AIAA St. Louis
Section
Council Meeting
Minutes
6 February 2003
Attendees: Larry Brase (phone), Dwayne Car, Dave Debrestian, John Donigan (p), Bob Dowgwillo, Carrie Kniker (p), Mike McCoy (p), Tom Mroczkowski (p), Dave Morgan, Walt Reschke, Harold Treffeisen (p), Gary White (p), Rudy Yurkovich (p)
Mike called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS
·
January Minutes
Bob Dowgwillo
The minutes were approved with no dissent.
· Treasurers Report Karen Copper
No Report. Karen is out of the country on business.
· Region V Report Peggy Holly
No report.
·
Committee
Reports:
Arrangements Rich Treffeisen
March: The meeting will be at the Prologue Room Auditorium, Bldg. 100. We will not be able to set up for our meeting until 5 p.m. because another group will be using the facility beforehand. Greg Burton is the featured speaker. Melissa Halenbeck will not be available to introduce Burton. We will try to enlist Regg Varga.
Attendance Dave Debrestian
No new information. Dave is gathering the ticket receipts and the attendance numbers for the SETI meeting.
Career Enhancement Open
Education Council for Mike Swartwout
We have McMillan
Cafe reserved on Saturday, April 19th for the AIAA
Trivia Night. Mike picked that date as a starting point,
and doesnt anticipate any problems switching to another Saturday in
April. McMillan Cafe is tucked away in
a corner of campus that is hard to find from on-campus but easy to find from
off-campus (it's next to the parking structure). Best of all, there is NO
charge!
Also, this year we will make individual tickets available, collecting the individuals into tables as required.
Larry Brase moved that the date be set for 19 April; Bob Dowgwillo 2nd, passed.
Historian Fred Roos
No report.
Honors & Awards Mike McCoy for Ken Blackburn
Mike M. will contact Ken about preparing for the May awards meeting.
No report.
Newsletter
Dave Morgan
Dave stopped the distribution of the newsletters
with the Magnus meeting announcement. The issue has been reprinted with
"Postponed" added to the announcement. A new link has been added to
the Section web site. We need to get rid of the old link.
Pilot
Education Jeff Larrick
Jeff submitted the following report in his absence:
The Super Safety Seminar on 25 Jan was another great
success. About 275 people attended and enjoyed the programs presented. The
presentation by Bruce Lansberg of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation was both
informative and entertaining. Bill Riecke, Chief Pilot from NASA Glenn Research
Center, presented a video on icing for general aviation pilots was eye opening;
the techniques and facts will be very useful to attendees that encounter icing.
The popular annual session with FAA managers affords pilots in the audience a
chance to ask questions to FAA managers. As usual, this session had more
questions than time allowed. The runway safety update by Denny Lawson from the
FAA Runway Safety Program pointed out recent reductions in runway
incursions/incidents and offered access to tools to help all pilots continue
the improvements.
Pre-College Outreach - Open
Mike encouraged AIAA members to participate in the
upcoming Engineer's Week.
Programs Walt Reschke
January: The SETI program Thursday, 23 January, was
very successful. Dr. Shastak was very encouraged and satisfied with the large
turnout.
February: The Columbia accident has caused NASA to
suspend public relation appearances by the astronauts. Hence, the scheduled
program with Dr. Sandra Magnus has been postponed. There is a possibility the
program can be rescheduled for March 6.
March: Greg Burton is still scheduled as speaker.
May: The section will assist with the EAA's Young
Eagles Program day on May 3. We now need to begin solicitation for volunteers
and participants. We should start by adding the information to our web site.
Walt is the point of contact for anyone wishing to volunteer to help. Larry
suggested we include information about Young Eagles as part of the Engineer's
Week package.
Public Policy Larry Brase for Dick Pinckert (temporary)
Congressional Visits Day is approaching (07-08 Apr 03). Larry Brase, Mark Holly, Leon McKenny, and Yoshi Nakai (Region V Deputy Director Public Policy) have expressed interest in participating. Dick is not now planning to go. National offers participants a $500 stipend to help offset the costs of travel.
Publicity (Internal) - Carrie Kniker
Carrie will reissue the announcements about the Dr.
Magnus program when a new date is set. About 25 AIAA members had signed up to
attend.
Flyers about the March meeting are ready to go. Flyers for Trivia Night and the Young
Eagle's day are in preparation.
The St. Louis Science Fair is in April. Judging is Friday, April 11. Awards are presented on April 15. Historically, the section supplies three to five judges. In the next newsletter we will solicit for judges.
Strategic Planning Larry Brase
Larry plans to visit department managers to get support for participation in the AIAA Technical Committees. He will start with the divisional directors, then visit department heads.
Tech.
Specialist / Mini Symposium Ron Smith
No report.
Webmaster
John Donigan
No activity to report.
No report
Young Professional Award - Dwayne Car
We have two candidates for the award this year:
Robert Sutton and Brian Richardson. Larry recommended Dwayne get other council
members to help review the nominations and make a choice. Mike McCoy and Gary
White offered their help. There are specific criteria and standards that need
to be considered.
The award will be made at the March 20th
meeting. Dwayne needs to know the winner at least ten days in advance so he can
get the trophy, which should cost about $30. The section will also pay for
dinner for the awardee and spouse.
NEW BUSINESS
·
Possible Wright
Flyer Appearance in St. Louis
Walt announced that we could get a replica of the
Wright Flyer here for an appearance during Fair St. Louis on the Arch grounds.
The cost will be $30,000. We will also need AIAA members to watch the airplane
and answer questions throughout the three days of the event (Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday). It will probably be necessary to be with the aircraft 24 hours a
day during this time.
Walt has sent a note to Boeing marketing and
communications inquiring about Boeing sponsorship. Boeing is currently a big
supporter of the Evolution of Flight Program.
Larry suggested we consider gathering co-sponsors
for the event. He noted that National would supply up to $5000 for a student
event. Perhaps participation by Parks College and Washington University would
allow us to tap into these funds. Walt suggested the Engineer's club.
Mike asked Larry to report in the March meeting
about possible co-sponsors
· Next Meeting is 6 March 2003 at 4:30 p.m.
The venue is Conference Room 2E in Bldg. 100.
The meet-me call number is 314-xxx-xxxx
Mike McCoy adjourned the meeting at 5:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert M. Dowgwillo
Secretary