Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #290
02 September 2004
The President called the meeting to order at 8:27 PM. Members present were
Rick Eversole, Sean Lynch, Pierce Nichols, Julie Porter, Michael Wallis and
David Weinshenker.
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
Nothing to Report
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
Rick and Gerry failed to connect to get brochures to Worldcon.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
Nothing to report.
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
We are short of the approximately $3500 needed to pay the rent for 2005 on
Unit #26.
We continue to operate without a budget for the remainder of fiscal year
2004.
A check has been written to cover the cost of the generator (see
propellants).
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
See Gizmocopter
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
The insulated box was not sufficient to overcome heat losses in the
freewheel design. The next step is to use a system with more capacity. A
new compressor is on order.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Sean Lynch
Progress is being made on Gizmocopter. The latest issues appear related to
an apparent corrupted flash memory on the PC104 board. Next steps are to
fix this issue. Serial communications are now working.
A suggestion was made to attempt a full day working session in an attempt
to focus efforts to get Gizmocopter working.
KISS
----
Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
----
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 #290 adjourned at 9:14 PM. The next meeting will take place on 16
September at the Denny's on Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. Watch the list
for full driving directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Rick Eversole
Treasurer, ERPS
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