General Meeting Minutes - 9/25/08

UA SEDS Officers introduced themselves to the new members that were just put on the listserv
Kyle mentioned what Space Vision is about and where it's located
Josh gave a list of people that will be speaking at Space Vision
On a head count, there was a high interest in going to Space Vision
Two people were willing to take there personal vehicles to Space Vision
SEDS members would probably need to pay $30 for the trip
If members are interested in the dinner bouquet, the members have to fund it for themselves
Other trips that are being considered: Colossal Cave, Kitt Peak, Mirror Lab, LBT, MMT, Titian Missile Museum
An email, or next meeting, will be send to members about the dates for these smaller trips
Most projects are on the East Coast and therefore Kyle is looking for competition on the West Coast
Competitions in consideration are: Mars Society's rover competition; Cansat competition; building competition with the other clubs; rocket project
Members are more than welcome to suggest other project that we could appreciate in
There are still finishing touches to the telescope that need to be done
The finishing up meeting for the telescope will happen Saturday at noon in the SEDS Office
The telescope will be brought out on Saturday night after the meeting
The food store locations were announced
Out-reaching events are being looked into for this semester
Members that are interested in going into the Machine shop class need to contact Kyle so he can send the list to the person in charge of organizing the Machine shop
Robert gave an update about what had occurred at the Council of Chapters in the National SEDS