University of Colorado at Boulder
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General Information
Leadership positions
a. President/SEDS-USA Rep: Bruce Davis b. President: Amanda Heaton c. Vice President: Dave Darling d. Secretary: Robert Lossing e. Treasurer: Danielle Massey f. Student Advisory Committee Ryan Kobrick g. Student Advisory Committee Kennda Lynch h. Student Advisory Committee Jonathan Metts
Membership information
Majors
a. Astrophysical & Planetary Science 2
b. Aerospace Engineering Sciences 43
c. Astronomy 2
d. Civil, Environmental & Arch. Eng. 1
e. Computer Science 3
f. Electrical Engineering 1
g. Geology 1
h. Business Administration 1
i. Physics 2
j. Other/Open Option 14
Total 70
Count of class levels
a. Freshmen 4 b. Sophomores 7 c. Juniors 11 d. Seniors 12 e. Masters 21
Meetings
How often
a. Executive Council meetings weekly b. All-hands meetings monthly
Typical meeting layout
a. Summary of previous meeting / minutes b. Upcoming events and volunteer opportunities c. Discussion of chapter business / voting d. Keynote speaker
Mailing Lists
a. Does your chapter have it’s own mailing list?
Yes
b. Is it open to members outside of your chapter?
Yes
c. If so, how do other’s get on to the list?
Email chapter president or SEDS-USA representative with request, cuseds@colorado.edu
II. Projects and Research
a. Current Projects
Lunar Ventures Business Plan competition
b. How many members are involved?
7
c. When did you start and what kind of time line do you have?
1. Began Fall, 2006 2. Final business plan submittal May, 2007
d. What is the intent/goal of this project?
Lunar Ventures contest submittal. Goal to add business perspective to chapter
e. Funding
1. How has your chapter gone about acquiring funds for this project? No funding – time commitment only. 2. What type of funding does your chapter anticipate needing? Possible travel expenses for conference submittals. 3. Any collaboration with other chapters or companies? No 4. Any future projects that have yet to begin? Currently looking
III. Conferences
A. What conferences does you chapter typically attend or plan on attending?
1. Space Visions
2. X-Prize Cup
3. National Space Symposium
4. March Storm
B. How do you acquire funding for conferences?
1. University-affiliated finance offices
C. Does your school help out at all with funding?
1. Yes
IV. Outreach and Expansion
A. Is your chapter currently working with any other universities or grade schools as part of an outreach program?
1. Yes
B. What is/are the name(s) of the grade school(s) or universities?
1. Several local K-12 Schools
C. What type of programs, events, projects, etc is your chapter doing?
1. Host monthly guest speaker from industry
2. Arranging tours of local industry
3. Host community Yuri's Night
D. How does your chapter work to increase membership?
1. Does it attend freshman orientation events?
a. Yes
2. Do you have an engineering week?
a. Yes
3. Do you use publications, newspaper articles, radio, news, mailing lists?
a. Mailing list
b. Working to start newsletter
V. Chapter Needs
A. Other than direct cash/funding, what are the needs of your chapter? Increased non-engineering membership
