Council Meeting Notes -10/5/99 prepared by S. Jaeger
Pay particular attention to the (ACTION ITEMS) !
Present: Steve, Matt, Seth, Dan, Rick, Mike, Morgan, Norm, Kay
-Consumed a vegi and a pepperoni pizza from Tony and Alba's...mmmmmm tasty!
-announced death of Pat Ryan. Signed sympathy card.
-Acknowledged Award winners:
National First Place Communication Award: Corky Lakin, Mike Etz, Steve Jaeger
National First Place Pre-college Outreach Award: Jaunita Ryan
-Steve reported on RAC meeting.
-Steve reveiewed presentation he did for Stanford AIAA
-Announced Norm Bergrun's campaign for Regional Director
-Mentioned Moffett Explorer Scout Post/International Scout Center problem
(ACTION ITEM: Steve and Seth get together and discuss scout issues.)
-Mentioned impending death of Italian sister section program
-Mentioned Ames 60th anniversary celebration and how we should at least
acknowledge the event
Committee Reports
-Career (Kay)
Kay is busily updating resume links
(ACTION ITEM: Corky meets with Kay to discuss web site.)
-Young Professionals (Matt)
Matt has ambitious plans for young professionals. Dragging in Mike and
Morgan, the youngest members of our council.
Suggested reinstating the Young Professional/Fellows Dinner
(ACTION ITEM: Matt drafts letter to send to muckety-mucks. Or was that MY action
item? Well either way.)
-Evolution of Flight (Steve)
Starting interviews with "senior" members
We should do something with a local angle
Suggested a possible documentary in league with a local TV station
-Dinner programs (Roger)
Roger not present
November meeting - Liz Figuero
December - Doug O'Handley, Mars Lander
January - Mel Bulman, Aerojet. Meeting ot be held at El Torito in Jack London
Square. Corky arranging dinner for 7PM. Possible easy train trip for Sacramento
members and Silicon Vally members
Distinguished speakers still tentative
possible use of CAT III funds for special programs
other joint meetings?
(ACTION ITEM: need dinner program ideas!!!)
-Honors and awards (Srini)
Not present
-Membership (Dan)
Membership steady and strong at 1421.
-On-line (Corky)
Corky introduced Rick Kwan to council. Rick has already set up kick-ass
on-line registration system.
Norm will look into credit card registration ideas.
(ACTION ITEM to ALL: Send in data for calendar section of web page
Corky suggested each committee director should take care of their own web page.
Good opportunity for SV skills.
(ACTION ITEM to ALL: get password and instructions from Tsung-Chou to get on web
page.)
(ACTION ITEM to ALL: meet with Corky and friends. Eat tacos, discuss web pages.)
-Meeting interupted for special Dog and Pony from Demoz Gebre about November 5th
forum planned by Stanford students. Invited CEO of WorldSpace, a GEO satellite
company that will provide TV and communicatons on L-Band to underserved areas of
the World like S. America and Africa. Interesting and controversial subject
because of battles over frequency allocation. (Possible by-line: SPECTRUM WARS)
Discussed areas for our involvement. Support: no more than $500. Set up table
for AIAA. Push for membership. SHORT TIMELINE!!
(ACTION ITEM: Steve to make up mind and draft check for forum.)
-Newsletter(Mike)
digital camera worked in Siam except for bogus batteries.
Mike hinted strongly that he would like to hand over the newsletter
responsibilities to someone else, like Morgan, sometime within the next 1000
years.
-Finance (Seth)
"Show me the money!"
(ACTION ITEM: Get Signature authority for Matt. Completed last week.)
-Public policy (Roger, Norm)
Congressional Visits Day was huge success last year. They are offering up
$1000 for each section to send representatives. Lets do it again. We could send
Morgan. Education a big issue.
Asian Satellite forum? Norm suggested several names for contacts to try to get
somethjing rolling.
(ACTION ITEM : Steve e-mail forum contacts.)
-Pre-college outreach (Juanita)
Not present
-Technical (Gano)
Not present