12/21/2005 SEDS-USA Exec Transcript

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[todd romberger] 9:11 pm: alright well we can get started....
[todd romberger] 9:12 pm: alright, John you want to go ahead w/ updates first
[John] 9:13 pm: OK
[John] 9:13 pm: Well I've been trying to contact the IRS the last two days with misc. questions...
[John] 9:14 pm: Yesterday I was on hold for 40 minutes before I had to leave for work...
[John] 9:14 pm: today it was only 30 minutes, but I finally talked to a guy...
[John] 9:15 pm: who gave me his extension so that I can get back to him tomorrow and in the future.
[todd romberger] 9:15 pm: cool
[todd romberger] 9:15 pm: good to have a contact
[John] 9:15 pm: Other than that nothing, still no money from Purdue.
[John] 9:16 pm: Any questions?
[John] 9:16 pm: Plus..
[todd romberger] 9:16 pm: what info are you trying to get from the IRS, just basically what we have to do to get 501c3?
[Cruce] 9:16 pm: Anything show from north dakota?
[Josh Nelson] 9:17 pm: Anything you need from the rest of us, or people you would like us to badger?
[John] 9:17 pm: Matt, I'm going to run by Talbot tonight and check
[Cruce] 9:17 pm: ok i was just wondering?
[John] 9:17 pm: Josh, hopefully this guy will let me know exactly what I'll need...
[cruce] 9:18 pm: thats not a question...sorry
[John] 9:18 pm: then I'll start badgering
[John] 9:18 pm: Oh plus..
[John] 9:19 pm: the state of MA still hasn't processed our Annual Reports...
[John] 9:19 pm: so I'll give them till early Jan. to see what's going on.
[todd romberger] 9:20 pm: sounds good
[Josh Nelson] 9:20 pm: Have you recieved dues from University of Colorado @ Boulder?
[Josh Nelson] 9:20 pm: / Are they an official chapter?
[John] 9:20 pm: I'm pretty sure we got it a while ago..
[Josh Nelson] 9:21 pm: Good, just checking.
[John] 9:21 pm: let me check though
[Josh Nelson] 9:21 pm: To make sure they can do National Project
[John] 9:21 pm: Colorado- check
[todd romberger] 9:21 pm: cool
[Josh Nelson] 9:22 pm: Nice. Allright you guys can go back to your daily lives
[John] 9:22 pm: I won't be here the next two weeks...
[John] 9:22 pm: since my parents don't have access.
[John] 9:22 pm: FYI
[todd romberger] 9:22 pm: yeah i've got you listed as MIA the next two weeks
[todd romberger] 9:22 pm: no problem
[todd romberger] 9:22 pm: alright any other questions for john?
[todd romberger] 9:24 pm: alright....matt you're up next
[Cruce] 9:24 pm: alright
[Cruce] 9:25 pm: well not a lot new as far as people contacting me... i need to follow up with several schools that I haven't heard from in a couple weeks and...
[Josh Nelson] 9:25 pm: whats your e-mail address? I have been doing some outreach of my own and might have a few chapters starting soon - should give them your info
[Cruce] 9:26 pm: i'm working on compiling the list of all engineering schools in the country and trying to find some sort of contact at each which is an enormous task
[mclinko] 9:26 pm: awesome
[cruce] 9:26 pm: they can get me at mcruce2@gmail.com or expansion@seds.org or mcruce2@uiuc.edu
[John] 9:26 pm: did you use the Wiki we set up for the conference?
[cruce] 9:27 pm: nope
[John] 9:27 pm: it had a couple hundred contacts
[cruce] 9:27 pm: thats on the wiki page somewhere?
[John] 9:27 pm: I'll send you the link
[cruce] 9:28 pm: ok thanks... cuz otherwise i'm just searching the net trying to find a decent contact at each school
[todd romberger] 9:28 pm: yeah i could us that link too for next years conference
[John] 9:28 pm: http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/2005_SEDS-USA_Conference_Participants_University_Departments
[mclinkor] 9:28 pm: what kinds of people are you looking for as a link
[mclinkor] 9:30 pm: *contact
[mcruce] 9:30 pm: well anyone that might have an interest in starting a SEDS chapter or exec board members of possibly a space related society that isn't a SEDS chapter
[mcruce] 9:30 pm: really anyone that you think might be worth sending a message .. the more the merrier
[mclinkor] 9:31 pm: I'm just trying to think of what the most efficient way to do your searching would be
[John] 9:31 pm: we also created a wiki for clubs nationwide
[John] 9:31 pm: http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/2005_SEDS-USA_Conference_Participants_University_Clubs
[mcruce] 9:32 pm: i guess i need to search the wiki more
[mcruce] 9:32 pm: thanks
[mcruce] 9:33 pm: thats all i got today
[todd romberger] 9:33 pm: alright, any other questions for Matt?
[mcruce] 9:33 pm: questions...suggestions?
[todd romberger] 9:34 pm: alright if no more questions...Emily did you have any updates?
[hardegee] 9:35 pm: im not going to start the next newsletter til january 1, to be done by march 1, but ive been thinking about what to put in the next issue
[hardegee] 9:35 pm: i was thinking chris lewicky (sp?) for alumni profile
[hardegee] 9:35 pm: any ideas for student profile?
[todd romberger] 9:36 pm: hmm i dunno
[hardegee] 9:36 pm: do y'all agree with the alumni one?
[Josh Nelson] 9:37 pm: hell yeah
[Josh Nelson] 9:37 pm: Josh Neubert would be a good one
[todd romberger] 9:37 pm: maybe we could do a story on chapter projects- we're suposed to launch Jan 7th so we should have some stuff for that
[hardegee] 9:37 pm: true
[todd romberger] 9:37 pm: yeah chris would be perfect
[hardegee] 9:37 pm: good idea
[LizN] 9:37 pm: is josh considered a student still?
[todd romberger] 9:38 pm: no, i think he works for x prize
[hardegee] 9:38 pm: id say hes alumni
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: Hmmm
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: point
[todd romberger] 9:38 pm: but is he doing grad work maybe?
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: no
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: he completly dropped out for X-Prize
[hardegee] 9:38 pm: i guess what i mean for student is seds member still in college
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: I believe
[Josh Nelson] 9:38 pm: Hmmmm
[mclinkor] 9:39 pm: well a student of some sort
[Josh Nelson] 9:39 pm: Alex Hannah? He gave up on SEDS to join Air Force Academy
[Josh Nelson] 9:39 pm: but might be interested
[mcruce] 9:39 pm: Neubert would be an alumni profile
[hardegee] 9:39 pm: i guess if there are any ideas you can post them on the seds forum under general --> nova
[hardegee] 9:39 pm: other than that im done
[todd romberger] 9:40 pm: ok sounds good
[todd romberger] 9:40 pm: any questions for Emily?
[John] 9:41 pm: Don't forget Jeff Foust
[todd romberger] 9:42 pm: if not we'll move on....Liz go ahead if you have any updates
[LizN] 9:42 pm: not really... just that i've been in touch with Jessica and we're trying to throw some ideas together for the SEDS Academy
[LizN] 9:42 pm: that's our big project right now
[SEDS]: hardegee has left at 9:43 pm
[Josh Nelson] 9:43 pm: Cool, be sure to keep us all updated on the Forums
[LizN] 9:43 pm: oh ok then
[todd romberger] 9:43 pm: ok cool, yeah keep us updated
[todd romberger] 9:44 pm: alright any questions for Liz?
[LizN] 9:45 pm: or ideas/random comments?
[todd romberger] 9:45 pm: if not, next up is Josh
[Josh Nelson] 9:45 pm: Thanks
[Josh Nelson] 9:46 pm: Allright, been calling up everyone and their uncle about the National Project. Looking very promising overall. Several schools (MIT, Colorado) have said they will be flying at the minimum 4-5 people, and probally having Grad students aboard. MIT is also very behind starting the high altitude balloon project to go along with their Space Elevator outreach initiative
[todd romberger] 9:48 pm: i didnt realize there was a min of 4-5 people, is that 4-5 must fly per chapter?
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: ERAU is sending me the specs on Icarus, they are VERY excited about the possibility of SEDS chapters building payloads for their rocket
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: no
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: These are just great chapters
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: UW is flying at the min 12
[todd romberger] 9:48 pm: oh ok
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: if we get over our total for one flight, Kirk will shoot me and we will fly two
[todd romberger] 9:48 pm: dang..12 is alot
[Josh Nelson] 9:48 pm: gods willing
[Kirk Kittell] 9:49 pm: no shooting -- more than one flight = good
[Josh Nelson] 9:49 pm: aye
[Kirk Kittell] 9:49 pm: (maybe a little shooting)
[mclinko] 9:49 pm: how many people per flight
[LizN] 9:49 pm: but just in the foot
[Josh Nelson] 9:49 pm: they have already fundraised almost all of their money for the 12
[Josh Nelson] 9:49 pm: 27 but that includes Media
[Josh Nelson] 9:50 pm: Kirk and I will be having some very long conversations this week
[Josh Nelson] 9:50 pm: still have 8 chapters to call tommorow, hopefully they are onboard
[Josh Nelson] 9:50 pm: Will have a big update next meeting most likely
[Josh Nelson] 9:51 pm: Oh one last thing
[todd romberger] 9:51 pm: yeah i have to prod the UCF ZG team a little more, they have been kinda sluggish
[Josh Nelson] 9:52 pm: I have bounced the idea off several chapters... how would you guys feel about a National Competition for SEDS for high altitude balloons?
[Josh Nelson] 9:52 pm: Monetary prized of about 1000--2000 per area
[LizN] 9:52 pm: neat!
[Josh Nelson] 9:52 pm: (best photo, best science, etc..)
[todd romberger] 9:53 pm: i like the idea, but maybe wait till the ZG thing is over?
[Josh Nelson] 9:54 pm: of course, just an idea
[Josh Nelson] 9:54 pm: those things you have to give people more notice / fundraise the prizes for
[todd romberger] 9:54 pm: yeah
[todd romberger] 9:54 pm: i like it
[todd romberger] 9:54 pm: okay, any questions for Josh?
[todd romberger] 9:55 pm: ok Ryan you're up
[mclinkor] 9:55 pm: ok, I haven't really done anything this past week (just got done with finals)
[mclinkor] 9:56 pm: but keep posted on new.seds.org over the next couple of weeks especially
[mclinkor] 9:56 pm: as I will be updating it a lot
[mclinkor] 9:56 pm: and I will need your feedback
[todd romberger] 9:56 pm: ok cool, maybe send out an exec email w/ any major updates to remind people
[mclinkor] 9:57 pm: yeah, I need to resend emails to individual people about parts of the site that relate to different exec departments
[todd romberger] 9:57 pm: yeah sounds good
[mclinkor] 9:57 pm: but that's it from me today
[todd romberger] 9:58 pm: alright, questions anyone?
[LizN] 9:59 pm: that seems like a no
[todd romberger] 9:59 pm: okay from me...i'll be sending out an email tonight or tomorrow about upcomming events, to gauge interest
[todd romberger] 9:59 pm: conferences that is
[todd romberger] 9:59 pm: then we can see what type of money we may need to be raising if we can
[todd romberger] 10:00 pm: also....
[todd romberger] 10:01 pm: im not going to be here next week, so Liz B is going to moderate the meeting
[todd romberger] 10:02 pm: ok thats all from me....does anyone have anything else they'd like to bring up...old or new?
[todd romberger] 10:03 pm: comments/questions/suggestions/thoughts?
[John] 10:04 pm: nope
[Kirk Kittell] 10:04 pm: Communicate a lot over break: http://forums.seds.org, http://wiki.seds.org, http://www.seds.org/mailman/listinfo/seds-discuss, http://www.seds.org/mailman/listinfo/seds-earth
[todd romberger] 10:04 pm: yes yes
[todd romberger] 10:05 pm: alright well if nobody has anything else, meeting is officially over
[mcruce] 10:05 pm: merry christmas everybody
[mcruce] 10:05 pm: c-ya
[todd romberger] 10:05 pm: keep up the awesome work, have a great break, drink lots of egg nog!!
[John] 10:06 pm: Merry Christmas!
[todd romberger] 10:06 pm: merry christmas to all!