AIAA Council Meeting

San Francisco Section
Applied Materials
March 5, 1997

Minutes


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

Attendees

Brian Haas, Matt Jardin, John Bosco
Norm Bergrun, Glen Carl

I. Minutes of February Meeting

Minutes were distributed and approved as with the following corrections. The next dinner meeting will be
on March 13, 1997 and the Comet Event will be hosted at Independence High School on April 10, 1997.
Essay contest judging will start on April 25, 1997.

II. Chair Report and new business Brian Haas

Brian again discussed the planned RAC Leadership Conference, June 7,1997. Four officers (Chair, Vice-
Chair, Secretary, Treasurer) from the San Francisco Section will be sent and paid for by the Section. One
officer will be funded by Region VI. Brian is working on getting an officer nomination list established, and
posted a request for nominations in the Newsletter. Brian will also worked on establishing an officer
nomination committee.

Brian reported that the February AIAA "Mind Jogger" publication stated that all section officers, council
members, and technical committee members must be a member of AIAA in good standing. This bylaw
change became effective August 1996. The publication also reported that all section secretary officers need
to submit a meeting report to the Regional Director and Staff Liaison for meetings, dinners, or special
gatherings. The publication also reported that speaker nominations for the Distinguished Lecture Program
may be submitted to the Regional Director and Staff Liaison. Juanita was asked to submit a nomination for
Seth Shostak.

Brian reported that the official awards season goes from June 1 to May 31. However, the unofficially
includes summer activities. Therefore, San Francisco Section will continue its season from August 1 to
July 31.

III. Dinner Meetings

Astronaut Norm Thaagard is scheduled to be this year's Distinguished Lecturer and will speak at the June
Honors & Awards Banquet. Mike Day of International Space Technology, Inc. will be the speaker for the
March 13 dinner meeting, and will speak on the "Russian-American Joint Venture for Spacecraft Electric
Propulsion Subsystems".

IV. Director Reports


Vice Chair: Juanita Ryan (absent)
* AIAA/NASA/SCCSTA Family Event: "Comet Hale-Bopp Watch"
*Scheduled for April 10, 6pm-10pm, at Independence High, San Jose
*Keynote speaker: Dr. David Morrison
*Tentative schedule: 6pm Early bird planetarium show
6:30 Dinner in the Commons
Hands-on Activities for Kids
7:30 Keynote speaker
Movie for the younger kids
8:30 Comet/star watching
*This event is being co-sponsored by NASA Ames (Tom Clausen) and
the Santa Clara County Science Teachers' Association (Gail Chaid)
*There will be no charge, but participants will have the option of
ordering a box dinner for $6 (Florentine's) or bringing their own
picnic dinner.
*CONCERN: April newsletter will need to go out early. Complete
information will be forwarded to Kevin James by the 10th.
* CONCERN: Educator Associates
*The new form for the Pre-college Outreach Section Award includes
a large section on "how do we involve and recognize our Educator
Associates".
*Many of them are involved in Precollege activities, but we have not
formally recognized them except for mention in the Newsletter.
*Suggestions from the Council?
- I'd like to start with Gail Chaid who has taken major
charge of the Comet Watch event. - Perhaps initiate an earlier suggestion of "inviting a
teacher to dinner" each month?
- Other??
* Sidenote: I've met several people who would like to join/renew their AIAA
membership. Anyone have applications they can send me? (Tom, did you receive
my e-mail?) .

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.

Treasurer: John Bosco
John distributed the budget summary and it was reviewed. John stated that the Newsletter postage and

printing are now over budget. John also reported that the D.E. Frey - Brokerage account is starting to
accrue noticeable interest.

Education / Pre-College: Juanita Ryan (absent) / George Crothall (absent)
* AIAA/NASA Teacher Workshop: "Technology in Education"
*Scheduled for March 15, 8:30am-3:00pm, at NASA
*Keynote speaker: Mark Leon
*Additional hands-on computer sessions, distribution of curriculum
materials, tour of Ames Aerospace Encounter, and lunar sample
certification
*Registration is still open to anyone interested in education
* Science Fair Judging
*Judges have been secured for both the San Francisco and Santa Clara
County fairs.
*Gerald McKeegan volunteered to be lead judge for San Francisco. He
will be assisted by Jani Pallis.
*Kevin James "volunteered" to be lead judge for Santa Clara. He has
two people from Lockheed and one from Loral assisting him.
*Volunteers continue to call in this week due to Merlin's ad in the
Lockheed Star.
* 9th Annual Student Essay Contest
*Flyers are being sent to 700 schools in the bay area.
*To date, donations have been confirmed from Cislunar Aerospace ($200)
and Menlo Machine ($250).
*This year's theme: "Describe How the Wright Brothers' Invention of
Powered Flight Has Impacted Your Life"
*Teachers have been asked to assist us by "prescreening" and sending
the best of their classes' essays.
*Awards banquet is still scheduled for July. Former astronaut, Mike
Coats, has been invited to speak . . . but it's a long shot. Other
possibilities include: Warren Hall (NASA), Ed Daley (United), Chris
McKay (NASA), Seth Shostak (SETI).
*CONCERN: Judges are needed . . . any volunteers? Judging takes place
during the first two weeks in May.
Brian Haas volunteered to be a judge.

Public Policy: Glen Carl
Glen continued work on the "Airline Safety Initiative 1997". Glen prepared a budget and schedule and
presented it to the council. Glen also presented venue information for local hotels. Glen received help in
gathering the venue information from Barbara Maples of Jeppesen Dataplan. The details for the budget,
schedule and venue were discussed at a meeting following this council meeting. Glen plans to host the
event on June 9, 1997. No venue has been decided at this time.

Honors and Awards: Srini Srinivasan (absent)

Membership: Tom Durrant (absent)

Newsletter: Kevin James (absent)

Web: Tsung-Chou Fang (absent)

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

Technical Activities: Peter Loewenhardt (absent)
Peter found a speaker for Ion Propulsion. Mike Day will speak on this subject at the March dinner meeting.

Young Members: Matt Jardin
Matt reported 8 people attended the February DaVinci Forum. Matt enhanced the story about the AIAA
Robot Wars entry on the web pages. Matt suggested putting the Lockheed Martin logo on the home page.
Matt will pursue the possibility of adding the logo. Matt also asked if it was possible to get an Email alias
from AIAA National, such as matt_jardin@aiaa.org. Brian Haas will contact National to see if this is
feasible.

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. So far, still no response. Glen plans to participate in the National Career Enhancement Committee
teleconference this month. Glen reported that National now has a career placement service on its web site
at http://www.aiaa.org/employment/ .

Deputy Director at-Large: Norman Bergrun
Norm is working on plans for the "Congressional Visit Days" in Washington, DC on March 12, 1997.
Norm presented the schedule of this event, stated that he has been involved with several teleconferences,
gave briefing of potential questions, and stated the mission. The real mission is to impress on Congress that
fundamental research is needed for aerospace.
Norm attended the Public Policy Colloquium in Los Angeles on February 8, 1997. Norm plans to presented
our Section's public policy activities at this meeting, including the "Airline Safety Initiative" event. Norm

presented NASA's Dan Goldin's 3 pillars for aerospace, and they are (1) Global Civil Aviation, (2) Access
to Space, (3) Global Technology Leaps.

V. 1997 Schedule

March 1997
3/5 W Council Meeting @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
3/13 R Dinner Meeting @ Wyndham Garden, Sunnyvale
3/13 R Science Fair Judging @ California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
3/15 Sa Teacher Workshop @ NASA Ames Research Center
3/18-19 T,W Science Fair Judging @ Toyon Elementary School Science Fair, San Jose
3/19 W Science Fair Judging @ San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose
3/28 F DaVinci Forum @ St. James Infirmary, Mtn. View

April 1997
4/2 W Council Meeting @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
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
Spring Girl's Event (dinner/tour)

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

June 1997
6/4 W Council Meeting @ Applied Materials, Santa Clara
6/7 Sa Leadership Briefing @ Manhattan Beach
6/9 M Airline 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 6:40 p.m.