AIAA St. Louis
Section
Council Meeting
Minutes
3 April 2003
Attendees: Larry Brase (phone), Dwayne Car (p), Karen Copper (p), Dave Debrestian, Bob Dowgwillo, Carrie Kniker (p), Mike McCoy, Dave Morgan, Walt Reschke, David Riley, Fredrick Roos, Michael Swarthwout (p), Gary White (p)
Mike called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS
·
February Minutes
– Bob Dowgwillo
Walt moved to accept the minutes; Larry 2nd, passed.
· Treasurer’s Report – Submitted by Karen Copper
ASSETS
Cash and Bank Accounts
AIAA Checking 3603.68
AIAA Savings 3517.65
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TOTAL Cash and Bank Accounts $7121.33
Awaiting final checks for March dinner meeting with
Dr. Magnus and Greg Burton programs. No
bill yet for Dr. Magnus program.
Dwayne Carr was reimbursed for his expenses for programs. Awaiting ticket sales from Dave Debrestian.
· Region V Report – Larry Brase for Peggy Holly
The student paper conference is next week in Boulder, CO on
April 10-11, and a RAC V meeting will be held on April 12.
Contact Mr. Bob Knickerbocker at bob.knickerbocker@lmco.com
if you can attend as an Audio Judge.
·
Committee
Reports:
Arrangements – Walt Reschke for Rich Treffeisen
April Meeting: no further arrangements necessary.
May 21: We have the Airport Marriott booked for the Awards Banquet.
Attendance – Dave Debrestian
Dave is still collecting for ticket sales. Forty-four tickets were sold for the Greg Burton program, while 40 attended. Walt noted that Greg was pleased with the turnout. About 200 persons attended the Dr. Magnus program, with about 80 from AIAA.
Career Enhancement – Open
Education – Mike
Swartwout
Nothing new to report.
Historian – Fred Roos
IN response to a request from national, Fred is working to update our site nomination and provide additional information.
Honors & Awards – Walt Reshke
Section Service: Dr. Ray Nitzsche
Technical Contribution: Rudy Yurkovich, Mike Heller, Boeing Bird of Prey Team
Lindbergh: Darryl Davis
Technical Management: Marty Eigenmann
Civic: Dr. Ramesh Agarwal
In the ensuing discussion, the following points were made. Walt verified the section has given the Technical Contribution Award to a team before. Fred suggested that the intent of the Lindbergh award does not match the supporting information for the nomination. Moving the nominee to the Technical Management Award was considered. Dave Riley recommended the council consider Mike Heller for a national-level award. He suggested Flight Mechanics would be most appropriate. Mike McCoy asked if there were any objections to give two Technical Contribution Awards this year. No objections were noted. Bob noted that actual accomplishments should be the prime criterion, rather than speculation on future, potential accomplishments.
To resolve the open questions, Bob moved that 1) Marty Eigenmann be the awardee for Technical Management, and 2) Rudy and Darryl be considered for awards next year. Walt 2nd. Council agreed.
Nothing new to report.
Newsletter
– Dave Morgan
The next newsletter is in work.
Pilot
Education – Jeff Larrick
No report.
Pre-College Outreach - Karen Copper
March 12, 6 women from the St. Louis Section of AIAA
participated at the “Expand Your Horizons in Math & Science” at St. Louis
Community College. This is a program
for girls in grades 7 – 12. Karen gave a presentation on “Daring to Soar: Women
in Aviation,” a historical highlight.
The other 5 women participated in career panel discussions, sharing
their experiences in technical education and career choices and answering
questions for the students.
Twenty-eight people attended the 4th
Paper Airplane Contest on Saturday, 29 March, with Ken Blackburn. In addition to the Time Aloft and Distance
contests, Tim Garrett challenged Ken to a fly-off. The kids were excited to see the “experts” fly their paper
airplanes. The section provided lunch and great kite prizes.
The Trivia Night is coming up quickly, 26
April. Karen needs to know what
attendance prizes the council members have rounded up. Tables ($80) and individual ($10) sales are
needed! Sign ups are low – need
everyone’s help in advertising.
Programs – Walt Reschke
May: Young Eagles Day is on May 3. Twenty-two young
people have signed up so far. Boeing will provide a test pilot. We are still
negotiating for an AV-8B.
Public Policy – Larry Brase for Dick Pinckert (temporary)
On 7-8 April 2003 Larry Brase, Mark
Holly, Leon McKenny, and Yoshi Nakai will attend Congressional Visits Day from
the section.
1903 Wright Flyer Replica – Larry Brase
All 10 participating Technical
Societies (AIAA, AIChE, ASME, IEEE, INCOSE, SAE, SFTE, SWE, WWW, and 99's) that
co-sponsored the astronaut Dr. Sandra Magnus event were again contacted by
e-mail to determine their interest in sharing the cost of bringing this exhibit
to St. Louis:
$30,000 - transportation, set-up
and dismantling the plane.
$ 9,582 - tent rental, set-up and dismantling (82' x 82' White
clearspan
$39,582 Structure on 10' Uprights)
If 10 organizations were to
co-sponsor the event, the cost would only be about $4,000.
This has generated lots of
encouraging comments, but no society can afford the cost.
Linda
Roche and T J Slattery of the St Charles Riverfest 4th of July festival were
also contacted for display space rather than at the Casino Queen Fair St. Louis
location.
Publicity (Internal) - Carrie Kniker
In Carrie's absence, Karen put together the current
Young Eagles Day flyer. This flyer is on our website. Carrie will have a look
at it and at least update it with a map to Smartt Field.
Judges will be needed for Friday, April 11, with the awards presented on April 15. Carrie was asked to put a notice in the Boeing News Now.
Strategic Planning – Larry Brase
No further action due to support of
Congressional Visits Day, Honors & Awards, 1903 Wright Flyer, New Officer
Search Committee, and Trivia Night efforts.
Tech.
Specialist / Mini Symposium – Ron Smith
No report.
Webmaster
– John Donigan
No report.
No report
Young Professional Award - Dwayne Car
Robert Sutton, Brian Richardson, and Jason Gehlbach
accepted their awards at the March 20th meeting:
NEW BUSINESS
·
Nominations for
New Section Officers
A nominating committee consisting of: Gary White, Larry Brase, Mike McCoy,
Walt
Reshke, Dave Riley, Ron Smith, and Rudy
Yurkovich was formed to identify candidates.
Karen has accepted the nomination for Vice-Chairperson.
Larry Brase and Dave Riley will
continue their second year as Advisors.
Two additional Advisors nominees are being sought, one each
from Academia and Retiree.
One or two appointed positions, denoted as Special Advisors, are
also being sought. Potential candidates
include: Bob Krieger, Dave Spong, Regg Varga, and Susan Ying.
The target is to have the new officers
in place for the May Awards Banquet.
·
Next Meeting is 1 May
2003 at 4:30 p.m.
Boeing Building 100, Conference Room 2E.
The meet-me call number is
314-xxx-xxxx.
Mike McCoy adjourned the meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Dowgwillo
Section Secretary