2009 June 22 SEDS-USA Exec Minutes

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SEDS-USA Executive Board Meeting, June 22, 2009

Time: 9:00 PM EST
Location: AOL Instant Messenger
Attendance: Keri Bean, Basant Sagar, Joshua Nelson, Matt Cannella, Rick Hanton, Ryan McLinko, Justin Graves, Grant Atkinson, Keri Hancock, Dan Pastuf (Guest)

  • Absent: Zeke Silva, Joshua Sosa


Meeting Minutes

  • Discussion of SEDS regions by Dan Pastuf
    • Map by Dan at Google Docs will be changed to have closer groupings of chapters and 5 regions instead of 6.
    • The plan for SEDS regions will be updated and presented on Wednesday to the Council of Chapters.
    • Decided that the Regional leaders will meet under the Director of Chapter Affairs and the Expansion and High School directors will also be expected to attend those meetings.
  • Outline of CoC meeting by Grant
    • First is impeachment procedure for SEDS Secretary position.
    • Regional plans for SEDS.
    • SEDS Mentors plans (Keri).
    • Chapter updates (optional for chapters)
  • Grant Atkinson will be appearing on SpaceVidcast in a few weeks.
    • Who is SEDS?, SpaceVision, the SEDS network, and starting chapters will be priority topics to mention.
    • May mention some notable grads of SEDS who went on to high-ranking positions.
  • SSPI looking at forming a MOU with SEDS
    • Exec members will look deeper at this for discussion next meeting.

Progress Report

  • Rick Hanton (Expansion)
    • Contacted New Mexico, Illinois, and New York Space Grants. Got some exposure at Spaceport America groundbreaking from that.
    • Worked some more with Michigan SEDS and the Saint Louis (SLU) chapter. SLU plans to get set up as a national chapter very soon.
    • Contacted Stephanie Herpich at Kansas University about starting a SEDS chapter and she responded with enthusiasm (thanks for the name D. Cain).
  • Justin Graves (Finance)
    • Met the lawyer who worked on 501c3 with Ryan.
    • Digesting information gained from that meeting and will contact the lawyer back at the end of the week.
    • Looking for other projects to help out with.


2008-2009 SEDS-USA Meetings
Exec Board Minutes: 11/24 | 12/01 | 12/08 | 12/22 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | 3/16 | 3/23 | 4/6 | 4/13 | 4/20 | 4/27 | 5/4 | 5/11 | 5/18 | 5/25 | 6/1 | 6/8 | 6/15 | 6/22 | 6/29 | 7/6 | 7/13 | 7/20 | 7/27 | 8/3 | 8/10 | 8/17 | 8/24 | 8/31 | 9/7 | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/6* | 10/12 | 10/20 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23
Exec Board Transcripts: 11/24 | 12/01 | 12/08 | 12/22 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | 3/9 | 3/16 | 3/23 | 4/6 | 4/13 | 4/20 | 4/27 | 5/4 | 5/11 | 5/18 | 5/25 | 6/1 | 6/8 | 6/15 | 6/22 | 6/29 | 7/6 | 7/13 | 7/20 | 7/27 | 8/3 | 8/10 | 8/17 | 8/24 | 8/31 | 9/7 | 9/14 | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/6* | 10/12 | 10/20 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23
Council of Chapters Transcripts: 12/3 | 12/15 | 1/28 | 2/25 | 3/25 | 4/29 | 5/30 | 6/24 | 7/29 | 8/25 | 9/30 | 10/28 | 11/15
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