1. Region I RAC Report: Greater Philadelphia Section Eric Tran, Vice-Chair & Acting Chair Brett Hoffstadt, RAC Representative February 2011

2. 2 Upcoming Activities February  21 – Egg Drop Competition at Drexel University (AIAA presence)  22 – Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Don Thomas (NASA Astronaut) @ Villanova University March  15-16 CVD (no RSVPs yet)  25 – Regional Aerospace Symposium! April  12 – Yuri’s Night (party) and Space Shuttle 30 th Anniversary

3. Greater Philadelphia Regional Aerospace Symposium https://sites.google.com/site/aiaaphilly/home

4. 4 Recent Activities December 16 – Dinner Meeting with AIAA Senior Member David Yoel: “Transforming Unmanned Aircraft Into Operational Systems” December 16 February 8 – Joint dinner meeting with AHS (Amer. Helicopter Society), Dan Newman from DARPA (DARPA Rotorcraft R&D projects) February 8

5. 5 Recent Activities (continued) Bylaws under review and revision with Council February Newsletter released Feb 3 rd February Newsletter released Matthew Johnson, new Communications Chair (appointed); Mark Brown stepped down. Thanks to Emily for guiding us through the process! Lots of planning and soliciting for Symposium (led by Justin Likar)Symposium Coordinating participation in Philadelphia Science Festival (led by Brian Anderson)Philadelphia Science Festival

6. 6 Recent Activities (continued) New section logo designed by Ofer Tamir, approved by AIAA HQ, and released to section: Thanks Ofer!

7. Membership 7 Need lesson/reminder how to get roll-up totals of current members in each category Announcement went out requesting for the Honors & Awards Nominating Committee Distribution List in gmail account is up to date, thanks to Matt Johnson!

8. 8 Finances Checking balance: $8,916  Thanks again for CAT-III award for Symposium student awards!

9. 9 Chairman’s report Still looking for improvement:  Data-maker membership report is showing some duplicates and non-section members, Membership Chair work has been hard to make a proper count  Minimum: affordable email service for >500 recipients  Dream: AIAA-hosted service that automatically syncs with official member database