AIAA St. Louis Section

Council Meeting Minutes

 4 November 2002

 

Attendees:  Larry Brase (phone), Karen Copper, Bob Dowgwillo, Carrie Kniker(p), Jeff Larrick, Mike McCoy, Tom Mroczkowski(p), Dave Morgan, Tim O'Brien (p), Dick Pinckert, Walt Reschke (p), Mike Swartwout(p) , Rick Treffeisen(p), Gary White(p), Rudy Yurkovich

 

Mike called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

·        September Minutes – Bob Dowgwillo

Lack of a quorum at the October meeting prevented formal acceptance of the minutes.

No additions or corrections to the minutes were offered. Karen moved to accept, Larry 2nd. Motion passed.

 

·        October Minutes – Bob Dowgwillo

No additions or corrections to the minutes were offered.  Walt moved to accept, Larry 2nd. Motion passed.

 

·        Treasurer’s Report – Mike McCoy for Karen Copper

Transactions since the last meeting: 1) $500 for postage, 2) $9.93 for newsletter costs, and 3) $4077.50 rebate from National.

 

Balances as of 4 October:

      Checking      $6462.71

      Savings      $3506.78

      Total          $9969.49

 

Monies received from the October meeting are expected from Dave Debrestian.

 

·        Region V Report – Peggy Holly

No report.

 

·        Committee Reports:

 

Arrangements – Rich Treffeisen

December: The ongoing renovations to Bldg. 100 could interfere with the plans for our meeting. The Prologue Room may not have water. Thus far, Facilities has not been forthcoming about the plans and schedule for the work. Rich expects a schedule from Facilities on Wednesday. We should consider moving the meeting to the Marriott hotel.

Mike McCoy noted that, if we use the Executive Dining Room in Bldg. 100,  Dev Banergee has agreed to cover the $1150 charge for ARAMARK's catering. All agreed to wait on the update from Facilities.

 

Attendance – Dave Debrestian

No report.

 

Career Enhancement – Open

 

Education – Mike Swartwout 

Mike Swarthwout noted that Washington University is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The school will sponsor a series of historical seminars throughout the year. Some of these programs have an aerospace orientation. The programs will also be available via WebCast. See mase.wustl.edu, seminar page, for more info.

 

Historian – Mike McCoy for Fred Roos 

The Parade Ground at the Jefferson Barracks is still part of the National Guard area and should offer a good site for an historical plaque. Jefferson Barracks is expecting a call from Fred Roos on the topic.

 

Honors & Awards – Ken Blackburn

No report.

 

Membership – Tim O'Brien

Amy Smith has asked if the announcement for our upcoming Lindbergh Exhibit program could be featured in the Boeing Human Resources newsletter.

 

Newsletter – Dave Morgan

Our website link to the latest issue of the newsletter needs to be updated.

 

Pilot Education –  Jeff  Larrick

Boeing Security, via Jerry Olsen of Shared Services, has informed us that, for the time being Bldg. 33 is NOT available for use by non-Boeing people. Consequently, the next pilot safety program will be held again at Parks College. The date is January 25, 2002. FAA flyers for the event will be coming out in a few weeks.

 

Jeff suggested we might become a contributing sponsor instead of an organizing sponsor. Currently, the AIAA makes no direct monetary contribution to the event. Karen asked what amount he had in mind.  Paying for a new venue for 500 people could cost $1000. Jeff noted that catering the event costs about $500; perhaps a $250 donation would be appropriate. Dick noted that the safety seminar is used as public outreach and might qualify for support from that budget. Mike McCoy noted there was no need for a decision now. He asked Jeff to see what other organizations would be willing to take our place as an organizing sponsor.

 

Pre-College Outreach - Open

 

Programs – Walt Reschke

Our next three events are lined up and we are firming up the arrangements. Washington University or St. Louis University is being considered as the venue for the SETI program. Mike McCoy and Mike Swarthwout will explore this as part of a visit St. Louis University to discuss participation in AIAA activities.

 

Public Policy – Dick Pinckert (temporary)

After Election Day, letters will be sent to the elected officials about the AIAA St. Louis Section with an invitation to participate in Congressional Visit Days. We should also plan to invite our local politicians to any historical plaque dedication. Public attendance at our events needs more encouragement. The upcoming December and January programs should be announced in the newspaper. Dick also noted we need to get our events on Reg Vargas calendar earlier.

 

Publicity (Internal) - Carrie Kniker

The flyer for the December meeting is in work. Larry suggested we should put what information we know about the event in the next newsletter.

 

Service Projects – Tom Mroczkowski

Tom is awaiting a response from the Science Fair organizers. The next fair will be April 7-15, 2003.

 

Strategic Planning – Larry Brase 

The section has support from Reg Varga. Reg sent an e-mail to his direct reports requesting their support of AIAA.  With this endorsement, we plan to visit functional heads to solicit nominations (and a succession plan) for Technical Committees.

 

Tech. Specialist / Mini Symposium – Ron Smith

No report.

 

Webmaster – John Donigan

The latest flyer will be posted on the website when received. The link to the current issue of the newsletter will be fixed.

 

Young Members - Open

No report

 

Young Professional Award - Dwayne Car

No activity to report.

 

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

·        Mailing List "Scrubbing"

Mike McCoy noted we mailed 487 pieces in August. We are now down to 300 pieces external, with another 300 pieces Boeing internal.

 

·        Ray Cosner Resignation as Section Advisor

Ray has stepped down because of scheduling conflict that will keep him from participating in our mid-day section meetings. The imminent mailing of the ballots has been delayed, since Ray was on the ballot. However, the remaining two candidates are adequate to fill the vacant positions, so an immediate replacement is not necessary. Mike McCoy suggested we might not have to include the section advisors in the quorum count.

 

·        New Section Council Meeting Time?

Noting Ray Cosner's resignation and the lack of a quorum for the October meeting, Mike McCoy is reconsidering our meeting time. Each section members is asked to email Mike a preferred day and time slot. Bob Dowgwillo will broadcast the request via email.

Dick noted that Mondays are usually the best days for a meeting since most people are not traveling then. It was also noted, however, that regularly scheduled intra-Boeing meetings present the biggest conflict.

 

·        Next RAC-V Meeting

Larry announced that the next meeting will be at the Aerospace Sciences Conference in Reno, NV, on January 5 - 9, 2003. Larry Brase, Karen Copper, and Mike McCoy plan to attend.

 

·        Technical Committee Nominations

Mike McCoy reviewed this with Reg Varga. However, the results are not known yet. However, we have Reg's attention now, and the nomination process should work out better next year. Larry noted we need to make these nominations part of our strategic planning.

 

·        Kudos for October Program

There was general agreement that the October section meeting program on the X-35 flight test program went very well.

 

·       Next Meeting is 2 December 2002 at 12 noon

Meet Me Call Number: 314-xxx-xxxx

 

Mike McCoy closed the meeting at 12:30.