2007 August 21 SEDS-USA Exec Transcript
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| SEDS-USA Executive Board Meeting, August 21, 2007 |
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Time: 8:00pm EST |
[18:05] RolandBolser Voom: (whistles dryly) [18:05] Ryanblah Qinan: piece of !@#$%^&*() software [18:06] Ryanblah Qinan: where is everyone [18:06] RolandBolser Voom: yeah [18:06] You: Ryan says he can't log in [18:06] Ryanblah Qinan: I'm in [18:06] You: and is trying another comp [18:06] You: cool [18:06] Ryanblah Qinan: yeah, for some reason SL won't run on my desktop [18:06] Ryanblah Qinan: apparently it knows better [18:07] Ryanblah Qinan: did you get anyone else saying they couldn't come [18:07] Darrell Abel: Josh was only online briefly [18:07] Darrell Abel: and not in SL [18:07] You: nope, and Brian Y. even added to the agenda [18:08] Ryanblah Qinan: maybe others are having sl issues [18:08] You: Well since no one else is online now we should get started [18:09] Ryanblah Qinan: k [18:09] You: Alright, Jake can you explain this whole scholarrship issue about Ben [18:09] You: (this isgoing off the record and won't be in the minutes) [18:10] You: someone wake him up lol [18:10] Ryanblah Qinan: morning sunshine [18:10] You: Hey Jake... [18:10] RolandBolser Voom: hmm? [18:10] RolandBolser Voom: I was unaware [18:10] RolandBolser Voom: wait [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: is htis the message I sent with a lot of exclamation points [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: and talking about an international incident? [18:11] You: yes [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: but key point lots of exclamation points [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: that was a joke [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: I tried to put in enough so that you would catch that [18:11] You: ah [18:11] Ryanblah Qinan: that's what I thought [18:11] RolandBolser Voom: did that really delay things? [18:12] Ryanblah Qinan: is there a background to this [18:12] RolandBolser Voom: yeah [18:12] You: Well I heard he asked some sort of controversial question [18:12] RolandBolser Voom: he asked the people in China about if they would share access to H3 and if they were pursuing it [18:13] RolandBolser Voom: and China is....China [18:13] Darrell Abel: yeah..but did they react? [18:13] Darrell Abel: I thought they were kinda cool about it [18:13] Ryanblah Qinan: who is "people in china" [18:14] RolandBolser Voom: thye were fine with it [18:14] RolandBolser Voom: his note just said that he thought he almost started an international incident [18:14] RolandBolser Voom: people in china is the director or similar position guy in the Chinese equivalent of NASA [18:14] You: ok [18:14] Ryanblah Qinan: k [18:15] You: So it was clearly a misunderstanding [18:16] You: There were no other objections to giving Ben the scholarhsip [18:16] You: Ryan, were you in contact with him? Do you want to email him? [18:16] Ryanblah Qinan: other than the meeting last week, I wasn't, but I can email him [18:17] You: Oh ok [18:17] Ryanblah Qinan: how much was it again [18:17] You: $500 [18:17] Ryanblah Qinan: k [18:17] You: not that much [18:17] You: Kirk is in possession of this money [18:17] You: I'll email Kikr [18:18] Ryanblah Qinan: ok [18:18] Ryanblah Qinan: he's going to get seti to match it [18:18] You: wow cool [18:18] Ryanblah Qinan: so 1k shoudl cover pretty well the cost to india [18:18] Ryanblah Qinan: ok, so you'll email kirk and I'll email ben? [18:19] You: Yes [18:19] You: Great then this is settled [18:19] You: Moving on [18:20] You: I sent the SEDS-USA Introduction to SEDS-Earth [18:20] You: and it will be on the blog soon [18:20] You: Does anyone else have an announcement? [18:21] Ryanblah Qinan: I've sent off the seds/aas mailings to jim kirkpatrick [18:21] Ryanblah Qinan: so those will hit their lists soon [18:21] Ryanblah Qinan: and I've sent off the endowment fund info to peter for review [18:21] You: cool [18:22] You: Brian had his meeting w/ Josh Powers but I guess we will hear about that next time [18:22] Ryanblah Qinan: what was thi smeting for [18:22] You: next year's ISDC I think [18:22] Ryanblah Qinan: k, cool [18:22] You: not sure of the extent [18:23] Ryanblah Qinan: yeah, i was talking to george [18:23] Ryanblah Qinan: he said that he's going to try to set up even more special sessions next yer [18:23] Ryanblah Qinan: and we'll definitely have a booth again [18:23] You: cool [18:23] Ryanblah Qinan: (I've set up an indefinitely lasting agreement with them for in-lkind booths at isdc and spacevision) [18:24] Ryanblah Qinan: like for xpc [18:24] You: great [18:24] You: that will be very useful [18:24] You: How has conference registration been going? [18:25] Ryanblah Qinan: haven't gotten much to hit yet [18:25] Ryanblah Qinan: presumably since there are no deadlines approaching [18:25] Ryanblah Qinan: (according to kirk's theory of registration at least) [18:25] You: haha [18:25] You: understandable [18:25] You: Other updates? [18:26] Ryanblah Qinan: I think we asked this before [18:26] Ryanblah Qinan: but are you guys planning on going to xpc [18:26] RolandBolser Voom: if brian can pick me up from El Paso, then probably [18:26] You: most likely - Illinois will be sending people but plans have not been made yet [18:26] Ryanblah Qinan: yeah, I'm along the same lines, but also contingent on space elevator team [18:27] You: Yeah, we want more people to attend sv07 this year [18:27] You: and it may redce the number at xpc [18:27] You: so I'll see [18:27] Ryanblah Qinan: understandable [18:28] Ryanblah Qinan: it's unfortunate they're so close [18:28] You: yeah [18:28] You: Last annoucements for this meeting? [18:29] You: Ok then I guess it is over [18:29] You: I'll send the transcript to Carissa
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