Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #285
17 June 2004
The President called the meeting to order at 8:02 PM. Members present were
Rick Eversole, Gerry Nordley, Julie Porter, Adrian Tymes, Michael Wallis,
David Weinshenker, and Chris Winter. Roger Gregory visited again to give
and get a status update.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
Nothing to report
INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch
Julie advised that she has posted links to the TINA information on the
mailing list.
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
Pierce relayed a request from Dave M: Please keep the front office at #23
clean in order to avoid giving visitors a negative opinion of our
operations.
Gerry reported that the parties at Baycon were all quite successful.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
Michael has heard nothing lately from the NASA Centennial Challenges
group.
Nothing new has been announced concerning S.1260, but there is still a
chance (a slight one) that the bill will pass during the current session of
Congress.
Pierce reported that the FAA was hoping for a string of three successful
civilian launches: CSXT, SpaceShipOne, and Paragon. Due to the failure of
Paragon, they only got two.
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
Rick needs estimated budgets from all project leads ASAP so he can prepare
the overall budget for next fiscal year.
He is working to complete this year's annual report so it can be published
on the Web site.
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
Dave W reported that fabrication of parts for Freezewheel Mark I is
complete. The parts are now being cleaned prior to assembly and testing of
the apparatus.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
-------
Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Ranch issues: * The only regulatory hurdle in the way of emplacing the
large diesel generator is to pin down the minimum distance required between
the engine and any nearby vegetation.
* When we are ready to pour the 4' x 6' by 0.5' pad for the
generator,
we will have to buy cement, sand &etc. but can use Chuck's mixer.
* As for the water tanks, we can proceed with remaining work
whenever
Chuck is ready.
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
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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None
Meeting #285 adjourned at 8:45 PM. The next meeting will take place on 1
July 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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