FVEAA Meeting Mar. 20, 2015 Bruce Jones President FVEAA Rich Hirschberg Vice President
March 20, AGENDA 6:30 Doors open -> Sign-in Sheet, Tags. 7:00 Call To Order, Welcome Introductions 7:15 Committee Reports – VP & OutreachRich Hirschberg – Upcoming EVents – FinanceJeff Miller – Elec. Communications & Membership - Ted Lowe – Programs & BlogsRich Carroll – Newsletter EditorTed Lowe – Secretary & Facebook………. 7:20 Old Business / New Business Dues 7: 30 – Bob Baker 2 nd of 3 Presentations - How to Convert a Car to Electric Break 8:30 Presentation - Ted Lowe – Update on Dodge Dakota Lithium Conversion, Open Source Battery Management and Open Source EVSE 9:30 CLOSE
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Old Business
Promotions Committee Newspaper Ads Social Media Phone calls to previous members Invitations to meetings / EVents As a gift give a friend an FVEAA subscription Help put CCC Charger on Web Sites
Secretary Need replacement for David Zygmont Anyone interested in position?
New Business
Membership – Motion on Dues Rich Carroll Treasury is healthy $19.2k Membership is down Motion by Rich Carroll to lower dues to $10 Needs discussion among the group this month Next month ----need a second and then vote
EAA Membership Ron Freund - Chairman EAA, Current Events Publications Immediately after release of WKtEC (Who Killed the Electric Car) In April 2006 EAA saw membership raise sharply to 2000 Membership began tapering off in about By 2011 our fade was becoming apparent. EAA rose from 1,100 to 1360 last year new membership numbers up in past three months, which signifies our efforts to reach new eyeballs are paying off.
Mark & Jean Weber 3/15/2015 at CCC’s 5:00 p.m. Sunday Service Chevy Volt using the CCC Charging Station!
Tesla Update Preparing batteries for home energy storage First Solar powered charging station and service facility First Battery swap facility Build-out of Supercharging stations Car & Driver article on “Letter to Tesla”
Nissan Sway concept (new Leaf?)
Volvo xe90 7 passenger hybrid electric SUV 20 miles electric range
per Bob Humphries – This could be a good location to get your electric cars and FVEAA some recognition. It started at the Chicago Auto Show Social network allows you to communicate with other drivers on the road - using vehicle license plate number Virtual profile for your vehicles Tread Garage - place to store photos, videos, and share updates about your vehicle. List your vehicle for sale on Tread Users are anonymous and personal information removed Is this a good thing?
Steve Ledger’s Jeep Conversion in progress - Frame
Steve Ledger’s Jeep – Adding Body
Bob baker 2 nd in a series of 3 how to build an electric car
BREAK
Ted lowe Update on dodge Dakota lead to lithium battery conversion open source battery management system Open source evse (electric vehicle supply equipment)
EV QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMING UP - APRIL Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Electric Vehicles and their impact on Trustworthy Power Grid Informatics COMING UP - MAY Steve Trkla – Torqueedo Electric Propulsion for Boats and Watercraft
THAT’S IT!
What if everything ran on gas? rything+ran+on+gas rything+ran+on+gas (Thanks to Steve Ledger for passing this along from Leslie Grossman from Knoxville EAA)