Region 4 ReportMay 8, 2013

James Walker

Region 4 Director

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Region 4 has Seven Professional Sections

Current Member Numbers as of 1 April 2013 – first time below 2000 (difference from 11 November 2012)

Professional Student Educator Associate (not updated)

• Albuquerque 378(-5) 53(-8) 29(+1)• Holloman/Alamogordo 18(-2) 2(+1) 6(+0)• Houston 707(-37) 189(-2) 105(+10)• North Texas 451(-3) 94(+4) 78(+1)• Oklahoma 88(-4) 144(+31) 58(+1)• Southwest Texas 228(-14) 98(+11) 54(+3)• White Sands Space Hbr 52(-3) 92(+4) 16(+0)• No section assignment 25(-2) 20(+3) 40(+0)

• Region 4 Total 1947(-70) 692(+44) 386(+16)• Comment: large WSSH is due to relatively new student section at NMSU.

Membership in Region IV

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Professional Member History: in 1996, Region 4 had 2087 members; today it has 1947; little change of 16 years (7% down)

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Region 4 Section Chairmen (new in red)

• Albuquerque: Mike Ross, Sandia, Albuquerque• Holloman/Alamogordo: Kody Sparks, USAF, Holloman• Houston: Daniel Nobles, NASA, Houston• North Texas: Adnan Yucel, Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth• Oklahoma: Jamey Jacob, OSU, Stillwater• Southwest Texas: Brian Ewensen, San Antonio• White Sands Space Harbor: Stephen McDougle, NASA

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Regional Deputy Directors (new in red)

• Career & Workforce Development: Derby Sun, Ft. Worth• Education: Gary Turner, Odyssey Space Research, Houston• Finance: P. A. Cox, SwRI, San Antonio• Honors and Awards: Shirley Brandt, Houston• International: Douglas Yazell, Houston• Membership: Ellen Gillespie, Houston• K-12 STEM Outreach: Gar Bering, U. of Houston, Houston• Public Policy: Tom Moore, SwRI, San Antonio• Technical: Open• Young Professionals: Open

RAC Telecon Participation (1 since last RSAC)

• We had a telecon on May 2, 2012: 2 of 7 Sections represented

– Houston: Daniel Nobles – North Texas: Phillip Crawford

Deputy Directors (7 on the call)– Education: Gary Turner– STEM K-12: Gar Bering– Honors and Awards: Shirley Brandt– Career and Workforce Development: Derby Sun– Membership: Ellen Gillespie– International: Douglas Yazell– Public Policy: Tom Moore

Director/Staff: James Walker, Chris Jessee, Jayant Ramakrishnan (incoming)

Section Activity

Section Activity level 2011/2012 Officers/volunteers

Houston Monthly section meetings and more

Active officers

Albuquerque Monthly section meetings Active officers

North Texas Monthly section meetings Active officers

Oklahoma Three meetings/year with ASME

Jamey Jacob is active chairman and point of contact (for many years)

Southwest Texas No profession meetings, active in STEM K-12 (winning educator award this year)

Chairman took job and Texas A&M, vice chair planning to step in

Holloman/Alamogordo This year they did not hold their annual technical symposium

Typically they ask one of their rotating, junior officers to chair section.

White Sands Space Harbor Currently not holding meetings but submitting annual reports

Stephen McDougle is the point of contact (for many years).

Section Award Money

• One of our larger sections, after Jane’s webinar, sent an email to their officers suggesting the not sub awards applications since there was no money. “It is that time of year where we write up the annual report and apply for

awards. However, there is a new twist. "Large" sections do not get any monetary award if they win an award. Therefore, I am not to inclined to write up any award forms. However, if you would like to for your individual [specialty], please let me know and I will get you the form.”

• Another of our larger sections, when I asked them, said they planned to still submit awards applications out of trying to have a good attitude (with a sigh).

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Reception in Grapevine

• The three persons in Region leadership who attended the reception in Dallas really liked it. They felt it was great to meet people in person and make new connections.

• I had hoped for more attendance since it was in Texas, but for those who attended it was great.

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My biggest concerns today/Student Paper Conference

• My #1 concern last year was the student paper conference Phillip Crawford of Waco, Texas, took it on after he and I talked at length at the

January reception. With the help of Adam Huang (U. Arkansas) and Daniel Nobles (Houston) they put

it on at Baylor, University on short order. Successful event – included tours of test stands at Space X and hangers (with two

747s) at L3. Space X also contributed funds to support. 18 students attended, 13 presentations (U. Arkansas, Texas A&M, U. New

Mexico, U. T. San Antonio). Future Student Paper Conferences:

– 2014: Albuquerque (travel costs will be high, they are looking at fundraising)– 2015: Houston

As an aside, I sent an email to all region members asking for paper judges and we got a large response, both oral and electronic – perhaps over 50 volunteers.

• My section, Southwest Texas Section, a historically strong and award-winning section is not as active as it used to be (there were even local sections of both ARS and IAS when AIAA formed).

Southwest Texas Educational Outreach

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From Houston’s Horizon Editor (Douglas Yazell)

• He’s been running (for free) ads for the Heinlein estate to sell a new printing of collected works.

• He wants to contact all section newsletter editors to see if they will run those ads.

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Backup Slides

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