2009 January 12 SEDS-USA Exec Transcript
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| SEDS-USA Executive Board Meeting, January 12, 2009 |
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Time: 6:30 PM MST |
Transcript
(6:34:04 PM) Joshua Nelson: Bringing the meeting to order
(6:34:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: Has everyone read the briefing I sent out about the Jim Volp situation? (Please acknowledge with a yes/no)
(6:34:28 PM) Zeke: yes
(6:34:29 PM) Ryan McLinko: yes
(6:34:29 PM) Grant Atkinson: yes
(6:34:31 PM) Justun Graves: yeo
(6:34:38 PM) Ryan McLinko: y
(6:34:45 PM) Rick Hanton: yes
(6:34:48 PM) Keri Bean: yes
(6:35:05 PM) Joshua Nelson: ok
(6:35:35 PM) Zeke: Hey guys sorry I've been absent to the last few meetings, winter break got busy. But the minutes are posted and up to date
(6:35:38 PM) Joshua Nelson: at this point, since Ryan has been hearing about this situation as long as I have, I'd like to give the floor to Ryan if he has any additional comments or points that I've left out of the briefing
(6:36:20 PM) Ryan McLinko: overall, josh's briefing was pretty comprehensive
(6:36:24 PM) Ryan McLinko: I guess what I'd add
(6:36:35 PM) Ryan McLinko: is that we have contacted jim a number of times
(6:37:07 PM) Ryan McLinko: and that his responses have been, well, less than resolving of the issue
(6:37:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: K...
(6:37:33 PM) Ryan McLinko: namely they were rather defensive in him trying to explain why he is doing it
(6:37:40 PM) Ryan McLinko: and then just continuing his thing
(6:37:59 PM) Rick Hanton: So why is he doing what he is doing?
(6:38:03 PM) Ryan McLinko: besides that, I think josh's briefing covered hte rest of hte main points
(6:38:13 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, if thats all from Ryan
(6:38:32 PM) Justun Graves: yeah i'd like to know as well if time permits
(6:38:42 PM) Joshua Nelson: Personally, I dont know why he's doing what he's doing. At first it looked like he was just lonely after leaving Space Generation, but now aparently he's trying to get money from people...
(6:39:16 PM) Ryan McLinko: his explanation was that he wanted to help us, etc, etc
(6:39:21 PM) Joshua Nelson: While we're always willing to accept outside help, he does not see student opinions as equal to his own
(6:39:39 PM) Zeke: seems like he's just trying to scam SEDS
(6:39:41 PM) Keri Bean: so it seems he has good ideas, but the wrong intentions?
(6:39:44 PM) Joshua Nelson: and anytime a student gives him an opinion on what SEDS should be, or do, he ignores it and goes with what he thinks is best.
(6:40:11 PM) Ryan McLinko: he seems to have an idea of what he wants to see out of SEDS, so is using it regardless of the feedback
(6:40:11 PM) Rick Hanton: I agree with Zeke. His intentions may be good but there are better ways to "help" us.
(6:40:30 PM) Ryan McLinko: and in order to support himself (I"m not sure what else he actually does), he wants to get paid for this
(6:40:46 PM) Joshua Nelson: (could you send Keri H an invite Ryan?)
(6:40:51 PM) Rick Hanton: I think that is the wrong idea.
(6:40:56 PM) Grant Atkinson: well that's clearly out of the question and he ought to accept that
(6:41:11 PM) Ryan McLinko: done
(6:41:11 PM) Grant Atkinson: the fact that he doesn't is a big indication there's something fishy about him
(6:41:16 PM) Grant Atkinson: like that he's trying to scam SEDS
(6:41:19 PM) Grant Atkinson: in my opinion
(6:41:24 PM) Justun Graves: do we have any solutions to stop him?
(6:41:26 PM) Keri Hancock entered the room.
(6:41:26 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok
(6:41:31 PM) Joshua Nelson: so with no further questions on that
(6:41:34 PM) Joshua Nelson: lets talk action items
(6:42:03 PM) Joshua Nelson: We talked with one of our Alumni and close friends of SEDS, and he suggested we send a letter to all of the organizations Jim has contacted
(6:42:09 PM) Joshua Nelson: explaining he has no affiliation with us whatsoever
(6:42:13 PM) Ryan McLinko: he shouldn't be allowed to damage OUR credibility
(6:42:23 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think that's a good idea
(6:42:28 PM) Joshua Nelson: and that we're interested in forming a better relationship with them, but we do it directly, not through other people
(6:42:31 PM) Grant Atkinson: let people know he has nothing to do with us
(6:42:33 PM) Joshua Nelson: I have a copy of the letter, one second
(6:43:07 PM) Zeke: I agree.. well do we own the rights to the "SEDS" name?
(6:43:58 PM) Joshua Nelson: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfxqmkcn_56jgzmzc7
(6:44:07 PM) Joshua Nelson: There is the current proposed document
(6:44:30 PM) Joshua Nelson: to be sent out to the organizations he has contacted (that we know of). Darrell also suggests we post it to our home page.
(6:44:43 PM) Joshua Nelson: A second action item, that we discussed with the last board
(6:44:50 PM) Joshua Nelson: was removing Jim's access to any and all SEDS resources
(6:45:00 PM) Joshua Nelson: blogs, listservs, email addresses, etc...
(6:45:15 PM) Zeke: I think that would be a good idea
(6:45:18 PM) Joshua Nelson: To ensure we are not giving him any legitimacy
(6:45:21 PM) Grant Atkinson: yeah
(6:45:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: So lets discuss the letter first
(6:45:25 PM) Rick Hanton: agreed
(6:45:26 PM) Grant Atkinson: i agree with both items
(6:45:35 PM) Joshua Nelson: please read it and give me any feedback on what you'd suggest changing
(6:45:55 PM) Justun Graves: seems fine to me
(6:46:11 PM) Joshua Sosa entered the room.
(6:46:39 PM) Keri Hancock: it seems fine to me
(6:46:45 PM) Joshua Nelson: (When everyone has read it, please say if it is OK, or if you have changes)
(6:46:48 PM) Ryan McLinko: u might give a link to the exec-board page... so that the orgs can see the genuine people who work for SEDS
(6:47:02 PM) Joshua Nelson: (Josh Sosa, we're discussing the document at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfxqmkcn_56jgzmzc7
(6:47:11 PM) Keri Bean: the letter looks good to me
(6:47:14 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think it's good, but the link to the exec-board page is a good idea too
(6:47:18 PM) Joshua Nelson: Basant, the problem I see with that, is that we do have alumni and such who help us form relationships
(6:47:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: who arent on the board
(6:47:49 PM) Grant Atkinson: true
(6:47:49 PM) Rick Hanton: Would there be any thought of adding what SEDS-EARTH is and how Volp isn't it?
(6:47:54 PM) Ryan McLinko: you can send them to the staff page
(6:48:02 PM) Zeke: seems fine to me..
(6:48:05 PM) Ryan McLinko: which has lists of our alum and advisors boards
(6:48:10 PM) Joshua Nelson: SEDS Earth still doesnt exist. We're waiting for SEDS UK to get settled in
(6:48:12 PM) Ryan McLinko: it's not comprehensive of who helps us
(6:48:18 PM) Ryan McLinko: but give the general idea
(6:48:27 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, un momento
(6:48:42 PM) Ryan McLinko: the orgs should get to know that we have a robust and stable organization structure
(6:50:14 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok
(6:50:17 PM) Joshua Nelson: refresh the document
(6:50:21 PM) Joshua Nelson: I added a line about the board
(6:50:49 PM) Keri Hancock: that seems good
(6:51:02 PM) Keri Hancock: it shows that we're still in charge but work with others
(6:51:20 PM) Ryan McLinko: yup
(6:51:21 PM) Grant Atkinson: i like it
(6:51:25 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think the letter's good
(6:51:27 PM) Joshua Sosa: seems good
(6:51:33 PM) Zeke: I also think we should make available a document similar to the brief you sent out
(6:51:49 PM) Justun Graves: looks ok
(6:51:52 PM) Joshua Nelson: Zeke, I would hesitate to do that given it contains some privledged information
(6:52:04 PM) Joshua Nelson: (things different organizations have told us, etc..)
(6:52:07 PM) Zeke: ahhh ok
(6:52:31 PM) Joshua Nelson: If there are no further edits, all in favor of sending out the letter as proposed? (Aye/Nay/Abstain)
(6:52:37 PM) Zeke: Aye
(6:52:39 PM) Joshua Sosa: aye
(6:52:39 PM) Keri Bean: aye
(6:52:41 PM) Justun Graves: aye
(6:52:44 PM) Ryan McLinko: aye
(6:52:45 PM) Keri Hancock: aye
(6:52:46 PM) Ryan McLinko: i
(6:53:10 PM) Grant Atkinson: aye
(6:53:18 PM) Joshua Nelson: motion carries
(6:53:20 PM) Rick Hanton: aye
(6:53:24 PM) Ryan McLinko: k... what was Ryan's vote ;-)
(6:53:27 PM) Justun Graves: i!=aye
(6:53:47 PM) Ryan McLinko: i:=aye
(6:53:55 PM) Joshua Nelson: Any comments on the other action of removing his access to any SEDS resources under SEDS USA control? (basically anything on the server)
(6:54:22 PM) Ryan McLinko: we should remove access ASAP
(6:54:26 PM) Zeke: I agree!
(6:54:30 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think it's a good idea
(6:54:36 PM) Joshua Nelson: If this board agrees to it, access will be removed tonight.
(6:54:36 PM) Keri Bean: agreed
(6:54:40 PM) Grant Atkinson: we should write him an email on why we are doing so
(6:54:44 PM) Grant Atkinson: then remove his access
(6:54:47 PM) Keri Hancock: what are we limiting him to? is there a way to block him from the website?
(6:54:52 PM) Grant Atkinson: so that he can't complain it was an arbitrary decision
(6:54:54 PM) Zeke: I agree to grant
(6:54:58 PM) Zeke: with*
(6:55:15 PM) Joshua Nelson: basically we will delete his accounts, send him an email explaining why (reasons etc..)
(6:55:23 PM) Rick Hanton: Sounds good.
(6:55:33 PM) Joshua Nelson: if he reforms the accounts under different names or email addresses it will be easy to notice given there is relatively little traffic.
(6:55:44 PM) Ryan McLinko: yeah, i agree with josh's idea
(6:56:05 PM) Keri Hancock: agreed, will that be all the action taken then?
(6:56:17 PM) Joshua Nelson: For now, unless you have further suggestions
(6:56:25 PM) Justun Graves: yeah (if not already done) we should make sure he knows that his actions are damaging SEDS reputation
(6:56:25 PM) Joshua Nelson: First, a vote on the removal of access....
(6:56:40 PM) Rick Hanton: aye
(6:56:41 PM) Zeke: Aye
(6:56:42 PM) Keri Hancock: aye
(6:56:42 PM) Grant Atkinson: aye
(6:56:45 PM) Ryan McLinko: i
(6:56:46 PM) Justun Graves: aye
(6:56:46 PM) Ryan McLinko: aye
(6:56:47 PM) Keri Bean: aye
(6:56:51 PM) Joshua Sosa: aye
(6:56:52 PM) Joshua Nelson: All in favor of removing Jim Volp's access to SEDS resources (keyly any resources on the server or under SEDS USA control)
(6:56:59 PM) Joshua Nelson: lol you guys are fast
(6:57:05 PM) Keri Hancock: aye
(6:57:14 PM) Joshua Nelson: no need to revote, unless you want to change your vote given what I just said
(6:57:15 PM) Joshua Nelson: ;-)
(6:57:38 PM) Keri Hancock: wasn't sure if I voted lol, got distracted :-[
(6:57:48 PM) Ryan McLinko: lol
(6:57:49 PM) Joshua Nelson: no prob Keri
(6:57:57 PM) Ryan McLinko: at least u didnt type "i"
(6:58:01 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, does anyone have any suggestions of additional actions to take, if any?
(6:58:02 PM) Grant Atkinson: lol
(6:58:32 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think as long as we don't get any more trouble after this we'll be okay
(6:58:38 PM) Grant Atkinson: hopefully he'll calm down
(6:58:56 PM) Rick Hanton: Yeah, hopefully he won't go do things behind our back or something.
(6:59:09 PM) Keri Hancock: well, I think the slap on the hand should be a sufficient wakeup call
(6:59:14 PM) Grant Atkinson: yeah
(6:59:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: He has already tried to go behind our backs many times, hence the problem.
(6:59:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: With no further items on that front.... New item! Rick, would you like to discuss SEDS advertising on Facebook?
(6:59:37 PM) Rick Hanton: Sure
(6:59:47 PM) Rick Hanton: So, after the last meeting I did some simple research
(7:00:08 PM) Rick Hanton: On facebook there are two ways to advertize, by click or by 1000 views.
(7:00:16 PM) Rick Hanton: You pay per click or per 1000 views.
(7:00:36 PM) Rick Hanton: You can see the amounts that facebook gave me for each at the following addresses:
(7:00:43 PM) Rick Hanton: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hantonr/FacebookSEDS.pdf
(7:00:54 PM) Rick Hanton: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hantonr/FacebookSEDSpt2.pdf
(7:01:32 PM) Rick Hanton: The cost per click is dependant on the keywords you select.
(7:01:50 PM) Rick Hanton: I selected three, but alternatively I could select a school or other group.
(7:02:06 PM) Rick Hanton: The costs are fairly low.
(7:02:20 PM) Keri Hancock: what is your guess on how many clicks we'll get per 1,000 views?
(7:02:46 PM) Joshua Nelson: If I may chime in for a second on this... the H+ club at UofA is currently trying this on a trial run.
(7:02:51 PM) Joshua Nelson: They put $25 in yesturday
(7:03:01 PM) Rick Hanton: How did that go?
(7:03:03 PM) Joshua Nelson: they're doing the pay per click .20 per click,
(7:03:14 PM) Joshua Nelson: and they're down to about $11.20 right now
(7:03:25 PM) Rick Hanton: So at least a few clicks.
(7:03:38 PM) Joshua Nelson: note they're paying by the click, not view
(7:03:56 PM) Keri Hancock: so, what is the guess on which might be the better value?
(7:04:02 PM) Grant Atkinson: it seems like paying by the click is a better value if i understand it right
(7:04:06 PM) Zeke: I assume per click
(7:04:09 PM) Ryan McLinko: click would be better value
(7:04:11 PM) Grant Atkinson: does that mean we only pay if someone actually follows the link
(7:04:13 PM) Grant Atkinson: ?
(7:04:13 PM) Joshua Nelson: I agree that click is the better value
(7:04:15 PM) Joshua Nelson: yeah
(7:04:28 PM) Rick Hanton: I agree.
(7:04:30 PM) Joshua Nelson: 1000 views.... I dont know about you guys but I dont view any of the ads ;-)
(7:04:36 PM) Rick Hanton: For everyone else, you should note that the cost per click or view is a max price, so facebook will display things in the way that gives them the most money I presume.
(7:04:46 PM) Keri Hancock: so how does the per click work? how many view do u get to actually get a click?
(7:05:05 PM) Joshua Nelson: Keri, you dont know
(7:05:08 PM) Grant Atkinson: that's the issue
(7:05:11 PM) Rick Hanton: Well, if you work the math, you probably get about 2 clicks per 1000 views.
(7:05:17 PM) Joshua Nelson: you pay every time someone actually clicks on the ad
(7:05:21 PM) Grant Atkinson: many people might "view" it without actually even seeing what's there for more than a second
(7:05:31 PM) Ryan McLinko: what math is it that gives us 2 per 1000?
(7:05:58 PM) Ryan McLinko: well, then that would give us more bang for our buck then
(7:06:08 PM) Ryan McLinko: (if people are viewing and we're only paying for clicking)
(7:06:11 PM) Keri Hancock: well, where do they see it? it doesn't seem like it will be permanetly displayed? I get it, we don't pay until someone clicks, but how do they see it, and how often, those types of things?
(7:06:17 PM) Rick Hanton: Well, when I used the same add and looked at the different methods it was $0.44 vs $0.20
(7:06:46 PM) Rick Hanton: They don't necessary specify.
(7:07:06 PM) Rick Hanton: It depends on the number of ads fighting for that group of people you select.
(7:08:00 PM) Rick Hanton: If BP says they'll pay $.60 per click and we only pay $.44, then BP will probably get more play time, but that doesn't know we'll get no views.
(7:08:26 PM) Rick Hanton: It's based off of google's ad system.
(7:08:34 PM) Rick Hanton: It's confusing, but it does work.
(7:09:09 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok
(7:09:25 PM) Joshua Nelson: So do people think it is worth trying on a trial basis?
(7:09:33 PM) Joshua Nelson: or should we save this for some later time?
(7:09:41 PM) Joshua Nelson: like at the beggining of a semester or prior to a conference
(7:10:02 PM) Grant Atkinson: i think it's an interesting idea
(7:10:09 PM) Grant Atkinson: but we might want to time it more with a major event
(7:10:13 PM) Grant Atkinson: like a conference
(7:10:24 PM) Rick Hanton: Yeah.
(7:10:28 PM) Justun Graves: we should probably try it out since fb is pretty popular among college students
(7:10:43 PM) Keri Hancock: I'd like to see it as a trial basis now
(7:10:52 PM) Ryan McLinko: a short trial run, if it comes cheap, would give us some idea abt the suitability of the platform
(7:11:09 PM) Keri Hancock: plus, it wouldn't hurt to generate general interest for a lower price
(7:11:09 PM) Zeke: A trial run would work well
(7:11:10 PM) Rick Hanton: One concept that I like is to offer to give a little money to FB advertising for new chapters that form to help them advertise their first meeting or something.
(7:11:31 PM) Ryan McLinko: aha... brilliant
(7:11:33 PM) Rick Hanton: It's an idea at least.
(7:11:34 PM) Keri Hancock: that seems like a great idea!
(7:11:41 PM) Grant Atkinson: how long a trial basis should we try?
(7:11:44 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, so everyone seems to be in favor of it, lets get a quick vote. Vote Trial if you want to do one very soon, or Event if you want to wait for a major SEDS event.
(7:12:03 PM) Ryan McLinko: Trial
(7:12:04 PM) Zeke: Trial
(7:12:08 PM) Keri Hancock: trial
(7:12:10 PM) Keri Bean: trial
(7:12:11 PM) Joshua Sosa: trial
(7:12:12 PM) Grant Atkinson: trial
(7:12:16 PM) Justun Graves: trial
(7:12:17 PM) Ryan McLinko: abstain
(7:12:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: (just trying to get this officially logged)
(7:12:43 PM) Joshua Nelson: The trials have it.
(7:12:56 PM) Joshua Nelson: Opening debate on Rick's proposal about the new chapters idea
(7:13:05 PM) Keri Hancock: how long do we want to run the trial at what monetary limit?
(7:13:48 PM) Joshua Nelson: New chapters pay us dues. We could give the exact dues amount from the chapter towards facebook advertising in their area for their first year
(7:13:56 PM) Joshua Nelson: but it would require them to have a useful website
(7:14:11 PM) Joshua Nelson: which not all new chapters have right off the bat
(7:14:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: (going to our seds.org site wont help a new chapter attract members necessarily)
(7:14:24 PM) Grant Atkinson: it would encourage them to develop one though
(7:14:28 PM) Keri Hancock: well, what resources can we give them to help them out?
(7:14:33 PM) Keri Hancock: what about a template?
(7:14:57 PM) Ryan McLinko: ryan has good templates, i guess
(7:14:59 PM) Joshua Nelson: Sounds like a good idea, but I'm not a web person... anyone web savvy on the pheasibility?
(7:15:28 PM) Rick Hanton: If we work with them to put together a flier, can't we then kinda convert that flier to a one page info site for them.
(7:15:32 PM) Ryan McLinko: I have a template, yes, but it looks like crap
(7:15:42 PM) Ryan McLinko: (ie looks very...boring)
(7:15:52 PM) Rick Hanton: You mean a template for a full website?
(7:15:56 PM) Keri Hancock: well, can we find someone to help us fix up the existing template then?
(7:16:03 PM) Ryan McLinko: eh...for a smallish website
(7:16:07 PM) Ryan McLinko: seds.mit.edu
(7:16:20 PM) Rick Hanton: I have a template made by a software E for me.
(7:16:21 PM) Ryan McLinko: hmm, crap, my mysql is broken
(7:16:31 PM) Rick Hanton: It's pretty nice and is completely php based.
(7:16:34 PM) Ryan McLinko: (has been that long since I last looked at it)
(7:17:01 PM) Rick Hanton: (I took it and tweaked it for our AIAA site as well, which I run).
(7:17:06 PM) Keri Hancock: ok, how complicated are each of yours for someone who is only vaguely familiar with coding?
(7:17:16 PM) Rick Hanton: Simple.
(7:17:22 PM) Rick Hanton: I learned to code php with it.
(7:17:26 PM) Joshua Sosa: what are we talking about when it comes to templates?
(7:17:30 PM) Joshua Sosa: the site design or backend?
(7:17:40 PM) Ryan McLinko: both
(7:17:46 PM) Ryan McLinko: we should have something that does both
(7:18:02 PM) Joshua Nelson: So end all question, is this something that we could easily help customize for the new chapter, and who would be willing to put in the time? (7:18:03 PM) Keri Hancock: does yours do both Rick?
(7:18:18 PM) Rick Hanton: I could work on it with them.
(7:18:22 PM) Joshua Sosa: I have a pretty decent backend running seds.org but the design is not my strong point
(7:18:28 PM) Rick Hanton: It is front and backend.
(7:18:31 PM) Rick Hanton: css based
(7:18:55 PM) Joshua Nelson: Could you two work together to get this regularized?
(7:19:06 PM) Joshua Nelson: actually, would work great since Rick is part of Expansion
(7:19:12 PM) Rick Hanton: Okey dokey.
(7:19:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: when a promising chapter is coming along, before you hand them off, make the new website for them with Josh
(7:19:33 PM) Rick Hanton: Where will they host the website though?
(7:19:41 PM) Joshua Nelson: seds.org
(7:19:48 PM) Joshua Nelson: we give free webspace to all of our chapters
(7:19:52 PM) Keri Hancock: could part of their dues go into getting their own address?
(7:19:56 PM) Rick Hanton: Our student government provides space, but many places don't.
(7:20:05 PM) Joshua Nelson: (you should know that as Expansion director!)
(7:20:14 PM) Rick Hanton: Didn't know.
(7:20:17 PM) Rick Hanton: Good deal though.
(7:20:29 PM) Joshua Nelson: all SEDS chapters get their own custom seds.org address... like http:www.uaseds.seds.org or www.seds.org/uaseds/
(7:20:45 PM) Keri Hancock: ok
(7:20:50 PM) Rick Hanton: Should have known. I'm surprised we aren't a full internet service yet.
(7:20:59 PM) Rick Hanton: ISP I mean
(7:21:10 PM) Ryan McLinko: lol
(7:21:17 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok... So summing it all up into a vote...
(7:22:28 PM) Joshua Nelson: All in favor of offering new chapters to have their dues go towards facebook advertising, and giving them a customized seds.org website (provided by Rick and Josh S)? (Aye/Nay/Abstain)
(7:22:37 PM) Keri Bean: aye
(7:22:38 PM) Rick Hanton: aye
(7:22:39 PM) Grant Atkinson: aye
(7:22:40 PM) Ryan McLinko: Aye
(7:22:40 PM) Keri Hancock: aye
(7:22:42 PM) Ryan McLinko: i
(7:22:43 PM) Justun Graves: aye
(7:23:01 PM) Zeke: aye
(7:23:29 PM) Joshua Nelson: motion passes
(7:24:01 PM) Joshua Nelson: Josh and Rick, please work together to set this up in a way thats quick and easy to do, and that we can pass on to future boards fairly easily.
(7:24:37 PM) Joshua Nelson: Let the board know when we have a guinea pig chapter
(7:24:52 PM) Joshua Nelson: so we can monitor how well it goes :-)
(7:25:08 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok... Last item for tonight unless anyone has any additional items...
(7:25:37 PM) Joshua Nelson: Keri B, could you give us an update on SEDS' involvement with IYA2009? What we've agreed to, and how we can all help you make this a sucessful endeavor?
(7:25:45 PM) Zeke: I have a quick item after Keri B
(7:25:52 PM) Joshua Nelson: noted
(7:25:58 PM) Keri Bean: okie dokie
(7:26:18 PM) Keri Bean: so far, I haven't done a *whole* lot with it
(7:26:28 PM) Keri Bean: http://astronomy2009.us/
(7:26:36 PM) Keri Bean: however, check the right side bar
(7:26:44 PM) Keri Bean: the college student programs link is run by me
(7:26:58 PM) Keri Bean: I hope to update it this week with fleshed out ideas
(7:27:35 PM) Keri Bean: my focus right now is setting up those educational video podcasts, for which I've received a tremendous response and many many guinea pig schools
(7:28:28 PM) Keri Bean: we've been specifically asked to coordinate "moon parties" for the launch of LRO and then again for LCROSS' impact
(7:28:54 PM) Keri Bean: and I've gotten into contact with a friend of mine in NASA HQ and on the LRO team to get us goodies
(7:29:25 PM) Keri Bean: other than that, I haven't done much else right now
(7:29:34 PM) Joshua Nelson: Nice! Would you be willing to send out an email to all of the chapters, letting them know about this, what they can do, etc..?
(7:29:41 PM) Joshua Nelson: We should really let them know about the moon party thing
(7:29:45 PM) Keri Bean: yeah, I'm planning to do that this week
(7:30:10 PM) Keri Bean: I already asked Daedalus people to talk for the 365 days of astronomy podcast
(7:30:10 PM) Joshua Nelson: Any other questions or comments for Keri B?
(7:30:42 PM) Grant Atkinson: what sort of programs are you thinking of putting on besides LRO and LCROSS parties?
(7:31:01 PM) Keri Bean: well for LCROSS, I'd like for as many people to view it through a telescope as possible
(7:31:29 PM) Rick Hanton: How often is that podcast?
(7:31:29 PM) Grant Atkinson: sounds good
(7:31:32 PM) Joshua Nelson: depending on the launch path, might be cool
(7:31:46 PM) Rick Hanton: Or what is planned for it?
(7:31:50 PM) Grant Atkinson: i'd like to know any other ideas as we come up
(7:31:54 PM) Keri Bean: I do know they're planning to make it visible to the US so the major observatories can capture it
(7:31:56 PM) Grant Atkinson: if you could keep us posted on them
(7:32:08 PM) Keri Bean: the podcast is released every day
(7:32:13 PM) Rick Hanton: wow
(7:32:17 PM) Keri Bean: they have less than 100 spots left
(7:32:42 PM) Joshua Nelson: *grins*
(7:32:53 PM) Joshua Nelson: Wonder if UofA can get 61" time for this...
(7:32:57 PM) Keri Bean: oh! did you mean the video podcast?
(7:33:04 PM) Rick Hanton: No, the 365 one.
(7:33:09 PM) Keri Bean: ah okay
(7:33:24 PM) Keri Bean: sorry, too many projects floating around for me to keep track ;-)
(7:33:29 PM) Joshua Nelson: Any more questions for Keri?
(7:34:03 PM) Joshua Nelson: Please continue to keep us informed on any ways the SEDS staff can support this effort Keri. We've got a lot of web people who might be able to help you make the College Student page look better ;-)
(7:34:04 PM) Keri Bean: feel free to im me, asking for updates and/or if I need help ;-)
(7:34:11 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, Zeke, your item?
(7:34:22 PM) Zeke: As requested by Ryan I looked over the SEDS links on our website and found that there were a lot of dead links and information that isn't really relevant
(7:34:50 PM) Zeke: But I don't have the appropriate access to change/update this page
(7:35:28 PM) Joshua Nelson: Josh S, can you hook Zeke up with edit privs on that page somehow?
(7:35:34 PM) Joshua Sosa: sure
(7:35:41 PM) Keri Bean: yeah, I got an e-mail from a kid asking about our internship page 'cause it was so out of date
(7:35:42 PM) Zeke: ok that's what I needed
(7:35:59 PM) Joshua Nelson: yeah, we need to update the internships. I'll throw a few up on there tommorow
(7:36:03 PM) Zeke: and if anyone wants me to include any additional links give me an email
(7:36:10 PM) Joshua Nelson: usually we only do it when people send them directly to us
(7:36:12 PM) Keri Bean: okay, I have tons of links I've been accumulating
(7:36:21 PM) Zeke: Yeah So do I
(7:37:02 PM) Zeke: I'll do this before next meeting so if you guys want any items included just e-mail me before then
(7:37:16 PM) Joshua Nelson: One thing, what is the address at MIT that all of the new treasurer stuff should go to? is it the MIT SEDS office box?
(7:37:29 PM) Joshua Nelson: We need to update the address on our donations page... it is 3 years out of date
(7:37:30 PM) Joshua Nelson: lol
(7:37:30 PM) Ryan McLinko: no, it's Justin'es address
(7:37:40 PM) Joshua Nelson: Could we have that so Josh S can update the donations page?
(7:37:43 PM) Ryan McLinko: sent the email to josh earlier today
(7:37:59 PM) Joshua Nelson: Josh, can you update that on the donations page?
(7:38:06 PM) Ryan McLinko: the one on the donations page before that was goodnight's
(7:38:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: the on the donations page currently is John Evans
(7:38:27 PM) Ryan McLinko: hmm, rly
(7:38:30 PM) Rick Hanton: Has Justin gotten everything that Goodnight had?
(7:38:32 PM) Ryan McLinko: I thought we fixed that
(7:38:34 PM) Joshua Nelson: http://www.seds.org/support/donations.php
(7:39:03 PM) Justun Graves: he said he would take care of the stuff he has recieved
(7:39:15 PM) Joshua Sosa: updated
(7:39:22 PM) Joshua Nelson: Josh, I changed my mind. Put the Donate box between Community and Partners
(7:39:23 PM) Joshua Nelson: ;-)
(7:39:24 PM) Justun Graves: but for me to see about getting the address changed to mine
(7:39:26 PM) Joshua Nelson: more visible
(7:39:40 PM) Joshua Nelson: ok
(7:39:49 PM) Joshua Nelson: Josh S just updated it, refresh the page, it is current now
(7:40:06 PM) Joshua Nelson: Are there any other last minute items for this meeting?
(7:40:08 PM) Rick Hanton: What about http://www.seds.org/dues.php
(7:40:14 PM) Zeke: One last thing
(7:40:19 PM) Joshua Sosa: ill do that in a sec
(7:40:25 PM) Joshua Nelson: Go ahead Zeke
(7:40:47 PM) Zeke: Darrel Cain brought it to my attention that the meeting minutes are still not appearing on the SEDS wiki
(7:41:11 PM) Zeke: so I was wondering if Josh S could look into why this is
(7:41:35 PM) Zeke: they are are posted but even when I try to look for them its not easy to find them
(7:42:31 PM) Justun Graves: just another update but we should find out for the decision of 501c(3) status within the next 30 days
(7:42:31 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok, could you two work on this? Contact Carissa if needed
(7:42:40 PM) Joshua Nelson: she had a system going that worked
(7:42:50 PM) Joshua Nelson: (Nice!)
(7:42:55 PM) Zeke: ok I'll contact her tonight
(7:43:09 PM) Joshua Nelson: Ok... with nothing else... Meeting adjourned.
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