Region I RAC Report:Greater Philadelphia SectionEric Tran, Vice-Chair & Acting ChairBrett Hoffstadt, RAC Representative

February 2011

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Upcoming Activities

• February 21 – Egg Drop Competition at Drexel University (AIAA presence)

22 – Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Don Thomas (NASA Astronaut) @ Villanova University

• March 15-16 CVD (no RSVPs yet)

25 – Regional Aerospace Symposium!

• April 12 – Yuri’s Night (party) and Space Shuttle 30th Anniversary

Greater Philadelphia Regional Aerospace Symposium

https://sites.google.com/site/aiaaphilly/home

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Recent Activities

• December 16 – Dinner Meeting with AIAA Senior Member David Yoel: “Transforming Unmanned Aircraft Into Operational Systems”

• February 8 – Joint dinner meeting with AHS (Amer. Helicopter Society), Dan Newman from DARPA (DARPA Rotorcraft R&D projects)

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Recent Activities (continued)

• Bylaws under review and revision with Council• February Newsletter released Feb 3rd

• Matthew Johnson, new Communications Chair (appointed); Mark Brown stepped down. Thanks to Emily for guiding us through the process!

• Lots of planning and soliciting for Symposium (led by Justin Likar)

• Coordinating participation in Philadelphia Science Festival (led by Brian Anderson)

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Recent Activities (continued)

• New section logo designed by Ofer Tamir, approved by AIAA HQ, and released to section:

• Thanks Ofer!

Membership

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• Need lesson/reminder how to get roll-up totals of current members in each category

• Announcement went out requesting for the Honors & Awards Nominating Committee

• Distribution List in gmail account is up to date, thanks to Matt Johnson!

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Finances

• Checking balance: $8,916

Thanks again for CAT-III award for Symposium student awards!

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Chairman’s report• Still looking for improvement:

Data-maker membership report is showing some duplicates and non-section members, Membership Chair work has been hard to make a proper count

Minimum: affordable email service for >500 recipients

Dream: AIAA-hosted service that automatically syncs with official member database