AIAA Council Meeting
San Francisco Section
Applied Materials
April 2, 1997

Minutes


This meeting was called to order by Brian Haas at 5:40 p.m.

Attendees

Brian Haas, Kevin James, Juanita Ryan,
Norm Bergrun, Glen Carl, Tsung-Chou Fang,
Srini Srinivasan

I. Minutes of March Meeting

Minutes were distributed and approved as written.

II. Chair Report and new business Brian Haas

Brian reported that he was still in the process of selecting nominees for council office positions for next
year.

III. Dinner Meetings

Dinner meeting for April will be the Comet Event at Independence High. Currently, no speaker for the
May Galileo Awards dinner meeting. Srini proposed combining the May and June dinner meetings.
Discussion was made regarding this and it was decided to keep the meetings separate. Glen said he would
check at Jeppesen for a speaker on the Amelia Earhart recreation. Srini wants to know what awards to
present at the Honors & Awards banquet. The council suggested that he contact National.

IV. Director Reports

Vice Chair: Juanita Ryan
* Comet Hale-Bopp Watch! (see flyer)
* Scheduled for Thursday, April 10 at Independence High, San Jose, CA
* 92 registered to date (approx. 50 dinners)
* Rental fee more than expected, SCCSTA will pay the balance
* Display space available, NASA and AIAA materials will be distributed
* Volunteers still needed (registration, distribute dinners, activity tables)
* Newspapers contacted - SJMercury News will run something Tuesday
* 2,000+ notices/flyers sent to schools, teachers, SCCSTA members, etc.
* Gail Chaid, Planetarium Director and AIAA Educator Associate, will
be recognized with a certificate for her efforts in organizing this event
(facility, promotion, reservations, etc.)
* Brian H. as MC? agenda to be provided by Juanita

Secretary: Glen Carl
Prepared last month's minutes and posted the minutes on the local web pages. Updated the council and
advisory board rosters. The updated rosters were sent to the Region VI Office and Patricia Carr of
National. Glen updated the local section's web statistics pages. The career jobs bulletin board web page
was still receiving the most activity. Glen sent the council meeting minutes from August, 1996 through
March, 1997 to Patricia Carr of National, the Western Region Office and to Ken Sanger, Region Director.

Treasurer: John Bosco (absent - Kevin James presented report)
Budget distributed and was reviewed. John reports that the Newsletter postage and printing are still over
budget. John also reported that the D.E. Frey - Brokerage account is starting to accrue noticeable interest.
Brian want John to access the tax forecast for the Section's accounts.

Education / Pre-College: Juanita Ryan / George Crothall (absent)
* Science Fair
* Kevin James served as lead judge for the Santa Clara Valley Science
and Engineering Fair (assisted by Ernie Wuethrich and Tom Trankle)
* Gerald McKeegan served as lead judge for the San Francisco Bay Area
Science Fair (assisted by Jani Pallis)
* 3 winners were selected at each fair, savings bonds needed
* One thank you note was received with an invitation to visit his school
* Amy Sun, Alan Miller, and Jack Going volunteered for the Toyon
School fair
* Winners and judges will be recognized in the next Section Newsletter
* Teacher Workshops (see flyers)
* "Technology in the Classroom" has been rescheduled for April 19
* "Journey from the Center of the Earth" has been scheduled for May 3
* Both to be held at NASA's Aerospace Encounter
* Both include hands-on session, distribution of curriculum materials,
facility tours, guest speakers, and lunar sample certification
* 9th Annual Student Essay Contest
* 700+ flyers sent to schools in the bay area
* inquiries also received by e-mail and phone
* judges still needed and will be solicited via e-mail and phone
* FYI
* The Tech and ASP very pleased with our support of their programs
Tales from the Final Frontier
Comet Hale-Bopp booklet/Project Astro.

Public Policy: Glen Carl
Glen continued work on the "Air Travel Safety Initiative 1997". Glen reported that the current priority was to select a venue. Currently, NASA Ames is the first choice for venue selection. The fourth planning meeting was held after this council meeting. Glen established a web page for this event, and it is located at http://www.aeroave.com . This web page has the program plan, sponsor links, and meeting minutes. Glen reports that several panel candidates have provided information regarding their expertise.

Honors and Awards: Srini Srinivasan
Srini is working on the Honors & Awards banquet. Srini posted article in the newsletter which announced
membership service awards. Srini is looking for prior American Rocket Society members which may
qualify for membership awards. Brian requested that Srini send invitations for the Honors & Awards
banquet to the award recipients. Srini is working on the Galileo awards, and is currently working on a
selection process for the award. Srini requested funds to pay for the parents' dinners for the Galileo awards
dinner. Funds were approved. Srini wanted to know what to award for the Engineer of the Year award.
Srini was told to contact National and request a plaque. The Engineer of the Year award is not a financial
award. Srini requested help in distributing nomination entries for the Engineer of the Year award.

Membership: Tom Durrant (absent)

Newsletter: Kevin James
Kevin reported increased advertising for the Newsletter. Glen stated that Jeppesen is considering
advertising in the Newsletter. Kevin is still checking the post office box in Mountain View. Kevin provided
Glen with member address changes. Glen will mail these changes to National. Kevin reported on his
participation as Science Fair Judge. Kevin reported some coordination difficulties and would like to see
better guidelines for judging in the future. Kevin stated Newsletter deadline for May is April 10.

Web: Tsung-Chou Fang
Tsung-Chou reported that he was notified that the domain name for the web server would be changing. The
council requested that Tsung-Chou find out when and how much time will be allowed to transition to a
new domain name. The new domain name is also important to find out. Brian requested that Tsung-Chou
add a link to the dinner programs on the home page.

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

Technical Activities: Peter Loewenhardt (absent)
The majority of Peter's activity last month was with regards to the dinner meeting and speaker Mike Day.
In addition he has been working a bit more on the "technical activities" web page - many, many thanks to
Tsung-Chou for correcting his hmtl mistakes. Hopefully this month we can try posting the first draft.
The major thing Peter wanted to relay was concerning a conference on low temperature plasmas in October
- the Gaseous Electronics Conference (this is its 50th year). He is on the executive council of the GEC and
they have organized a session on plasma based propulsion - Peter was hoping that we may be able to
advertise this fact through the AIAA (both locally through the SF section and also nationally) to gain
interest from the electric propulsion community. The emphasis is from the standpoint of plasma physics,
for example there are sessions on High Density Plasma semiconductor processing tools, Plasma Displays,
Plasma Lighting, Plasma Switching, etc... Peter thinks this would be a forum where the plasma physics of
plasma propulsion could be discussed in great detail and therefore would be a nice complement to other
conferences already dealing with electric propulsion. Please let Peter know your opinions.

Young Members: Matt Jardin (absent)
Matt is continuing to organize and host DaVinci forum events. Matt is organizing a special DaVinci forum
on April 8, 1997 at the Tied House, Mountain View, CA. This special forum will have Dr. Zubrin as a
guest, and will allow for book signing and social interaction with Dr. Zubrin.

Career Enhancement: VACANT
Glen Carl is the contact for Career Enhancement.

Deputy Director of Career Enhancement: Glen Carl
Glen is continuing to update the AIAA career web pages and that there is about 80 hits/day on the Jobs
Bulletin Board web page. Glen is still trying to recruit a new career enhancement director for the local
section. Glen participated in the National Career Enhancement Committee teleconference in March. Glen
reported that National re-linked the Section's career web pages on National career placement service web
site at http://www.aiaa.org/employment/ . The Section's career search web page was used as a basis for
search links by National. Glen reported that the Regional Deputy Directors of CE have been asked to
contact the Sectional Career Enhancement Directors for their activities and for information regarding a

career placement service which is beneficial to members in their region. Glen also reported that Jeppesen is
going pay his costs for the AIAA Leadership Conference in June.

Deputy Director at-Large: Norman Bergrun
Norm attended the "Congressional Visit Days" in Washington, DC on March 12, 1997. Norm reported the
event was a tremendous success. Attendance and participation were both good. Norm met some new
people. Norm stated this was the first time technical committees have gotten involved with Public Policy.
Norm suggested that we have volunteer sign-up lists at the Honors & Awards banquet and at other events,
and that this banquet was a good time to solicit dinner speakers. Some discussion was made and Brian Haas
concluded that he would present annual report and solicit for volunteers at the Honors & Awards banquet.

V. 1997 Schedule

April 1997
4/2 W Council Meeting @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
4/8 T SPECIAL DaVinci Forum (Dr. Zubrin) @ Tied House, Mtn. View
4/10 R Comet Event / Dinner Meeting @ Independence High School, San Jose
4/17 Sa Teacher Workshop @ NASA Ames Research Center
4/25 F Essay Judging
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 @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
5/15 R Galileo Awards / Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
5/30 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View
Spring Girl's Event (dinner/tour)

June 1997
6/4 W Council Meeting @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
6/7 Sa Leadership Briefing @ Manhattan Beach
6/9 M Air Travel Safety Initiative 1997 @ Santa Clara County
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 @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
7/17 R Essay Awards / Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
7/25 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View
7/31 R Regional and Sectional Award Information Due

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

VI. Meeting Adjourned

The meeting was adjourned by Brian Haas at 7:05 p.m.