220-1281
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DD-Membership: Gary White g.pary.white@boeing.com 314-705-2312
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DD-STEM K-12 Outreach: Billy Crisler, william.crisler@usafa.edu 719-333-4317
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DD-Public Policy: Mark Holly mark.k.holly@boeing.com 314-232-9873
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DD-Technical Activities: Open – Unfortunately Still In Work
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DD-Young Professionals: Open – In Work
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Associate Fellow Rep Reg V: Brandon Wegge brandon.h.wegge@boeing.com 314-232-2933
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Staff Liaison: Chris Jessee chrisj@aiaa.org 703-264-3848
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Changes from last RSAC (Jan 2011)
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Barry Crocker stepped down from DD Young Professionals
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Brandon Wegge accepted Associate Fellow Representative for Region V
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FY11 Financial Summary
• Category I Allocated: FY10
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Iowa
$ 945.00
Rocky Mountain
$ 7,350.00
Saint Louis
$ 2.745.00
Twin Cities $ 1,460.00
Wichita
$ 2,280.00
• Category I Available: $14,780.00
• Category III Allocated: $1,332.50
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Category III Approved: $ 500.00
• Category IV Requested:
• Category IV Approved:
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$0
$0
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Financial Summary-2011 Student Paper Conference
• Information not available; to be provided at August
RSAC meeting
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Communications
• Section and Deputy Director Communication
• Monthly Teleconference
– 27 January 2011
– 23 February 2011
– 31 March 2011
– 09 April 2011 (Student Paper Conference Lessons Learned)
– 05 May 2011
• Additionally as required for the Sections
• Next one Scheduled for 26 May 2011
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Region V
Highlights of the Region
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RAC Meeting on 27 January 2011
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Type: Meeting / Telecon
Attendance: 11
Increase of 4 from 5 January Meeting
Major Highlights
– Section By-Laws: St. Louis and Twin Cities
– CVD participation
– Open DD Position (Technical)
– Honors and Award at ASM
– Student Paper Conference
RAC Meeting on 23 February 2011
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Type: Meeting / Telecon
Attendance: 7
Decrease4 from January Telecon
Major Highlights
– Student Paper Conference
– Section By-Laws Status
– CVD participation
– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)
– Category III Funds
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RAC Meeting on 31 March 2011
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Type: Meeting / Telecon
Attendance: 8
Increase of 1 from February Telecon
Major Highlights
– Student Paper Conference
– Section By-Laws Status
– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)
– Category III Funds
– Wichita Section Efforts
RAC Meeting on 9 April 2011
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Type: Lessons Learned Meeting
Attendance: 10
Increase of 2 from 31 March Telecon *
Major Highlights
– Success of Student Paper Conference
– Rocky Mtn Section: University Colorado Boulder to
host next year
– Lessons Learned and Action Items
– Steps for next year
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Highlights of the Region
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RAC Meeting on 5 May 2011
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Type: Meeting / Telecon
Attendance: 7
Decrease of 3 from 9 April
Major Highlights
– RSAC Meeting 11 May
– Section By-Laws Status
– Open DD Positions (Technical and YP)
– Category III Funds: Provide $500 to St Louis
– Wichita Section Efforts
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11 May 2011
RAC V Cat III Funding: St Louis University – Design
Build and Fly Team
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AS a brand new team placed 68th out of 84 teams
– 2 Members were Freshmen
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Experience from this year will serve well for Next Year!
Pictured from left to right: Jacob Schreck (pilot), Alex
Berry, Dr. Raymond Lebeau (Advisor), JC Martin, Will
Atkins, Alex Haines, and Ben Winokur
Team Website: https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/flight-vehicleanalysis-and-design-2010-2011/home/aiaa-dbf
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Highlights of the Region
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11 May 2011
Sections
Deputy
Directors
Total in Region
5
10
Represented in Person 1/27/11
3
5
Sent Written Reports
0
3
Percent Represented
60%
50%
Represented in Person 2/23/11
2
2
Sent Written Reports
0
1
Percent Represented
40%
20%
Represented in Person 3/31/11
2
3
Sent Written Reports
0
1
Percent Represented
40%
30%
Represented in Person 04/09/11
N/A
N/A
Sent Written Reports
N/A
N/A
Percent Represented
N/A
N/A
Laura Richard
Region V
Highlights of the Region
Sections
Deputy
Directors
Total in Region
5
10
Represented in Person 5/5/11
3
2
Sent Written Reports
1
0
Percent Represented
60%
20%
• Next RAC Telecon scheduled on 26 May 2011
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Location: Teleconference
Time: 1130 PT/1230 MT/1330 CT/1430 ET
Will Highlight Annual Reports due to National
All Invited!
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Region V
Section Highlights
• Iowa
• Continued working the logistics of next year’s student conference and utilized
lessons learned from 2010; occurred 6-8 April and was very successful!
• Updated to the By-laws in work
• Lost 2 active officers and Sridher, Section Chair is working to find replacements
• Rocky Mountain
• Attended March RAC V Telecon!
• Submitted updated Section By-laws
• Participated in 17th Annual Improving Space Operations Workshops first week of
April
• April 28 Short Course in Risk Management for Space Programs, Todd Perry ARES
Corporation in Littleton
• Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium at Boulder Co April 15
• Standing on the Shoulders of Giant, April 20th in Colorado Springs
• Called for Rocky Mountain Annual Award Nominations for Award Banquet
scheduled for 26 May
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Section Highlights
• St. Louis
• Family Movie Night 18 February “The Wonder of It All” and provided the What
impact did walking on the moon have on the few men who actually experienced
the miracle? This documentary is composed of the personal interviews of 6
astronauts who walked on the moon and their recollections of the events, each
other and the impact on their lives
• 17 March Dinner Meeting “General Aviation: Past, Present and Future” presented
by Ramesh Agarwal, William Palm Professor of Engineering Washington
University in St Louis
• Family Movie Night 15 April “For All Mankind”; In recognition and celebration of 50
year anniversary of the launch of the Space Race Al Reinert's acclaimed
documentary on The Apollo program. Unique experience, as the only
voices heard in the film are those of the astronauts and mission control.
Tremendous film and photos from astronauts and NASA collection, much
rarely seen footage
• Family Movie Night May 20 “Twelve O’Clock High” 1949 WWII drama featuring
Gregory Peck as a tough general who whips a bomber unit suffering from low
morale into fighting shape. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama
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Section Highlights
• Twin Cities
• By-law update submitted to headquarters and awaiting approval by RSAC
• Participated in “AutoSnowPlow competition” with Institute of Navigation (ION) on
29 Jan followed by Movie Madness with five IMAX films “Aerospace films of
Spaceship Earth” then if you still have energy dinner/social hour at Pat
McGovern’s Pub
• National Engineer’s Week tour and dinner meeting at Ballistic Recovery Systems
along with other activities
• Two members from St Louis participated in CVD
• Colleagues at INCOSE (The International Council on Systems Engineering)
invited Twin Cities to participate in learning about Systems Engineering programs
• Hosted “Bowling for Ballots” for next year’s council and results announced in April
• Work continue on the section’s RC Aircraft; weather has not permitted the
expected “Fly-in”
• Supported the Aerospace Family Night at the Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet
School
• Dinner Meeting with Gene Austin occurred on 5 May
• Invited by the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers to participate in
Engineers Night with the St Paul Saints
• May Awards Night Planned
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Section Highlights
• Wichita
• Continued Working to reinvigorate the council leadership
• Update to the bylaws in work and will be available for section vote soon
• Planning for Distinguished Lecturer for next dinner meeting, Wilson Felder from
FAA Technical Center in the late May to June timeframe
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Student Paper Conference Highlights
• 2011 Student Paper Conference Cedar Rapids Iowa
• 74 Registrants including students, faculty and professionals
• Excellent Key Note Speaker: The Keynote speaker was Kent Statler, COO & Executive
Vice President of Commercial Systems, Rockwell Collins
• Andy Carlson (Section Chair Twin Cities) and Larry Frutiger (DD Finance) attended
• And the Winners Are:
– Community Outreach
• Sarah Hunt
– Masters
• Andrew Friedrichs
– Freshman/Sophomore
• First Place
» Spencer Dewald
» Adam Harper
» Joshua Straquadine
» Rohan Sharma
• Second Place
» Eric Ruth
» Jeff Howdeshell
Region Report to RSAC• Third Place
» Jared Broussard
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USAFA
Missouri State University of Science & Technology
Iowa State University
USAFA
USAFA
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Student Paper Conference Highlights
• 2011 Student Paper Conference Cedar Rapids Iowa
• And the Winners Are (cont’d):
– Team Competition
• First Place
» Michaela Cui
» Arthur Kreuter
» Brett Miller
• Second Place
» Derek Houtz
» James Nelson
» Aaron Young
• Third Place (tie)
» Erin Tucker
» Jeff Severson
» Erin Halin
• Third Place (tie)
» Tu Vo
» Dominic Dahlen
» Justin Scherbring
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University of Colorado
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
St. Louis University
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Student Paper Conference Highlights
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Actions/Issues for RSAC
• Under New Business
• The faculty advisors, based upon discussions with the students, want to know if
AIAA can provide the judging criteria (paper and oral) to the students prior to the
conference. It could be posted on the website and those that are interested would
find it available.
• The students want feedback! This is extremely important to them! For the
students to find value/benefit (where have we heard this statement???!!), they
need meaningful feedback and would like the scores along with the comments
(both paper and oral). Why is the policy to only provide the comments?
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Region V
Regional Health
Section
Membership
Trend (2 yr)
Financial
Health
Iowa
-20%
OK
Rocky
Mountain
0%
Good
St. Louis
-6%
Twin
Cities
Wichita
Section
Communication
Activities
Outreach
Finishing
Council
Year
Finishing
Council
Year
Monthly Telecon
RAC
Attendance
Yes
e
Overall
Health
Monthly Telecon
Partial
Good
Hosting SPC next Year at
CU Boulder
OK
Finishing
Council
Year
Monthly Telecon
Partial
Good
Category III Received
+11%
OK
Finishing
Council
Year
Monthly Telecon
Yes
OK
-30%
OK
Finishing
Council
Year
Monthly Telecon
and e-mails
Yes
Struggling
OK
Comments
Great SPC 2010
Always Busy
Working with Headquarters
Region as a whole -6%
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