UASEDS After SpaceVision Banquet

General Meeting 11/9/09

Volunteers for SpaceVision will need to pick up their Dean's Excuses at the UASEDS office
For the SpaceVision Star Party, if UASEDS members want to bring their own telescopes, please let Kyle know beforehand
Kevin is volunteering at a middle school camp on Tuesday, Nov 17, to teach them a bit about the night sky
If members are interested in volunteering as well, please contact Kevin
Volunteers would need to meet up at the Steward parking lot around 7:30 pm
The Astronomy Club is holding a Star Party on Friday, Nov 20

General Meeting 11/2/09

Kyle mentioned to general members to sign up on the SpaceVision website if they were interested in attending and volunteering
For the SpaceVision conference, UASEDS should be able to get the mall lights turned off for the Star Party during the conference
UASEDS watched youtube videos of the Ares I-X launch and Behind the Scene: When the Galaxies Collide

General Meeting 10/26/09

Kyle talked about how volunteers registered for the SpaceVision conference
Kyle also asked if people were willing to pick up people from the airport for the conference
He showed the schedule for the conference and explained the speakers
UASEDS might hold a gathering for the Ares 1X testing at 5 am
UASEDS might plan an event for Yuri's Night in April

Officer Meeting 10/25/09

UASEDS will plan for an event on Yuri's night
Kevin will ask the SkyCenter if they can get us a mirror lab tour after SpaceVision
Pye Pye still needs to plan for a percentage night before the semester is over.
UASEDS will start to plan for the California trip after SpaceVision

Star Party; SpaceVision Volunteer info (You MUST READ if you plan to volunteer!!)

Hello everyone,

SEDS is planning on joining an Astronomy Club star party this Friday, October 23rd. The plan is to meet at Which-Wich on University at 4 pm to eat beforehand. If you can't make it to dinner, you should plan to meet up with everyone at 5pm in the Steward Observatory/ Sonett parking lot by the SEDS office. They will be heading up to Windy Point near Mt. Lemmon, so please keep in mind that it will likely be VERY cold, so dress appropriately. If you are interested in attending, please email Kevin at kevinkhu@email.arizona.edu .

If you are planning on volunteering for SpaceVision 2009, the SEDS national conference, you must read the following information:

SpaceVision 2009 is the SEDS national conference being held here at the University of Arizona from November 12-15, 2009. Our conference website can be found here: http://spacevision.seds.org/ . Our current speaker list is as follows:

• Brant Adams (General Manager, Research Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering (ROME) at NASA Langley Research Center, Jacobs Technology)
• Keith Beck (General Manager, NASA Test and Evaluation Contract Group at NASA White Sands Test Facility, Jacobs Technology)
• Ben Brockert (Aerospace Technician, Masten Space Systems)
• Lynn Cline (Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HQ)
• Ken Davidian (Program Lead, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation)
• Peter Diamandis (Chairman & Founder, X-PRIZE Foundation)
• Jeff Foust (Senior Analyst, Futron Corporation)
• Richard Garriott (Private Space Explorer)
• Gabrielle Giffords (US Congresswoman; Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics)
• James Head (Chief Scientist, Raytheon)
• Chris Impey (Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona)
• Mark E. Kelly (NASA Astronaut)
• Dante Lauretta (Deputy Principal Investigator, OSIRIS Mission)
• Richard Leis (Operations Specialist, HiRISE)
• Chris Lewicki (Chief Engineer, LewickiDyne Systems)
• Taber MacCallum (CEO, Paragon Space Development Corporation)
• Jim Muncy (President & Founder, PoliSpace)
• Bob Richards (Founder & CEO, Odyssey Moon Limited)
• Marcia Rieke (Principle Investigator, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam))
• Guillermo Söhnlein (Managing Director, Space Angels Network)
• Simon "Pete" Worden (Director, NASA Ames)

If you cannot tell already, this conference is a huge undertaking that cannot possibly be successful without your help. Based on my estimate, we will need about 100 hours of volunteer time from local SEDS members like you.

If you are a dues paying member, for 4 hours of volunteering, you will receive free conference registration ($15 value) as well as a free conference T-shirt ($10 value). In you are not a dues paying member, but still a student, for 6 hours of volunteering, you will receive free conference registration ($25 value) as well as a free conference T-shirt ($10 value). If you are still interested, please take a look at the following spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnOpfNFc5JHVdHJBRXIteC1pbmFTUkNfVXpZekl0U0E&hl=en

This spreadsheet contains every conceivable volunteer opportunity for our conference. If you would like to volunteer for SpaceVision 2009, please do the following:

1. Read over this spreadsheet until you understand it (hopefully it is clear). The yellow tinted rows are a higher priority over the white rows, so please focus on those first. I have listed the conference activities you would be missing by volunteering at a certain time so you can make sure not to miss talks/ events that interest you most.
   
2. Find a combination of 4-6 hours (or more!) that you are able to volunteer.
3. Reply to this email with a list of reference numbers (the first column - "Ref #") corresponding to the times you would like to volunteer. For example, if you would like to help assemble conference bags and take the first shift for conference registration on Thursday, you would give me reference numbers 1 & 6. In your email, please also make sure to include your full name and cell phone number.
   
4. Once you email me this info, I will respond as soon as possible letting you know that I added you to the spreadsheet. Please check to make sure that I added you correctly, and email me if a change needs to be made.

Spots will be filled on a "first-come-first serve" basis. As a volunteer, you will be required to attend one volunteer orientation. I will be holding at least two different orientations the week of SpaceVision to accommodate everyone's schedule (I'll send exact times for these next week).

One thing I ask is that you read EVERY future email I send to you with [SPACEVISION] in the subject line, as it will contain very important information specific to your volunteering..

If you have any quesitons at all, please let me know.

Thanks,
Kyle Stephens
President, UASEDS
Director, SpaceVision 2009

Officer Meeting 10/11/09

Kevin will make a survey for those that went on the Kitt Peaktrip
Game Night will be Friday at Steward, starting at 7pm
Kyle will remind members to bring computers if they want to do lan games
UASEDS will bring out their telescope for the Flandrau Halloween event, which occur on Friday and Saturday
After SpaceVision, there will be a Mirror Lab tour
There might be a game night for dead day
Keri needs to ask Dr Walker for a presentation on Oct 26
kyle will ask HiRISE to talk on Oct 19
UASEDS officers will try to get members to give presentation at future meetings
Pye Pye will send out a list of her ideas on the officer listserv
Kyle will look at a camping ground beach to view the stars for the California trip
UASEDS will try to plan to tour NASA Ames and JPL
There is a shuttle launch occurring in the middle of Spring Break
The California trip might happen during the first after of Spring Break
UASEDS will tour the LBT in late April
UASEDS officer meeting might not occur next week