officer 3/3/10

UASEDS will be going to the LBT the first weekend of May (either that Saturday or Sunday)
UASEDS will most likely go with the Astronomy class 300b
UASEDS will probably be going to Kartchner/Tombstone right after the California Trip
UASEDS fundraisers will be discusses at a fundraising meeting
The UASEDS California Trip might visit a SETI related facility and Space Society in Pasadena
Kyle is paying for all the hotels for the California Trip, which Space Grant will reimburse him for
The UASEDS Snack Store has expanded the items it normally contains

General Meeting 3/1/10

Tours for NASA centers, X-Core, and Masten Space Flight have been confirmed for the California trip
UASEDS will probably go to Griffith Observatory or JPL, depending on what we can do on Wednesday
There are 17 UASEDS members that are going on the California trip and 5 cars, with drivers being able to select a co-drivr
At 6 pm on Wednesday, Kyle will send an email for members to pick a car they would like to be in
There is an UASEDS Game Night on Friday at 7 pm that will partnered with FUN Club
UASEDS will follow up on the machine shop class for members that were interested in holding
For the UASEDS members that are volunteering for NOAO event at 6pm on March 6th, there will be a meeting on Thursday night to let the volunteers know what they are expected to do for the event
UASEDS will being volunteering for the Flandrau event on Wednesday, March 3, around 6pm and ending around 10pm
UASEDS will be bringing out their telescope
For those members that are really interested in volunteering for all of Flandrau's event, ones that UASEDS normally doesn't go to, email to Kyle so he can give your names to the director of Flandrau
UASEDS will be volunteering at a Star Show for Flandrau, tomorrow. March 2, leaving around 9:15 am to go to the Guest Range
UASEDS and LPL are hosting Yuri's Night
UASEDS members that are interested in helping are to email Kyle
UASEDS is allowed to sale food at Yuri's Night, so members are encourage to email Kyle with any ideas that they might have
Kyle will arrange a tour at AZ-LIVE
UASEDS can be part of a project that gives a presentation to high schools as to why they should care about space
UASEDS members can sign up to volunteer at www.wewantourfuture.org if they are interested in this out-reach
UASEDS will either pay for the admission of members if they are attending ISDC 2010, or for their food if they are volunteering
UASEDS members are responsible for getting themselves to conferences if they are interested in going to any over summer, with UASEDS helping with a small part of the cost

officer 2/24/10

UASEDS has four of its California trip nights in a hotel
CALTECH SEDS couldn't get UASEDS a tour of JPL, but recommended visiting Mt Griffith telescope
Kyle will send an email that members, who are going on the trip, need to respond with their preferred cars
UASEDS Game Night will occur on March 5th starting at 6pm
Nathan has cleared out a good portion of the UASEDS' office back room

General Meeting 2/22/10

UASEDS had their members, who are going on the California Trip, filled out a paper for some of the NASA tours
The drivers for the trip are Kyle, Bythe, Nathan, Pye Pye, and Triana
Each driver will pick a co-driver for their car
Members are to meet in parking lot of Steward at 8 am on Saturday, March 13th, and are asked to bring sleeping bag, warm clothes, close toe shoes, snacks, swim suit, and money
UASEDS will be coming back by Wednesday, March 17th, around 5 pm
UASEDS will pay for the hotel and ask that one person from each car pay for gas that will be reimburse later
NOAO is holding an event on Mar 6th after 6pm that UASEDS members can volunteer at
Members are to email Kyle if they are interested in volunteering for more information
There will be a Game night on March 5th
The Kartchner/Tombstone trip will happen after spring break

officer 2/17/10

The Kartchner Cavern and Tombstone trip will be moved to be after Spring Break
For the UASEDS California trip, Pye Pye's house is only able to house 10 people, AMES tour is confirmed, and 19 people are going on the trip
UASEDS needs to ask people to speak at Yuri's Night, Apr 10th, since we're planning on having at least 3 lectures that night
There will be a UASEDS Game Night on March 5
UASEDS will attached a specific out-reach duty to one of the positions before the next elections take place

General Meeting 2/15/10

For the UASEDS California trip, we will be leaving on Mar 13th at 8 am and will be returning on Thursday 3 or 5 pm
The fee is $40, and extra $11 if members are interested in a Star Trek exhibit
Those that are driving, the base fee is free
Please email Kyle if you are able to drive
UASEDS will go to Kartchner Caverns and Tombstone on Mar 6
There will be a fee of about $10 and members will have to email Kyle or Kevin if they want to go
LPL will help UASEDS to celebrate Yuri's Night on Apr 10th
There are many people that will do out-reach activities
There will be a few lectures on space as well
UASEDS will try to organizing something with the Skybar
UASEDS and SpaceVision 2009 T-shirts are $10
There will be history of LPL lecture on Wed, Feb 17, at 7pm
If UASEDS members are interested in the Machine Shop, please email bickle
UASEDS still hasn't heard from OSIRIS-REx
SEDS-USA are opening up a new position for Public Relations representative
Members should email Kyle if they are interested in more information

General Meeting 2/8/10

UASEDS will have confirmed destinations for the California trip next week
UASEDS members will need to commit to the trip by next week
The UASEDS office hours are posted online and will be posted on the door of the office soon
UASEDS will put on an event for Yuri's Night, with LPL helping out
UASEDS will form a committee that will put the event together for Saturday, Apr 10th
UASEDS members that are interested in OSIRIS-REx wrote which project they were interested in
Matt Goodman gave a presentation on his project: "Solidification in Space"

officer 2/3/10

Kevin will finalize the plan for the California Spring Break trip
Kyle will talk to Josh & Chris Lewicki about contacts for the California trip
UASEDS will be going to Kartchner Caverns and Tombstone by end of February
Kevin will see how much are the tickets for gun show for Tombstone and the cost for Kartchner
There will be an email sent out to confirm who is going on the Tombstone and Kartchner trip
Kevin will contact the glass blowing people who will be making our bell jar
Bythe has keys and is on the credit account
Kyle will see if there is a club card to SamClub that UASEDS already owns
For UASEDS club meetings, we will try to get talks on the Rockoon project on the progress from the members, the Hamradio club, on recent space news/events, and volunteered student presentations
Kyle will see if we can get someone from Paragon to talk at one of the UASEDS meetings
UASEDS will plan for a Mirror Lab tour around April before LBT trip
Kyle will talk about Yuri's Night next meeting
Kyle is looking for ideas for the event, to have a group form a committee
LPL might help us with Yuri's Night
The main focus for Yuri's Night will be out-reach with a few lectures
LPL is hosting a Brown Lunch Bag for the OSIRIS-REx mission on Feb 26 from 12-1:30pm
Other small trips that UASEDS can take are to the IMAX in Phoenix and the Science Center in Phoenix

General Meeting 2/1/10

The new UASEDS Treasurer is Blythe Guvenen
UASEDS members that are interested in getting involve with OSIRIS-REx will be meeting at 5 pm on Tuesday
The $250 Award money will go towards purchasing a Bell Jar (Rockoon(), Bell Jar(16), LEGO mindstorms(14), Gas Money(4))
There is an Arizona rocket launch happening soon around late Feb that UASEDS member can go to either see rockets or launch their own rocket
UASEDS will take small trips to the MMT, LBT, and Kartchner/Tombstone (PIMA(5);TITAN(12);Kartchner/Tombstone(will go at some point);MMT(try to go))
Kyle mentioned the 2011 budget plan that involves NASA and space policy

officer 1/27/10

Triana will remind people of the candidacy of Treasure that is due on Friday at 5pm
There are 10 people that will be helping out with Flandrau event
UASEDS officers will be getting food for the picnic
Kyle will be emailing people that are coming to the Flandrau event and LPL event
The Out-Reach personal for OSIRIS-REx will be able to meet with students on Tuesday 5pm
Kevin will make a list of places to go for trips during February
UASEDS will be bringing out the UASEDS Telescope on the UA mall throughout the semester
UASEDS will look into volunteering for National SEDS out-reach projects
UASEDS will be looking to work with LPL for a public event on Yuri's Night
Mike Drake, UASEDS advisor, is in the hospital and there is a get-well card in LPL academic office?
UASEDS will plan for more Game Nights to occur in the semester
MathCats wants to partner up with UASEDS
UASEDS will invite MathCats to the Saturday picnic
There will be no UASEDS and ASCEND join up since ASCEND will be launching their payload soon
The National Public Relation might be a sub-position of National Chair with no voting rights

General Meeting 1/25/10

At the beginning of the meeting, all UASEDS members and officers introduced themselves to each other
The possible short UASEDS trips are Titan Missile Museum, PIMA Air and Space Museum, Large Binocular Telescope, Raytheon, Kartchner Caverns, a camping night with the telescope, and Colossal Caves
UASEDS members also have the opportunity to have observing runs at a few of the telescopes around Tucson
UASEDS members that are interested in these observing runs must submit a proposal
Contact Kevin (kevinkhu at email.arizona.edu) if you are interested in writing a proposal
The UASEDS big trip for the semester is a road trip around California, hitting sites like Vanden Air Force Base, Edward Air Force Base, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, SpaceX, Scaled Composites, Masten Space Systems, Palomar Observatory, San Jose Tech Museum, and other sites around the San Francisco area
If UASEDS members know of any other places to go around California, please email Kevin
We will be leaving on Saturday, March 13, returning on either Wed or Thursday
The Ca trip will be a mixture of camping and hotel
The special Treasurer election will take place next meeting, Monday Feb 1
If UASEDS members are interested in such a position, please read over the constitution or Kyle's presentation for the duties of the Treasurer and condition to run for a position before emailing Triana (thenz at email.arizona.edu) with your intent and platform by 5pm on Friday (Jan 29th)
The Treasurer term will only last for the semester
At SpaceVision 2009, UASEDS won from ISU/AAS a $250 Diversity Award that we would like UASEDS members to propose ideas on how to use it affectively
Email Kyle (kyle824 at email.arizona.edu) with your ideas on how to best use the money
UASEDS will have a picnic lunch with the Astronomy Club on Saturday, Jan 30th from 11am-1pm at Reid Park
If UASEDS members are attending, please bring an item/food
Flandrau is having an event this Friday at 6:30-10pm that UASEDS members can help with operating the UASEDS Telescope
UASEDS members that are going to volunteer need to meet at the SEDS office
UASEDS was asked to help gauged student interest/create a group of students for the student-base project part of the OSIRIS-REx mission, one of three finalists in the New Frontiers program
If UASEDS members are interested in being part of the group of students for this mission, please email Kyle
UASEDS need about 7 volunteers for the Arizona Meteorite Exhibition Sat, Jan 30th from 5:45-9pm in LPL
If UASEDS members are interested in taking the Machine Shop course, please email Kyle (about 8 students need to be interested in order for the class to take place)
UASEDS Office Hours will be posted on the door of the office and online
UASEDS will arrange for members to be Flandrau volunteers, which will allow you to help out more directly with out-reach events by Flandrau and operate their 16 inch telescope that is open to the public
UASEDS dues are $10 for the semester
UASEDS have two Snack Stores, located in LPL and the office
UASEDS is looking for a member who is willing to maintain both stores, which requires the member to have a vehicle and a Sam's Club card or Costco card
If UASEDS members are interested in being part of the Rockoon Project, please email Matt(goodman at email.arizona.edu)
Members of the Rockoon project may be able to receive class credit for the project
Kyle showed a video of the first commercial spaceship that's on youtube
If members have any presentations that they would like to present at a meeting, or know of people that would be interested in talking to a group of students, please email an officer
If members are interested in a UASEDS T-shirt or a SpaceVision 2009 (both are $10), email an office with your size and which one you want

officer 1/20/10

Officer hours have been decided for the President, Communication, Trip coordinator, and Technology officer
There is a Club Fair tomorrow that UASEDS will be at from 9:30 am to 2pm
Pye Pye isn't the Treasurer so Kyle will announce the special elections for that position
UASEDS members will submit ideas on how to use the ISU money we were awarded at SpaceVision
The UASEDS Snack Stores need to have someone that will be able to maintain them throughout the semester
The UASEDS Snack Store in the office will be restock and have new items
UASEDS will be helping with the Flandrau event on Jan 29th
Kyle will talk to Mike T about getting more SEDS members to be telescope operators
Rockoon Project members are working on getting class credit for the work they have put into the project
The launch for the Rockoon is scheduled to happen in Aug
Money that the Engineering Student Council might be giving UASEDS will be put towards the Rockoon project
The UASEDS Officers think that the UASEDS representation at the Engineering Student Council should be part of the National Rep position in the future
UASEDS members are asked to help with Arizona Meteorite Exhibition on March 30th from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The first UASEDS meeting will be held in Steward N305 at 4 pm on Mondays
At the first UASEDS meeting, there will be free pizza and a short presentation on what is happening in space
Kyle hopes that there will be a possible UASEDS involvement in the ASCEND project
OSIRIS-REX is looking for student-base component for the mission
UASEDS members will come up with a list of what experiments or actions we would like to do for the OSIRIS-REX mission
UASEDS will visit the LBT in April
UASEDS will be holding a picnic at a local park on Jan 30th around noon
UASEDS will also be taking a trip in Feb, with the place to be announced
Triana will make a list of local space conferences that are coming up during this semester and summer that SEDS members can attend
UASEDS will help in some way for the people that are interested in going to ISDC 2010 in Chicago

officer 1/12/10

UASEDS General meeting will be on Monday at 4pm
UASEDS Officer meeting will be on Wednesday at 6pm
SpaceVision 2009 will be posted on youtube.com
trips: Ca trip during the first five to six day of spring break (eight destinations; $50 to go on the trip)
Out-reach: Keri's stuff; National SEDS packages are available for $40

Officer Meeting 12/6/09

Kyle will ask the people that awarded us the $250 at SpaceVision what they want us to use the money for
The $250 can go towards the California trip, rocket team, telescope project
UASEDS will put the options to a vote for members at the beginning of the semester
UASEDS will look at PIMA and UA campus to hold an event for Yuri's night
UASEDS will talk to other chapters for ideas if we can't come up with our own
UASEDS will hold the even on Saturday
UASEDS will invite other organizations to Yuri's Night to do fun activities for the event
Kevin will map out two kinds of trips for the California trip, one being for the whole week of the Spring Break and the other being for the beginning of half of Spring Break
UASEDS will look into reserving the beach camp in California
Other smaller trips that members will be able to go on are LBT and Pima or Titan
UASEDS will plan to build a smaller telescope, similar to the one that they already built
UASEDS will get funding by either Space Grant or sponsors
The first fundraiser will be percentage night in the second week of the semester
Wednesday morning (Dec 9th), UASEDS will plan to watch the launch of the WISE telescope at 6:30 am at Steward
There will be a Game Night on Wednesday (Dec 9th) at 7 pm
UASEDS will seek out Outreach opportunities
Space Grant would like UASEDS to work with Dark Sky Association
UA SEDS National is holding a competition for holiday decorating the SEDS offices that will end Jan 1st
For next semester; there will be a questionnaire for where members want to go to for the smaller trips;
UASEDS officers will push for more members to give presentations on various topics
UASEDS officers will meet before school starts to plan out when the officer meetings will be, general meeting, and office hours
The back room in the SEDS office will start to be cleared for more desk space
UASEDS will post a listing of the books they have in the back room
UASEDS is be presented at the engineering student council by one of the rocket members

General Meeting 11/23109

UASEDS had won a $250 award from ISU during the SpaceVision 2009 conference for having the most diversity in majors for the club
The Astronomy Club is taking a tour of the Mirror Lab on Tuesday, Nov 24
UASEDS will take a tour of the Mirror Lab some time next semester
UASEDS might have two more meetings this semester
UASEDS will hold a Game Night on Dead Day, Dec 11
Members can purchase SpaceVision volunteer T-shirts for $10, contact one of the officers if interested

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

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

Officer Meeting 10/4/09

For the Kitt Peak tour, we might not getting a tour of the 90 inch
Members are leaving at 10 am from the Steward parking lot
Members need to bring own lunch and jackets
There will be a game night 12 days
There is a movie night with the Astronomy club this friday
Kyle will have office hours finalize and posted on the door
Kyle should inform due paying members of the locker storage in the office
The Office Rules will be posted
Kyle will talk about his summer next meeting, grad student will talk about his research the week after
Keri will ask the UA radio club to talk about his NASA work on Oct 26th
Instead of having a normal meeting for SEDS before SpaceVision, we will have a volunteer meeting
Flandrau is having a halloween event and UASEDS will bring telescope and/or volunteer
Kyle will order UASEDS shirts Wednesday
Other events: mirror lab tour after spacevision; game night on dead day

Officer Meeting 09/27/09

The possible trips that UASEDS can go on for this semester are Kitt Peak, Oct 10th; Mirror Lab, after SpaceVision; and a possible NASA engineering launch in New Mexico, Oct 17th
UASEDS will going to the Youth Camp on Monday after the UASEDS meeting
UASEDS will try to bring the telescope to the Youth Camp
UASEDS will create a scale model of the telescope for outreach events
Kyle will make the telescope manual by Oct 1

UASEDS General Meeting 09/21/09

The Biosphere 2 trip will take place this Saturday, Sept 25, at 8 am and will be returning around 2 pm
Dues paying members need to pay $10 for the trip.
Pye Pye gave a presentation about altering images to make them 3D, using the Apollo images as her examples
Kevin gave a presentation about how HIRISE does their 3D imaging
If any members would like to give out presentations at meetings, they would need to talk to Kyle about scheduling it in.
There will be a SpaceVision meeting this Sunday at noon in the SEDS office

SEDS General Meeting 09/14/09

• Susan Brew, director of the Arizona Space Grant Consortium, and Michael J. Drake, director of LPL and UASEDS, introduced themselves to the members of SEDS

• Kevin announced the times that HOV training is available for all students of the UA, which can be found here: http://risk.arizona.edu/training/index.shtml

• Kyle gave a presentation about why space is important

• UASEDS held their tech officer and national representative elections today

• Candidates for tech officer were John Pierce and Nathan Mogk

• Nathan Mogk won the position

• Candidates for national rep were Tyler Manitakos, Sara Meschberger, and Keri Hancock

• Keri Hancock won the position

Officer Meeting 08/16/09

-first meeting will be on the second Monday of the school year at 4 pm.
-club dues: $20 for both semesters; $10 for each
-mouthly star parties
-big trips: California, Utah, Colorado
-small trips: Raytheon, MMT, LBT, Kitt Peak, Skycenter
-announce the open officer positions at the first meeting
-clean the office before school starts
-contact someone from the Rockoccon team to see what they did to the office
-write up the telescope manual
-hand out sign-up sheets for T-shirts
-have dues paying members write their information on membership forms and Space Grant forms
-Fall Club Fair: the first Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm
-plan for trips to the IMAX in Phoenix for space-themed movies

Officer meeting 4/27/09

UASEDS will be ordering 9 pizzas for the election meeting (9 pies)
Mike will make the ballots for the elections
There will be a UASEDS Game Night on May 6th and it will start at 6pm
There will be a potluck for the UASEDS Game Night
Mike will update the UASEDS computers

Officer Meeting 4/20/2009

UASEDS will be getting a fridge from Astro
There will be 17 people going on the LBT trip
UASEDS will be renting an HOV and van
UASEDS memebers can get their club T-shirts at the meeting
UASEDS will pay for the entrance fee for the ISDC (5 yes, 0 no, 1 netural
UASEDS will be selling shotglasses at the ISDC
Mike will update the UASEDS computers with their needed programs
Only three people are running for the UASEDS elections
Mike will send out another email to the members
There will be pizza at the election meeting
There will be a UASEDS Game Night on Wednesday May 6
Current UASEDS officers that are not going to be in their positions next semester need to write up a report on their position

Action items for next meeting:
alumni member clause (privilege)
requirements for positions
what do to if we don't have a president
what do to if we don't have a treasure

General Meeting 4/16/2009

Jacobs is willing to do a live feed of anything in NASA for the Space Vision 2009 confernce
UASEDS members think that a live feed of a current mission project would be nice to see
Next week's meeting is going to be in 450
SEDS shotglasses will be for ISDC conference
UASEDS t-shirt will be in the SEDS office Friday 4-15-09
UASEDS will provide lunch for the LBT trip
Members need to meet in the SEDS office at 10:30 am on April 25th
ISDC will take place in Orlando, Fl
UASEDS will most likely pay for the entrance fee
There will most likely be a SEDS house for the conference as well as a private tour of the Kennedy Space Center
Candidates for the UASEDS elections need to notify Mike of which position they want by next thursday at 3pm
The UASEDS elections will be the last meeting
There will be a game night on Wednesday, May 6
UASEDS is looking for a new fridge for the next year

Officer Meeting 4/13/2009

The fridge will be leaving at the end of the year
If a new fridge cost under $150, we will think about purchasing it
Kyle will look for one at Costco
Mike needs to update computers
The total cost for the New Mexico trip was $1124.51
UASEDS paid for the New Mexico trip $874.62
Astronomy club owes UASEDS $63
UASEDS currently has $400
T-shirts will arrive by Friday
UASEDS members will need to pay for the LBT trip by this thursday
Kevin will email members about the food that will be provided for the picnic
Space Grant will not be funding ISDC trip
UASEDS will decided later if it will pay for the entrance fee for its members
UASEDS will be ordering 72 shotglasses for ISDC
UASEDS will consider getting a new design for the shotglasses
Kyle will order the shotglasses by Friday
Kyle will present another Game night to be Wednesday, May 6

General Meeting 4/9/09

New Mexico pictures were being displayed
There was a Space Access summary
UASEDS will not be using the OrgSync that is provided by UA for general member use
JACOBS is interested in sending speakers to our Space Vision 2009
UASEDS T-shirts will be coming next week
UASEDS members that placed an order need to pay $10 at this meeting
Coleen offered to create a new officer position to interpretation of the constitution (voted: 1 yes; 11 no; 13 neutral)
To be able to be a candidate for a position, a member needs to be at two meetings
Two weeks before the election, there will be an announcement of who is running
One week before the election, there will be an email with the statements that the candidates will provide
There will be free pizza at the election meeting
UASEDS members that are interested in going to the LBT trip need to pay $10 by Game night
Game night is this Friday at 7 pm

Officer Meeting 4/6/09

Mike will send out an email for the elections
The elections will take place in the last week of the school year
Candidates that are interested in running for a position need to email Mike by next week
Amendments to the constitution will be made before the election
The trips will be paid for before the T-shirts are
Checks are needed to reimbursement people for the trips
The snack store stacker won't be a key holder position
There are 15 people that are interested in going to the LBT
There will probably be a 6 passenger van with the HOV
There will be a picnic prepared that will be paid for by SEDS
UASEDS members need to pay $10 and non-members need to pay $15
Game night this weekend
The Unreasonable team invited SEDS to one of their launches next friday
There will be pizza for last meeting

Officer Meeting 3/30/09

Mike is going to take his fridge when he graduates
UASEDS will start looking for another fridge when he does
UASEDS may need to buy a new printer
Amendments that will need to be added to the constitution are:
the academic standing for basic members; an alumni clause; and status of student
LBT trip will be on Apr 25th
An HOV will be taken and $10 will be charged to members that are going on the trip
Kyle will talk to Susan about the car situation for both the LBT trip and the New Mexico trip
25 T-shirts will be ordered
Members that wanted one will be charged $10
At the next general meeting, money for the shirts will be collected
The T-shirts will be ordered before the meeting

General Meeting Minutes - 3/26/09

UASEDS members need to pay for the New Mexico trip by the end of this meeting
UASEDS t-shirts will be sold at $10
On Apr 25th, there will be a trip to the LBT that will cost members either $5-$10
Trip Coordinator will need SID for the trips that will come, but especially for the New Mexico
The Girl Scout event will take place on Saturday from 6pm-8:30pm
If members are able to volunteer, some come to the office before hand
There will be a Game Night on Apr 10
The telescope will be taken out on Friday at 7 pm to make sure that all the modifications run smoothly

Officer Meeting 3/23/09

There are currently 19 people that want to go on the New Mexico trip
People can leave later if they need to
There is a possibility that we will need to rent a car
Members that want to go on the trip will need to pay by the general meeting March 26th.
For the Girl Scout event, we will need to get a firm count of how many members are willing to volunteer
We need for the Girl Scout event tape, paper, playdough, straws, and a classroom
There is a rocket launch called Desert Heat happening March 28th that will be told to mainly rocket project members
The LBT tour will take place Apr 25th
Officers will decide a time for meeting up and will rent an HOV for the trip
Elections will take place on the last meeting of Apr
Mike was voted in as the election offical (6 yes;0 no;0 neutral)
There will be a game night on April 10th
UASEDS will send Jeff from the rocket project to the rocket workshop over the summer
Kevin and Pye Pye will be taking care of the snack store during the summer
ISDC will be announced to members at the next meeting
UASEDS will pay for the conference fee for people that are willing to fly themselves over to the conference

General Meeting Minutes - 3/12/09

The winners for the iPod raffle are Emily for the iPod, Jasmine and Katie for the $15 iTunes giftcards
The UASEDS T-shirts will be black and request for sizes will be asked after spring break
Vote: to see if we need if we should talk about the changes to the constitution at this meeting or not (10 yes, 2 no[gets voted on now])
Vote: Constitution changes: to take out the academic standing clause in the membership; to keep the academic standing for candidates for an office position;the number of position that a candidate can run for(officers: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 neutral)(members: 8 yes, 0 no, 2 neutral)
UASEDS members need to pay for the New Mexico trip by the week after spring break
For Space Access, deans excuses will be given out
The Girl Scout event is Mar 28th.
There will be lots of activities and telescope viewing at this event
UASEDS volunteers will be needed from 6pm-9pm on Mar 28th
The Messier Marathon is on Mar 28th from 4 pm to sunrise
Coleen is having an educational out-reach program this summer around the beginning of August
Coleen is looking for people for help over the with this program, which is about a week long
During Spring break, the telescope will be modified and the first meeting will be on Monday at 4 pm

General Meeting Minutes - 3/5/09

Since Flandrau is shutting down, we're volunteering our time with events
There is a Flandrau telescope orientation training will take place Monday and Tuesday March 9th and March 10th
UASEDS will use our telescope this weekend for Moon, Venus, and Saturn at 5:30pm
UASEDS memebers are to meet in the SEDS office before hand
For the VLA trip, please give your name, SID and if you can drive in an email to Kevin or Kyle
For the LBT trip, it will be on a Saturday in April
During Spring Break Kyle will be fixing the UASEDS telescope
Please let Kyle know if you want to help
The Space Access conference is the same weekend as VLA trip and UASEDS will pay for conference admission
Mike was seeing if members were interested in an upgrade for the computers, but there was no interest
The goal for the raffle is $300 so that the prize can be an iTouch
The raffle will end next week
Tickets cost $1; 6 for $5 and members can purchase them from officers
Kyle was seeking opinions on how to conduct the election
UASEDS officers will look into making an amendment for elections to make it run smoother
Kyle will give a presentation on the Rocket Launch last weekend
There will be another Game Night in April
On March 28th there is a Girl Scout event that we will be bring out our telescope for

Officer Meeting Minutes 3/2/09

For the New Mexico trip, officers figured out the cost so we could pay for the same amount for Space Access
The New Mexico trip is about 900 mile trip
There will be a $25 is the charge for the trip
Astronomy will work out their own details for the trip
UASEDS will pay entrance fee for Space Access
To have a tour of Biosphere2 there is a $25 per person charge
Kevin will look into getting a better deal for a tour
An LBT trip will be on a Saturday in April
During Spring Break there will be telescope fixing
Kyle will make a list of things to buy
The SEDS Planetary podcast needs to be finished filming by mid May,
The official launching of these podcast will be in August
Flandrau will hold telescope training next Monday or Tuesday
So far, only Kevin and Pye Pye have sold $120 worth of tickets for the raffle
This weekend there is a viewing of Saturn, Venus, and Moon that we will be helping with
On March 28th, there is a Girl Scout star party that UASEDS will be helping with
There will be a Game Night in April
UASEDS will try to plan a night viewing of a rocket launch for various reasons
Pye Pye will look into the pricing of T-shirt making from various companies
Updates from SEDS National: they are getting a new server; they are updating Google Earth; on the main website, there will be updates on events and projects with markers that will let high school students know what they can go to; they are looking into advertising on facebook

General Meeting Minutes - 2/19/09

Chris Lewicki gave a talk about his involved in SEDS as well as his career
Kyle will email members about updates when they are coming up

Officer Meeting 2/9/09

There will a game night on Feb 20th
Telescope supplies have been approved by four officers
Kyle will plan the repairs for telescope
Kevin is going to rent video equipment from oscr
Filming for the podcast might happen this weekend
Mike needs to have a link to the rocket project
Officers will think of fun space projects for the March 1st Girl Scout event
UASEDS needs to send people to Space Access to promote Space Vision
The Rocket launch is on Feb 27 to Mar 1 and it will be an official trip if Matt is able to use his father's apartment
Officers need to think about what to do with the poster image

General Meeting Minutes - 2/5/09

UASEDS is going to have a room change since the projector isn't there
The new room is in 450
There is a Mirror lab tour on Friday, Feb 6, at 3:50pm
Memebers are to meet on the East side of football stadium and wear closed toe shoe
SEDS National is creating a Podcast about the Solar System
UASEDS is volunteering to film the podcast once the script is done
The podcast should be completely done by March 1
There is an Engineering club fair on Feb 16 from 11:30am -2:30pm, contact Triana if you can watch the booth between those times
UASEDS is holding a raffle for different kinds of iPods this month
The iPods (nano, 8G iTouch, or other) will vary depending on the amount of tickets that are sold and the 2nd and 3rd place winners will get $15 gift cards
If members are interested in selling the tickets, please contact Pye Pye to be on that list
The UASEDS telescope repair day is next Saturday in the SEDS office
There is a rocket launch event on Feb 22-23 in Phoenix
If members are interested in go to this event, please contact an the rockoon project leader or an officer
Due to budget cuts, UASEDS has volunteered to help Flandrau in preserving some of its core projects
UASEDS will provide more information about this when it becomes available
There is an Astronomy star party after the Mirror Lab tour, people are asked to pay $5 for food
There is a google rockoon project listserv, please contact Matthew to be placed onto that listserv
There are Space Vision meetings on Sundays at noon in the SEDS office

Officer Meeting Minutes 2/2/09

The UASEDS fundraiser flyers will be place in a few buildings that give us permission to hang the flyers
The prize for selling less than 200 tickets is a 4th generation nano
The prize for selling more than 300 tickets is a 8G itouch
The prize for selling more than 500 tickets is the winner's choose
The tickets are $1, but people can get 6 tickets for $5
UASEDS is going start selling the tickets next Monday
If UASEDS members sales 5 tickets, they get a free ticket for themselves
Another prize will be iTune gift card that are worth $15 dollars for the 2nd and 3rd place winners
Kyle will talk to people at VLA and/or Sunspot for the New Mexico trip so that the Trinity Site isn't the main attraction to go to
For the Engineering Club fair, UASEDS won't bring the 18" telescope, but other telescopes are okay (maybe)
The 18" telescope needs repairs and the meeting for these repairs will take place next Saturday (Feb 14)
There will be a new piece of fabric to extend the shod so that the secondary mirror cage is covered as well
New duck tape will be purchased at Costco
UASEDS officers will ask dues paying members if they are interested in participating in the "Rock On" rocket camp during the summer
In March, UASEDS will take out our 18" telescope for a local gathering of all the girl scout troops in Tucson for their star gazing event
Emily is observing at the MMT, starting from the Feb 15th
Kevin will look into seeing if there is any interest in going to the MMT from the members

General Meeting Minutes - 1/29/09

Space Business talked about a new college within the school that they are trying to set up for new space companies and that they had a presentation today, Thursday Jan 29, at 6:30pm
UASEDS is going to tour the Mirror Lab next Friday (Feb 6) at 4 pm
Members that are interested in going are to meet in front of lab on the east side of stadium
Next UASEDS meeting, there might be a guest speaker to talk to us about LST
The rockoon project meets on Sunday at 2 pm in SEDS office and members are to contact Matt if they are interested
The SEDS National Conference, Space Vision, meets on Sunday at noon in the SEDS office and memebers are to contact Kyle if they are interested in helping with the organization
Rock On is a NASA rockery workshop and Space Grant is willing to fund about three SEDS members to attend
The Rock On is in late June and it is a week long
There is a place on www.seds.org that allows SEDS members to place their resumes for space companies to look at
Someone from the engineering department will come to talk to the UASEDS about writing resumes in one of the meetings
UASEDS has volunteered to help film podcast for a National SEDS project, volunteers and cameras are needed
The New Mexico trip will take place the weekend of April 4th
The trip is to mainly go to the Trinity site, but other locations are possible as well
Personal vehicles will be taken on the New Mexico trip
There is an Engineering Club fair on Feb 16th from 10 am to 3 pm, anyone that is interested in helping out is to contact Triana with times that they are able to help out
The next Machine shop class will take place Thursday nights, contact Kyle if you are interested in taking the class
Maria Schuchardt is the person that the head of the space imagery lab and she is looking for SEDS members that are interested in working for her, the pay is $7 an hour, 10 hours a week
If you are interested in taking up this position, contact her and mention that you are from SEDS (her email is mariams@lpl.arizona.edu)
Those who wish/need to pay dues are to contact an officer or Pye Pye, for the rest of the semester, the dues are $10
Space Access is a space conference in Phoenix that's being held on Apr 2 through Apr 4
A rocket launch will take place in Phoenix for a duration of 3 day of launch next month, if members are interested in attending, contact Kevin
There will be a trip to the LBT sometime in April
Mike request that files on SEDS computers be removed before Tuesday since he is planning on working on them to make them better

Officer Meeting Minutes 1/26/09

Two possible speakers for two future meetings are Pinto, maybe next week, and Angel
The Mirror Lab tour is a sure thing
The Rockoon project might launch in the end of the year
Katie isn't project leader for the rockoon project and Matt is the new project leader [6 yes, 0 no, 0 neutral]
Kyle will give list of people's SID to Susan for to make sure that they are in good academic standing
Things to bring to the career fair are rockets, telescope, etc
The telescope picture will happen before meeting and maybe in front of Steward
Voting for new officer meetings: weekends (0 yes, 6 no) Monday 11 am (5 yes, 1 no) 7 pm (1 yes, 5 no)
There will be a larger rocket launch next month
A few members of the rockoon project might be able to go to Nevada over summer for testing rocket
UASEDS will help out filming podcast for the Outreach of National SEDS
Kyle will see if there is any interest among the members for getting HAM radio licensing
Kyle will see if there is any interest for members to attend a Machine shop class
Kyle will talk to Bleckle about the class
Kevin is to make a list for places to see on the New Mexico trip
Raffling off an 8G iPod touch will start in Feb

General Meeting Minutes - 1/22/09

UASEDS members and officers introduced each other
The UASEDS telescope needs repairs, so all members that are interested in repairing the telescope are to talk to an officer about the meeting times for such activities
There will be a meeting for writing a telescope manual and a method of allowing memebers to be authorize to use the telescope
There will be an email send out about a group picture around the UASEDS telescope next week
The trebuchet competition is officially dead since there wasn't enough interest in UASEDS club
The meeting time for the rockoon competition is on Sunday at 2 pm in the UASEDS office throughout the year
UASEDS members are encouraged to attend if interested
There is a Southern Airzona Rocket Launch this Saturday Jan 24th
UASEDS members are attending this rocket launch, contact Kevin if you are interested
UASEDS is able to have a Mirror lab tour on Feb 6th at either 3 or 4 pm (20 people max per group)
UASEDS will have a LBT tour on a saturday during the semester (15 members are interested)
UASEDS will take a trip to the Trinity site and possibly VLA around Apr 4th (16 members are interested)
The UA SEDS Space Vision 2009 planning committee have meetings on Sunday at noon
Members are encouraged to attend meetings if interested in helping out with the planning and managing the conference
Space Vision is the National SEDS conference
There is a new link on the UASEDS website called Opportunities that will have upcoming internships, conferences and such things
There is an amateur astronomer event in Arizona City around late March
The event is to look for Mizar (sp) objects (5 members that are interested in staying the whole time; 3 members that are interested in staying part of the time)
There are a lot of space companies that are offering internships that will be posted in Opportunities page
There is a ISU summer session scholarship that the deadline is Jan 30th that information will be posted in the Opportunities page
UASEDS is looking for faculty, students and staffs to present their research or field of study to our members
If members have any suggestions on whom they would like to see present, please contact one of the officers with contact information for that person
The General UA spring club fair is Jan 28th from 10am-2pm and the Engineering spring club fair is Feb 16th from 10am-3pm
Members are asked to contact Triana with times that they are able and are willing to help
One of the fundraisers this semester is to raffle off an iPod
UASEDS T-shirts will be made for members to buy
Memebers can donate used textbooks to the SEDS library
Please have the donated textbooks be related to space or computers
Textbooks that are used for astronomy, physics, and engineering courses are highly welcomed
Kyle gave a presentation on the current space related topics
There is a UASEDS Game Night tomorrow night at 7 pm in the Steward Observatory
The doors will be locked after 5 pm, so please contact an officer if you're unable to enter

Officer Meeting Minutes 1/14/09

Officer Meeting will be on Monday at 7 pm
Office hours have been decided for officers and will be posted on the SEDS door
The hours will be in affect Jan 20th
Decorating the office will be glowing stars, posters, bookshelf being nailed to the wall
Telescope manual will be made by Kyle
The telescope manual will be on google documents for people to edit
There will be a group picture for second meeting with telescope
There should be an outreach with a girl scout troop in March
Trebuchet might be continuing if there is interest in the club
UASEDS is participating Yuri's night
UASEDS will looking into the event of giving out moon trees for other SEDS clubs
Kyle will talk to someone about Mirror Lab tour
Trips: LBT; New Mexico: VLA and Trinity (weekend of Apr 3rd); Pima; Titian Missile
Kevin will make a list of things to visit in New Mexico
Mike will create an Opportunity page on the website for internships and such information
There will be resume building meeting
Officers are to think of names for speakers (teachers, students) that will give a presentation of their research
Kevin will talk to Chris about making UASEDS T-shirts
Fundraiser ideas are raffles, movie night, refreshment selling
The first general meeting will be on Jan 22nd in Steward N305
Triana will make flyer for the upcoming meeting (Free Pizza-> bigger than SEDS-> it helps if you like space->top)
Club fairs: Engineering Feb 16th (posters and rocket, maybe telescope)
UASEDS will into buying textbooks from students to start a new library
The first Game Night will be on Jan 23 with time and date to be determine
SID will be taken at the meetings to check student status

General Meeting Minutes - 12/4/08

Rocket project meeting is at 2 pm on Sunday
Space Vision meeting is at 12 pm on Sunday
Space Vision will be reserving hotel rooms next Monday
Space Vision committee is looking for speakers and sources of funding
UASEDS was on the news for the Venus, Jupiter junction
Movie/game night on Wednesday at 7 pm
Fundraiser idea: raffle off items, UASEDS T-shirts, SEDS T-shirt
Trips: big tour: Very Large Array or Grand Canyon, LBT, MMT, Mirror Lab
Group picture with the telescope to be placed in front of Susan's door
Wed (7) or Thurs (10) 4pm every week
Trebuchet has a 80% chance of dying
Machine Shop class will continue for next semester if there is interest
UASEDS members are encourage to give more ideas for a Space Vision logo and a Space Vision slogan
UASEDS is planning on bringing in researchers for meetings next semester

Officer Meeting Minutes 12/4/08

General Meeting is at 4:30 pm
Rocket meeting is on Sunday at 2 pm
Space Vision is meeting on Sunday at 12 pm
Final movie/game night is on Wednesday at 7 pm
Kyle will look into seeing if getting Sam Club membership for the club is beneficial
Next semester: Rocket project, Space Vision, Mirror Lab tour, LBT tour
Meeting times: Wed or Thurs 4 pm
Officer meeting times: to be determine at a later date
Chapter:
National SEDS needs a point of contact for a position of Educational Outreach (elected or pointed), SEDS blog will be posted on by various chapters and companies, SEDS calendar is to be given out to local high schools, SEDS video podcast will be a presentation on projects and places that the chapters are allowed to access, National SEDS wants chapter updates
Trebuchet competition is almost official dead
Kyle will plan on getting people talk about their research
UASEDS needs to find a permanent way to transport the telescope
UASEDS will keep the National documents in the office in a storage place in the back room
Fundraising: Rafling off items, shot glasses, SEDS T-shirts

General Meeting Minutes - 11/20/08

Josh showed the pictures that people took of Space Vision 2008
John from New Space business talked about on Dec 3rd at 4 pm is going to give a talk about the new businesses that are out there in space industry
UASEDS and H+ members announced themselves to each other
Flandrau is holding an event on Nov 29th and Nov 30th for the closest passing of Venus and Jupiter
Space Vision 2009 meeting is Sunday at noon
4 position in USASEDS excutive board are from UASEDS
NSS for a one year membership for graduating seniors who are interested
H+ joint conference for Space Vision 2009
Mike will send a meeting time for the trebuchet for next meeting
Martin talked about focusing on the research for rocket technology and start with the balloon part of the Rockoon project
The Rockoon project meeting is on Sunday at 2 pm
Triana gave a presentation on Changing our Solar System
Kyle gave a presentation on an updated version of Space Exploration in the 21st Century
Richard will give a presentation on Transhumanism
Members that went on the tours to sign the appropriate thank you cards
High Power Rocket launch Phoenix at 3 pm, contact Kevin if you are intersted

Officer Meeting Minutes 11/20/08

Flandrau is having a big event on Nov 29-30th for Venus and Jupiter
UASEDS will bring our telescope for the event
Richard will give the H+ talk
At the meeting, announcing the thanksgiving dinner at Kevin's place
Signing of thank you card for Nick of NASA
Mike will allow a question and answer session about the trebuchet for H+
Martin might give a different rocket project
Katie might talk about the Rockoon project
Space Vision 2009 meeting is on Sunday at noon
National position will be announced
UASEDS needs to make a list for them to get the Space Society benefits
Kyle ordered pizza for today's meeting
Sosa might be changing the address
Cars for the rocket demonstration will be reimbursed

General Meeting Minutes - 11/5/08

Kyle was planning on going to Costco for food for the trip
If you want something for the trip, contact Kyle
There are four cars going on the trip
There is a plan for the people that are going within the cars
There are three hotel rooms for the trip
Memebers that are going, be prepared to spend $75 or more at the conference
UA SEDS is going to bring our 18" telescope for the conference
UA SEDS are planning on going to Johnson Space Center as we head towards Space Vision
Astronomy and SEDS are going to have a joint Star Party on Monday on Mt Lemmon starting at 4 pm
There is a middle school that is touring the campus space Nov 18th
There's a telescope meeting this Saturday at noon
There's a rocket event near Phoenix on the weekend of Nov 22nd
Members that are interested in going to this event, please contact Kevin
Mike wants people to send him images of events so he can put them on the website
There is a calendar on the website with all the events that we're going to do
Trebuchet meetings might be on Thursday
There's a Game Night tomorrow night
Kyle gave an overview of the proposal that we were submitting for Space Vision of 2009
New Space Business group gave us an update on their speaker series, which concerns people from the business part of getting people in space
Their speaker series will start either December or next semester that all students can attend
UA SEDS will let you know when and where these series are taking place

Officer Meeting Minutes 11/5/08

Kyle is going to get food from Costco for the trips
We have to make sure each car has money for gas
We are staying with three hotel rooms
If we don't have enough room for the telescope, we won't bring the wheels
Pei Pei came up with a car plan to transport people over to Space Vision
Astronomy asked SEDS to bring our telescope (5 yes; 1 no; neutral)
There's a rocketary association launching on Nov 22nd
We're going to plan a joint meeting with H+
We approve the selling of our SEDS shot glasses at Space Vision

General Meeting Minutes - 10/30/08

The amendments for the constitution about member's privileges and requirements (8 [5]yes; 0 [0]no; 2 [0]neutral)
There are three members that are driving to Space Vision
There will also be a van rented from Motorpool to take the extra people and the telescope
There will be three hotel rooms and a few air mattresses
The cars will leave Wednesday night to arrive in Houston around noon before heading over to the conference
There is a sample schedule for the conference on SEDS.org through Google Calendar
The voting for the election and the conference proposal
Dean's excuses will be given for Thursday, Friday and Monday
There will be two meals that SEDS will pay for along the trip
The UASEDS national proposal meeting will be on Saturday at noon
We will present the proposal for the members on the meeting
The trebuchet meeting happen yesterday
The team members that were at the meeting have a few designs in the works for the trebuchet
There will be another meeting in a week
There will be a tour of the 61" telescope given by Kevin
The group will meet at SEDS office at 1:30 pm on this Saturday
There's a Palulo Freire Freedom Middle school event on campus on Nov 18th at 6:30-8:30 pm
UASEDS will be bringing out our telescope to show the kids
The Halloween event starts tonight at 6 pm
UASEDS will bring out our telescope, help kids make bottle rockets, and balloon animals
The Halloween event continues tomorrow at 6 pm again

Officer Meeting Minutes - 10/30/08

There will be three rooms reserved for the hotel
There will be air mattresses for the hotel usage
Car arrangements is such that the drivers can pick their co-driver
We're going to bring a telescope to the National Conference
We are going to rent a van to transport the telescope
We will rent the van from Motorpool
Kelsey Norton is a basic member (5 yes; 0 no; 0 neutral)
There is a telescope event at a middle school on Nov 18th from 6:30-8:30
The conference proposal meeting is at 11 am on Saturday
Kyle will look into rotating the food in the snack store
Platforms for the National Office due date is on Nov 7th
Elections will be held Sunday of the Conference

General Meeting Minutes - 10/23/08

Pye Pye was elected as the Treasurer
UA SEDS is aiding in the Halloween event on Oct 30-31
An email will be sent out to those that said they would help out
At the event, UA SEDS will operate their telescope and make bottle rockets
UA SEDS will now meet weekly (14 yes; 0 no; 0 neutral)
UA SEDS members that are interested in participating for the trebuchet competition, there will be a meeting next week in the SEDS office
The trebuchet competition is going to take place in either January or February
The sections that were changed in the constitution are: Non-members section, Basic members section, Full members section, and Officers
The changes to the constitution will be voted next week
A few members are holding a proposal meeting to hold the next SEDS National Conference in Tucson
The next meeting is Sunday at three in the SEDS office
Space Vision attendees should announce to Kevin their money situation or pay for the trip by the end of today
There is a plan to leave Wednesday after classes to go to Johnson Space Center
Attendees need to give their SID to Kyle for the Dean Excuses

Officer Meeting Minutes - 10/16/08

Amy is going to be the election official for the election
Kyle and Triana are going to be responsible for the telescope for the Wednesday event
There is a proposal writing committee on Sunday at noon for holding SEDS National conference
The website is nearly updated
For people that are going to Space Vision, they need to either pay for it or let Kevin know of their fianecial status
People that are going to Space Vision will have to decide how the cars are going to be traveling and side stops
Kevin will talk to someone for a tour of the Mirror Lab
H+ is interested in partipating in the competition
Once a week meetings will be voted on at the next general meeting
There will be an H+ joint meeting with SEDS in a November meeting

General Meeting Minutes - 10/09/08

15 SEDS members are going to Kitt Peak and about 4 cars going
Everyone is going to bring their own lunch
Members are going to meet at the SEDS office at 10:30am on Saturday
3 Hotels are covered for Space Vision (Nov 14th - Nov 16th)
Members are asked to pay $30 for the trip
Personal cars are being taken to Space Vision
Members are asked to pay for the trip by the next meeting
UA SEDS are going to put a proposal for the next National Conference
SEDS National elections are at the conference
Flaudro is holding an event on Oct 30-31 for Halloween at 6-9 pm
SEDS will bring out the telescope for the event and have air bottle rockets
There will be a manual for the telescope for others to know how to work it
There will be a certifcation for the telescope later for those that are interested
On Monday, Frank Borman is going to be speaking in the AME building at 4 pm
SEDS will be asked H+ to particate in a trebucht contest since Astronomy club wasn't interested
Kyle gives a powerpoint presentation about the updates for space development and exploration
There will be a Treasurer election at the next General Meeting
Members that are interested should email Kyle by next week

Officer Meeting Minutes - 10/2/08

Mike will update the content of the website
We will not be painting the office
The competition with the Astronomy club has high interest with the Astronomy club members
Limits on material and cost (about $100 or $200) not including weights
The competition will be on the 13th of December
Goals for the competition: accuracy, distance, power or combination
The location for the competition will be announced
UA SEDS will run the competition
The projectile that can be used will be announced
Mike will right up some rules for the competition
UA SEDS is going to go to Space Vision
Members might be getting a free dinner at Space Vision
The room is right now $85 per night
Kyle will book three rooms for three nights
There are three personal cars that are probably going to be taken to Space Vision
We're not going to go with motorpool since it cost too much
Total cost for the trip is $1700
There is a physics event for Halloween before the weekend before and the weekend of
SEDS will be part of the event on the Thursday and Friday of Halloween
Looking for outreach in: Soronan Science Academy, School for the Deaf and Blind, and others
To give a powerpoint presentation for our outreach of how the development and exploration of space is coming about
We will go to Kitt Peak in nine days and will have a guided tour
Kevin will be setting up the tour
Non members will be charged $5, members get in free
Covering for the telescope and the second mirror will be made soon
The weights on the telescope need to be taken off or somehow arranged in such a way that we could add or substract the weights
A project could be a binocular telescope
UA SEDS would need to write a proposal to obtain the mirrors for such a telescope
Kyle will give out information about new things in developing or exploring space
The machine shop class information was sent out through email

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

Officer Meeting Minutes - 9/18/08

Officers had changed some of their office hours
Officers looked at the trip cost for the Space Vision
Once all the names are on the listserv, Kyle was going to inform of members of painting the telescope this Saturday at noon
Voting: Paint for the telescope, material for a curtain, and others for the telescope (6 yes, 0 no)
UA SEDS will plan on Oct 11th or 12th for a trip possibly to Mt Lemmon
The weekend of Oct 27th is a good time for a Star Party
Officers will look for a truck within the membership for the transportation
UA SEDS will not giving money to the curator of some organization

General Meeting Minutes - 9/11/08

Members of UA SEDS paid their dues to Amy so they could vote
National Representative for UA SEDS candidates are: Max Justice, Robert Koven, and Brian Rule
A short question and answer period after the candidates introduced themselves
Winner: Robert Koven
Percentage Night at Pizza Hut will announce
UA SEDS logo has been voted on
Space Vision:
Who wants to go: about 10 people
Still looking into projects for the year
Kyle will provide a list of projects next meeting
The UA SEDS telescope needs to be improved
If anyone is interested in helping with fixing the telescope, email one of the officers so a meeting can be announced
The Engineering Club fair was announced and members signed themselves
Kyle passed around the sign up sheet
Kyle announced about the officer hours

Officer Meeting Minutes - 9/4/08

SEDS National wants us submit a SEDS National Survey
Kyle filled out the survey for UA SEDS
UA SEDS has three people running for UA SEDS National Representative
Kyle has requested that Amy go to the bank once a week since he is refilling the Snack Store
Percentage Night at Pizza Hut is a possible fundraiser
Kyle has asked about the Space Elevator, but they do not know if they are going to continue that this year
National Dues are due soon
Kevin is looking for the information about checks from Wells Fargo
$2500 and $2000 are the amounts that Space Grant is giving us
Kyle will finalize the officer hours once we have another officer
UA SEDS has enough money to possibly go to Space Vision

General Meeting Minutes - 8/28/08

Officers introduced themselves
Mike announced that we need a National Representative in the National SEDS
Josh explained National SEDS to the new members
Members were given the free pizza
Josh announced that National SEDS is looking for people to fill in positions on the National level
Kyle showed the new UA SEDS logo
The Officer Hours and the SEDS Office were let known to the members
The General Meeting time is on Thursday at 4
Kyle asked the general members to email Kyle to let him know if they are interested in running for the position
Game night on Friday and bringing out the Telescope
National wants to have general members to have an account with the National website for job opportunities
Two or One large trips for the year
National SEDS Conference is one of the large trip
Small Trips: MMT and LBT, Titan Missile, PIMA Air and Space
Details will be sent through the listserv when the dates become known
Dues are $10 for the semester or $15 for the year
One project would be the Space Elevator
Micro-Gravity, Lunar Rover, Low-Earth Orbit satellite
Other members have another project should feel free to offer the project
Mike went over the rules for the computers in the office
Mike is going to update the UA SEDS website and asks for member to let him know what they want to be placed on the website
If members know a department that is getting rid of their computers, let an officer know so we can inqiure those computers
Triana announced that there will be an Engineer Club Fair and volunteers are needed
There will be Machine shop class if there is an interest

Officer Meeting Minutes - 8/20/08

UA SEDS' first meeting will be at 6 pm on Wednesday, Aug 27
Officer hours have been decided for each officers
the logo design finals have been decided for general members to decide
UA SEDS officers have set down official ways of handling the snack store
Officer Meetings will be decided when the general meetings are decided
UA SEDS needs to elect a National Representative for National SEDS
UA SEDS flyers will be posted for the first meeting
Communication officer will email listservs
UA SEDS officer will email members about setting up flyers on Sunday after dinner (6-7 for dinner; clean office at 4)
Project(s):
robotic project
space elevator
Micro-gravity experiment
competition with Physics and Astronomy clubs
space project with 61"
Fundraisers:
T-Shirts
Trips:
Fall:(minor) MMT, (Major) Space Vision,
Spring: (minor) LBT, (Major) BLA
Kitt Peak, Kartchner Caverns, 61" on Mt Lemmon
Club Fairs:
Engineering Club Fair (Sept 15 12-2 pm)
UA Club Fair (Aug 27)
UA SEDS members can decorate the telescope
To propose the idea of painting of the office
UA SEDS Star Party on Aug 29-30 at a camping site on Mt Lemmon
Kyle will call about the camping site policy
First officer meeting will be after the general meeting
The website needs to be updated
UA SEDS will ask people to present at meetings
National SEDS needs to get SEDS on the non-profit organization by Sept with the IRS
National is getting people to donate flight miles
National dues is $25 for the year before Sept
National wants every member to set up an account on the National website
UA SEDS will decide on a later time to deal with an update/extension on the computers