AIAA General Meeting

Thursday December 13, 2007

Today's Agenda Student Group & Polygon Update Looking to Next Semester

Trip Details Speakers COE Book Sale T-Shirts Proposed Meeting Day Change

Mid-term Elections

AIAA SPRING TRIP 2008Ross Borchardt

TENTATIVE ITINERARY

Houston, TX (March 05 – 09) NASA Johnson Space Center

Mission Operations Meet an Astronaut Robotics Systems Technology Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

Ad Astra Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket

(VASIMR) Any other ideas – Talk to Ross

COST

Front ~ $300-$500 Actual Cost ~ $200-$300 Funding

Polygon Engineering Council Engineering Physics AIAA Wisconsin Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium NASA? Pizza Sales

PROCESS

1. Dates, Places, General Itinerary finalized - Next couple months

2. Students participate in Funding process- Instructions next meeting

3. Students instructed when and where to purchase airline tickets

- Second spring meeting

4. Secure spot (20 person cap.)- Participate in funding process- Purchase airline ticket

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Next Semester

Guest Speakers Brant White, ORBITEC Prof. Matt Allen, UW-Madison Distinguished AIAA Lecturer, TBA

COE Events Book Exchange (Volunteers needed!)

AIAA Shirt Designing

Typically, we have a shirt for the AIAA trip Do we also want a t-shirt? Any graphic designers?

Design decision by the end of winter break Orders taken at spring meeting

Meeting Day Change

Proposed: Tuesday-night meetings Same general time and location Special meetings for trip & guest lecturers

Any conflicts?

Mid-term Elections

Amy Stoikes is graduating and leaving for Kansas to work for Cessna

Kenny Kearney: Outreach Chair Secretary: Open Responsibilities: Take notes (when necessary),

volunteering for AIAA events and tasks

Thank You

Thanks for making it another successful semester in AIAA

Much more going on next semester, stay tuned Have a safe break! Next Meeting: Tuesday January 29 (tentative)