1/25/2006 SEDS-USA Exec Minutes

Attendance

I. Director of Finance updates

received dues from St. Louis University
confirmed Megha and Josh received their checks for the conference
waiting on things lying around Josh and Ryan’s offices so Director can put it together for the IRS

II. Director of Special Projects received six proposals for Zero-G project flights by the deadline

SEDS-UW: Rayliegh Taylor flow in a zero gravity environment
SEDS-Caltech: Time perception in Microgravity
SEDS-UA: Collision of aggregate bodies with frost binding agent
SEDS-MIT: Reduced Gravity Aerogel formation
SEDS-UCF: Soldering in Zero-G
SEDS-Illinois: Cerianthus Membranaceus and Geotropism, An Astrobiology Experiment.
working to assemble a board to review the proposals
waiting on Tim Bailey (primary contact for Zero-G) to look over the proposals
because there are more people wanting seats than available, the board will mainly make sure the proposals are feasible and rank the chapters by priority for seats on the flight.
Publicity issues
- some seats are reserved for the media – Wired magazine will be on board
- SEDS-UW has already submitted a press release
- the flight is the weekend immediately preceding Yuri’s Night

III. Director of Expansion updates on new chapter formations

University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Carleton U in Canada and University of Texas - Austin are in the process of joining
Director has 65 contacts that he will be emailing tomorrow
Director makes plea for contacts
ask individual chapters to do expansion in their vicinity
maybe make a chapter award exclusively for expansion at the next conference

IV. Discussion about sending a basic package to chapters to inform them of SEDS

Director of Educational Outreach wants to send an outreach package
SEDS history, video clips, chapter project descriptions
if everyone could do a page about their area, secretary could put it together
explains who we are, what we do, why we do it, opportunities to get involved
different than chapter starter kit, cause most chapters don’t want to go through that whole thing