AIAA General Meeting Thursday December 13, 2007
Today's Agenda Student Group & Polygon Update Looking to Next Semester Trip Details Speakers COE Book Sale T-Shirts Proposed Meeting Day Change Mid-term Elections
AIAA SPRING TRIP 2008 Ross Borchardt
TENTATIVE ITINERARY Houston, TX (March 05 – 09) NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Operations Meet an Astronaut Robotics Systems Technology Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Ad Astra Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) Any other ideas – Talk to Ross
COST Front ~ $300-$500 Actual Cost ~ $200-$300 Funding Polygon Engineering Council Engineering Physics AIAA Wisconsin Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium NASA? Pizza Sales
PROCESS 1.Dates, Places, General Itinerary finalized - Next couple months 2.Students participate in Funding process - Instructions next meeting 3.Students instructed when and where to purchase airline tickets - Second spring meeting 4.Secure spot (20 person cap.) - Participate in funding process - Purchase airline ticket
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Next Semester Guest Speakers Brant White, ORBITEC Prof. Matt Allen, UW-Madison Distinguished AIAA Lecturer, TBA COE Events Book Exchange (Volunteers needed!)
AIAA Shirt Designing Typically, we have a shirt for the AIAA trip Do we also want a t-shirt? Any graphic designers? Design decision by the end of winter break Orders taken at spring meeting
Meeting Day Change Proposed: Tuesday-night meetings Same general time and location Special meetings for trip & guest lecturers Any conflicts?
Mid-term Elections Amy Stoikes is graduating and leaving for Kansas to work for Cessna Kenny Kearney: Outreach Chair Secretary: Open Responsibilities: Take notes (when necessary), volunteering for AIAA events and tasks
Thank You Thanks for making it another successful semester in AIAA Much more going on next semester, stay tuned Have a safe break! Next Meeting: Tuesday January 29 (tentative)