AIAA Council Meeting
San Francisco Section
Lockheed Martin
December 4, 1996

This meeting was called to order by Brian Haas at 5:45 p.m.

Attendees


Brian Haas, Kevin James, Juanita Ryan,
Tom Durrant, Glen Carl, George Crothall,
John Bosco, Jani Pallis, Srini Srinivasan

I. Introductions

Juanita Ryan introduced Dr. Jani Pallis of Lunar Aerospace. Jani would like to become more involved with the San Francisco Section activities.

II. Minutes of October Meeting

Minutes were distributed and approved with the following corrections: (1) Srini Srinivasan was not listed as a volunteer for the NASA Ames Tour in October. Srini gave the CFD portion of the tour. (2) George Crothall should be also congratulated for the education award that this section received. (3) December dinner program changed to 12/12/96.

III. Chair Report and new business Brian Haas

SVEC Open House was at the Tech Museum, San Jose, CA on November 20, 1996 from 7-9pm. George Crothall and Juanita Ryan attended. SVEC Banquet is approaching.

Now have certificate of insurance. Brian submitted the certificate to the Secretary, Glen Carl.

There will be a tour of the Mountain View Space Camp in December. This should be a 2 hour tour. 45 people have already reserved. This reservation allows for 5 no shows.

Brian passed out information regarding preparation for the EIT Examination. This information was provided by the California Society of Professional Engineers, Santa Clara Valley Chapter. The first meeting is January 21, 1997 and the exam is April 19, 1997.

The December dinner program had to change dates. The December dinner program will now be on December 12, 1996.

IV. SVEC Banquet

Juanita suggested that we get banquet table early. The council approved getting a table. John Bosco will send in reservation for a table. Council members interested in sitting at the table reserved their spots. Juanita stated that the Discover E program would be at the banquet, and she passed out a list of SVEC sponsored activities.

V. Dinner Programs

Tom Durrant is working on a display for dinner programs, and the display should be ready by the January, 1997 dinner program. Brian stated that council members will need to call him to verify attendance to future dinner programs. We need a speaker for the January, 1997 dinner program. George Crothall will try to get a speaker from Trimble. The AIAA designated speaker may be speaking at the May, 1997 dinner program, and may be a speaker from NASA Dryden.

VI. Dr. Jani Pallis

Dr. Pallis stated that she is looking for aeronautic specialists to contribute to a program which teaches students k-12 about aeronautics. The company Lunar Aerospace currently has a NASA / corporate contract to develop a textbook, lesson plans and an Internet site for teaching aeronautics. Currently, there are some pilot schools, and planned future expansion at other schools and museums. Brian Haas encouraged Jani to post an abstract in the section newsletter, and possibly being a speaker at a future dinner program.

VII. Director Reports

Vice Chair: Juanita Ryan
Juanita is organizing a Space Camp tour at NASA Ames on Dec. 10, 1996, 6-7pm. This event will be open to members and their children. The tour will cost $5/person and will include time on the simulators. There is a 40 person limit. 45 are currently reserved.

Secretary: Glen Carl
Prepared last month's minutes and posted the minutes on the local web pages. Updated the council and advisory board roster for publishing in the Newsletter, on the web pages and for council use. The updated roster was also sent to Region VI Office. The inventory list has been postponed. Glen updated the local section's web statistics pages. The career jobs bulletin board web page was still receiving the most activity. Glen worked on getting Tsung-Chou Fang's web account established.

Treasurer: John Bosco
John distributed an updated '96-'97 budget. The budget was approved. John will continue to make updates to the budget. John said he would reserve a SVEC banquet table for $400, and take SVEC reservations for AIAA members. The SVEC Banquet is $40/person. John stated that we are still waiting for the Per Capita Rebate. John also completed badges for council members, and that the badges will be available for use at the December dinner program. Brian requested that John present a condensed version of the budget at future council meetings and that he keep a copy of the detailed budget.

Career: Glen Carl
Glen is continuing to update the AIAA career web pages and that there is about 50-60 hits/day on the Jobs Bulletin Board web page. Glen is still trying to recruit a new career enhancement director for the local section. So far, no response. Glen is not planning on attending the AIAA National Conference in Reno, Nevada in January, 1997. This is due to lack of funds. The conference is not relevant to the work performed by Glen's employer, so they will not be funding the trip, and the AIAA Western region is also not come forward to provide funds, and the trip is not with the local section's budget for regional activities.

Education / Pre-College: Juanita Ryan / George Crothall
George is helping the Santa Clara University students organized into an active AIAA student section. George is working on the Discover E program, activities include making Tech Museum reservations, getting materials organized and getting individuals committed to the Discover E program. Orientation for Discover E is January 22-23, 1997. The hardest part of getting volunteers is that adults find it difficult to talk to kids, and that it is difficult to get time off from work.
Juanita says that the upcoming Teacher Workshop has 62 teachers with confirmed reservations. Juanita is also preparing for the Teacher Workshop in Reno, Nevada in January, 1997. Juanita is looking for help for an essay contest theme for the upcoming essay contest. Brian Haas encouraged the pre-screening of essays by teachers before they are submitted to AIAA judges. Juanita is also looking for a technical advisor to help 5th grade girls build a robot.

Public Policy: Franz Busse (absent)

Honors and Awards: Srini Srinivasan
Srini is working on the upgrading of AIAA membership. Srini has had 6 senior, 6 associate and 2 fellow application requests. Srini ran out of associate forms, but will get replacements. Srini stated that the membership promotion may take awhile, but this depends on the upgrade level. The section may award the membership upgrade pins at the March dinner program. Srini is still accepting requests for membership upgrades. The Galileo Scholarship announcement was posted in the newsletter and he is already getting calls of inquiry.

Membership: Tom Durrant
Tom assisted in setting up the December dinner program for speaker Dr. James Wertz of Microcosm. Tom is working on a dinner programs display to promote new membership and involvement with AIAA activities.

Newsletter: Kevin James
Kevin posted the Lockheed Martin employment ad in the newsletter. Kevin stated that we should not expect bar codes anytime soon from AIAA National for newsletter distribution. Kevin says that the new AIAA accounting program at National has made bar codes a low priority. The lack of bar codes is costing our section $250 per month. Kevin will keep trying to get bar codes. Kevin purchased the Adobe Framemaker software to develop the newsletter on. Kevin is finding this software very helpful for the development of the newsletter.

Web: Tsung-Chou Fang (absent)
Tsung-Chou now has a Juggler account, and can now directly maintain the AIAA web pages. Tsung-Chou encourages the council to submit him web pages, and states that he even will help council members design their web pages if needed.

Dinner Programs: VACANT
Brian Haas is the contact for dinner programs.

Technical Activities: Peter Lowenhardt (absent)

Young Members: Matt Jardin (absent) & Franz Busse (absent)
Matt hosted the monthly DaVinci Forum.

VIII. Full-Year Schedule

December 1996
12/4 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
12/7 Sa Teacher Workshop @ McClellan Air Force Base
12/10 T Space Camp Tour
12/12 R Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
12/27 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

January 1997
1/4 Sa Teacher Workshop @ Reno, Nevada
1/15 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
1/16 R Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
1/31 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

February 1997
2/3-2/7 M-F Discover E training @ TBA
2/5 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
2/8 Sa Public Policy Colloquium @ TBA
2/20 R SVEC Banquet @ TBA
2/28 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

March 1997
3/5 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
3/5 W Essay Judging
3/15 Sa Teacher Workshop @ NASA Ames Research Center
3/20 R Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
3/?? ? Science Fair Judging @ TBA
3/28 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View
Spring Girl's Event (dinner/tour)

April 1997
4/2 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
4/17 R Comet Event / Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
4/17 Sa Teacher Workshop @ NASA Ames Research Center
4/23 W Career Forum @ TBA
4/25 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

May 1997
5/3 Sa Teacher Workshop @ NASA Ames Research Center
5/7 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
5/15 R Galileo Awards / Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
5/30 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View
5/?? Sa Informal dinner or BBQ @ TBA, Santa Cruz

June 1997
6/4 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
6/14 Sa Leadership Briefing @ Manhattan Beach
6/19 R Honors & Awards Banquet @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
6/21 Sa Airplane Contest @ NASA Ames
6/27 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

July 1997
7/2 W Council Meeting @ Lockheed, Sunnyvale
7/17 R Essay Awards / Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
7/25 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

August 1997
8/2 Sa Council Year Planning Meeting @ TBA
8/29 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

September 1997
09/?? Sa-Su Reno Air Show

IX. Meeting Adjourned

The meeting was adjourned by Brian Haas at 7:15 p.m.