AIAA St. Louis Section

Council Meeting Minutes

 6 August 01

 

Peggy Holly convened the meeting at 5:00 PM in the Building 100, Conference Room 2 East.

 

Attendees: Peggy Holly, Karen Copper, Bob Dowgwillo, Larry Brase, Rudy Yurkovich, Dianne Chong, Walt Reschke, Andrew Cary, Fred Roos, Joe Stemler, Dick Pinckert, John Donigan, Ron Smith

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

·        Minutes from last meeting – Minutes were accepted with minor corrections.

 

·        Treasurer’s Report – This year’s budget will require the need for reserve funds. Looking for additional sources of income. Ideas are most welcome. Projected income assumes another trivia night.

 

·        Region V Representative – Requests to AIAA National for CAT III funds for the local section have been made. Leadership conference provided good ideas for motivation, lessons-learned. Contact Larry Brase or Karen Copper by email for copies of their meeting notes

 

·        Committee Reports

Arrangements – Walt Reschke (no report)

 

Attendance – Andrew Cary

Examination of cash flow for section events over the past year shows that we did not, in fact, suffer losses due to people not showing up for events they had made reservations for. Payroll deduction for AIAA event reservations seems feasible. Similar to what is done with the Leadership Association. However, we need to clarify whether deductions can be made per meeting, and how easily can it be done for non-AIAA members.

 

Career Enhancement – Steve D’Urso (no report)

 

Education – Marty Ferman (no report)

 

Historian – Fred Roos (no report)

 

Honors and Awards – Ray Cosner (no report)

 

 

Membership – Joe Stemler

Obtaining records and files from previous chair. Need to pursue renewal of soon-to-expire memberships. Need current membership list from National.

 

Newsletter – Dave Morgan

Award will be covered in the August newsletter.

 

 

Pilot Education – Jeff  Larrick (no report)

 

Programs – Bill LaManna (no report)

 

Pre-College Outreach – Karen Copper

New chairperson; congratulations, Karen.

 

Public Policy – Dick Pinckert

Our Liberty Bell 7 event should be included in our 2002 public policy report. Need a write-up about the event.

 

Publicity (Internal) – Bruce Scheidhauer (no report)

 

Service Projects – Gary White (no report)

 

Strategic Planning – Larry Brase

Larry has 6 volunteers thus far to serve on the committee.

 

Tech. Specialist / Mini Symposium – No chairperson

 

Webmaster – John Donigan

Plan to move our website to National. Need to check of the link from the Aircraft & Missiles home page to our website is still active. If not, will get it working.

 

Young Members – Jeff Gray (no report)

 

Young Professional Award – Ron Smith (no report)

 

Science Center Event – Karen Copper

The event was a success. Congratulations to Karen Copper for a great job. 113 attended. Very nearly broke even. Expenses for the Omni-max will be split 25/75 between AIAA and the Boeing Leadership Association. Expecting CAT III funding from National to defray expenses.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

·        Currently evaluating candidates for Associate Technical Fellows for Region V.

 

·        Need to encourage regular members to upgrade to senior member when they become eligible, if not done automatically.

 

·        Need to encourage teachers to become associate members. They could take advantage of Technical Kits etc.

 

·        John Lockhart has urged senior executives to attend the Leadership Association meetings. We need to request that he do the same for AIAA.

 

 

·        Next Meeting is 10 September.

 

 

Motion to adjourn was made by Rudy Yurkovich and seconded by Walt Reschke.

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Dowgwillo

St. Louis Section Secretary