Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #268
18 September 2003
The President called the meeting to order at 8:26 PM. Members present were
Rick Eversole, Pierce Nichols, Adrian Tymes, Michael Wallis, and Chris
Winter.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
Chris inquired whether enough ERPS brochures are on hand. The answer was
"Yes".
INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
Adrian reported that the Mars Society is interested in our F.A.S.T.
proposal. Reportedly, someone from the southern California chapter credits
it with inspiring HR36 (?) -- the Space Exploration Act of 2003.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
Michael announced two upcoming conferences: the Space Frontier Conference,
October 10-12 in Los Angeles, and the AIAA Space Conference in Long Beach.
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
We have money. Rick reported the results of an executive board meeting:
The budgets for peroxide purchase and for sparger/FF development have been
merged, and $2,000 has been reallocated from that budget to POGO.
There was much discussion of whether and why Paypal might freeze an
account. As a result of this, it was decided to transfer $250 from our
Paypal account to checking, thus minimizing our exposure.
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
Pierce needs help with sparger development at the Rocket Ranch. There was
much discussion about this, and about the best route for Adrian to take to
get to the Ranch.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Pierce reported his work on the yellow instrumentation box: Installing a
new 16-channel A/D board, charging the batteries, and fixing a problem that
caused them to discharge even when the unit was switched off.
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Dave Masten
See Flight Controls, above.
KISS
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Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
Spike
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
New Business
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Once again the question of a suitable meeting place was discussed. Since
no on else had anything to recommend, Michael decided that our next meeting
will take place at a Denny's in Santa Clara.
Meeting #268 adjourned at 9:14 PM. The next meeting will take place 2
October 2003 at the Denny's on Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. Watch the list
for full driving directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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