OC_AIAA Council
Meeting Minutes
January 08, 2013
Venue: Boeing Building No.28, Huntington Beach, CA
Attendees:
Jim Martin
Bob Koepke
Dino Roman
Phil Ridout
Ronald Freeman
Jeff Norton
Jerry Huang
Joseph Justin
Meeting started at 6:15pm.
Officer Reports:
Chairperson (Norton):
- There’s a headquarter’s need for cost-cutting measures at Section level. Ideas
suggested include: (1) Combining sections, eg. LA-LV combined section; (2)
Cancelling, perhaps replacing the yearly Regional Leadership Conference
with a Webinar; (3) Discontinuing the annual Congressional Visit Day in
Washington DC, though highly unlikely.
- Receipts were provided for Toby’s flowers, January dinner expenses. Dino
mentioned Pay Pal receipt of $1880.
- Noted in the Mindjogger, Engineering Week in February, 2013. May want to
set up a mini-booth in Boeing’s observation event.
- Note April 18, 2013 for OCEC’s Banquet. Recommend sending Jeff Norton to
represent the Council.
- Consider sending out a flyer to Section’s membership highlighting the
Koepke’s TARC/SLC programs as an outreach to solicit volunteerism. May
want to include John Rose’s robotics program as well. Such outreach initiative
may be the incentive to develop Young Professionals’ involvement.
Chairperson-Elect (vacant):
Secretary (Freeman):
- Acknowledged receipt of $500 RLC reimbursement. Considers Council
obligation settled.
- Motion made and passed to approve the minutes for Council meetings of
October, November, and December, 2012.
Treasurer (Ridout):
- December 2012 AIAA_OC Financial Report reviewed and approved.
- Need to start thinking about the budget for 2013. Make fiscal 2013 budget
similar to 2012’s.
- Year-end report (2012) needs to be submitted in order to receive CAT1 funds.
- Need judges for the upcoming Science Fair at the end of March. Consider Jim
Martin, Tiffany Nyugen, and Roman Dino.
Technical (Dino):
- Consider the following as ASAT keynote speakers: X48C Flight Test Project Manager Mike Kisska; George
Pla, CEO of Cordoba Engineering, the firm
responsible for transporting NASA's space shuttle
Endeavour from LAX to the California Science Center;
Public Relations officer at Space X.
- Need to book signed contractual agreements with Doubletree for May 04th
ASAT conference.
Honors and Awards (Justin ):
- OCEC_OC nominations submitted for John Rose, Kamal Shweyk, and tiffany
Nyugen.
- Need ASAT nominations. Toby to help edit. Need two additional volunteers.
- Council needs representation at the OCEC_OC Banquet. Cost is $85/person.
Programs (Martin):
- Scheduled forthcoming speaker events include: January 14th a Boeing
engineer involved in the CST program, and February 19th Kevin Bowcutt’s
presentation on Boeing’s CST-100, for which no RSVP has been received.
Suggest advertising speaker events in Boeing’s monthly Frontier. Suggested
also to have Jody promote the event on section’s website.
- Jim Martin to out of town for four consecutive weeks, late February-early
March, 2013.
Directors at Large ( John Rose, Toby Holtz, John Rose, absent):
- Consider a AIAA_OC sponsored Robotics program. Need to have a model
patterned after the Rocketry program. Team should meet once monthly. Basic
robotics kits cost about $18 each. May contact Nino Policci for suggestions.
Membership (Welge, absent—but submitted a written report):
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Toby address to Jeff--done--and she got the flowers
Sent email to Jody to clarify the disclaimer issue
Jann cell at ASM--got that
ASAT Contract for setting Registration fees--attached
Mary Pieper--Boeing Sponsorship--in work
Roster update--all please review the attached roster and send me updates
RAC Highlights to Council--see below sent Dec 24
My notes from the meeting--I was only able to attend for 1/2 day--Jim Martin was also there and
may have corrections or other additions. No other OC representation.
1. Institute Report
1. AIAA has a new Executive Director--former astronaut
2. Dickman didn't support K-12 and hoping for more in the new leadership
3. New event model--essentially combining events--see 4.4 below
4. Discussed declining support for NASA in general--priorities seem to be
elsewhere and yet <1% of the budget but perception is that it's close to 15%-general decline in AIAA as well
2. Public Policy Key Items--CVD is May 19/20 2013
1. Deep Space
2. Human orbital access
3. Workforce
4. Support of K-12
5. Viability of industrial base
6. Export control --ITAR issues
7. UAV/UAS
8. Cyber security policy
3. Finance report
1. One bank statement missing from OC
2. No OC Report so no CAT I check--need annual report
3. Eliza mentioned tht a quarterly budget report is being considered
1. and it has a slightly different format
4. Directors Report
1. CAT III $4000 available
2. Tuscon and Phoenix won awards in all categories
3. Congratulations to new Region VI Associate Fellows and Educator Associates
4. RSAC Report
1. New event model--consolidation
2. ASM will now be called SciTech combining other conferences
3. Ref Jane's presentation on website for details
5. Endowment and interest rates are down so cutting expenses at AIAA-1. Considerations for cost reduction or elimination
1. Eliminate RLC
2. Historic site
3. Section awards
4. CAT IV
6. Dues increase 2013
1. Member $110
2. Assoc Fellow $120
3. Fellow $140
4. And increasing more in the out years
7. To become a member you don't need a degree or a reference
8. Have to be a member to register for the conference
9. Jane's question to all -1. Develop Strategic goals
2. Add value to your membership
I left at this point--RAC Meeting format, Dep Director reports, Section inter-relationships and New
Business remaining
More details in the Minutes to follow from Emily and also reference the RAC website
Bob Welge
Robert's Engineering Development
714-593-2312
www.robertsengineeringdevelopment.com
Young Professionals (Nyugen):
Career and Workforce Development (Huang):
- Consider Mark Bregman of Boyle Ogata Bregman’s Talent Management
Programs and blogger of “The Headhunter’s Secret Guide to Seeking Jobs” to
hold workshop on possible topics: Networking; Tips for Job-searching; Tips
for Job-interviewing; Enhancing Engineering Job Search Skills; The Elevator
Pitch in 30seconds; Link’d for Job-searching.
Education (J. Koepke):
- About 35 in a Boy Scouts troop from Tustin have expressed interest in building
rockets, possibly to earn a Space Exploration Merit badge. About 30 Girls
Scouts from long Beach have also expressed interest. Currently, there are five
TARC teams building and launching rockets to qualify for the national
competition in 2013. With entry fee of $125 per team, following some
discussion, the Council passed the motion to grant $625 for the entry fees.
TARC budget for fiscal year 2012 totaled $1500.
TARC and Student Launch Initiative (R. Koepke):
- Four of the five teams are testing. Six launches are scheduled for January and
six in February.
Education, (J. Koepke, absent):
- Propose the following activity at Youth Expo: Air rocket launches on open field
for students, aged 5-15.
Public Policy (Shweyk, absent):
- Congressional Visit Day scheduled for March 19-20. Public Policy colloquium
scheduled for March 02nd, in El Segundo.
Communications (Hart, absent):
The meeting adjourned at 8:15pm. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February
05th at 6pm. Jerry Huang volunteered to bring dinner.