Council Meeting

September 11, 20145:15 pm – 7:00 pm

CFDRC Conference Room

· Chair Remarks & Business· Reports

· Vice Chair· Secretary· Treasurer· Education Director· Honors & Awards Director· Liaison to Student Branches· Membership Director· Pre-College Outreach Director· Public Policy Director· Technical Director· YP & Career Enhancement Director· Supernumerary· Past Chair· Webmaster

· Review of Decisions & Actions· Up Coming Events & Adjourn

Agenda

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

· Introductions· Rules of Engagement

· Respect each other and our time· Much coord & planning will be before meetings· Once a month face-to-face—make the most of it· Finish on time

Chair Remarks

· Unity and Growth· Service· Leadership, leadership, leadership. Did I

mention leadership?· Visibility for your efforts· Dare to experiment· Benefits to belonging

Philosophy According to Ken(aka stuff you will grow tired of hearing from me)

· Continuity Binders· Calendar· Director intro at luncheons. Neal is 1st up.

Thank you!· Group in Mobile wants to start a Chapter

· Will fall under GHSV· Flexibility on how we fund/administer but will

have to provide seed money ($200)· AIAA wants vote from us on proceeding

· Moontown Fly-In recruiting table, Sep 20

Chair Business

Proposed Coin Design

Coin Design Proof

· Budget· Barbecue, my house, Sunday. Please RSVP· Air Force Birthday Sep 18. AIAA Air Force

vets hosting after work social at Bar Louie. Beer, drinks and appetizers, at least till the money runs out

· Wounded Warriors golf tournament?

Chair Business

· Next luncheon Sep 15, “iSAT”· Section survey

Vice Chair

· Minutes· Section filing scheme· E-Library initiative· Pumpkin Blast

Secretary

· Financial update· Adding Vice Chair to account· Financial planning

Treasurer

· Professional Development short course topics

· Technical short course in conjunction with Civil Space 2015

Education Director

· Engineer of the Year Award Oct 1· Goddard Award Oct 1· Associate Fellow Application Prep Seminar

Honors & Awards Director

· Speakers, tours, workshops for student branches· Improve interaction with Athens State Branch

· Regional student conference· Improve student to professional transition· Improve interaction with Athens State Branch

Liaison to Student Branches

· Status· UAH· Athens State· University of Alabama· Auburn· Mississippi State University· University of Mississippi· Tuskegee

· Possibly forming new branches· UAB· University of South Alabama

Liaison to Student Branches

· Contacting non-renewals· 90-day window to get ‘em back before they

disappear from the rolls· Significant numbers are forgetting to renew

· Chamber of Commerce· Membership dues increase November 1

Membership Director

Membership Director

Net gain8 members

· Rocket / balloon launch event· STEM rocket launch with HARA – October ?

· Paper Airplane contest· K – 12 STEM lesson plans· Scholarship fund raising· First Flight Anniversary event (Dec 17)· PongSat / Minicube (Carla wants to coord)

Pre-College Outreach Director

· Civil Space 2015 update· Congressional Visits Day· Targeted fund raising

Public Policy Director

· Technical Committee nomination update· UAV competition planning

Technical Director

· Entrepreneurial / Start Up seminars· Apollo-era veteran speakers

YP & Career Enhancement Director

· Section Chair visit to MSU to speak to students

Supernumerary

· Maintenance of email address lists, including periodic rebuilds, corrections, etc. (full Section and YP)

· Maintenance of mailbox with respect to unclaimed mail, junk mail, etc.

· Maintenance of Section website with respect to updates, new pages, etc.

· Creation of PayPal code/sites for registration/payment for Section events/activities

· Take a few pictures

Webmaster

Past Chair

· Motion to re-join HATS approved electronically 29 Jul to 11 Aug (FOR – 10, AGAINST – 0, ABSTAIN / NO RESPONSE – 4)

· Vote on establishing Mobile Chapter· Coin Vote

Review Decisions & Actions

· Sep 14 – Council BBQ· Sep 18 – Air Force Birthday Social· Sep 20 – Moontown Fly-In· Sep 26 – 28 – Section trip to Dawn Patrol· Oct 1 – Engineer of the Year and other

awards nomination deadline· October 9 – Next Council meeting· October 23 – USSRC Biergarten social

Up Coming Events

Never Forget