COUNCIL MEETINGSEPTEMBER 11 , 2012

AIAA Greater Huntsville Section

Meeting Agenda

IntroductionsRegional Report – Alan LowreyTreasurer Report and Budget – Sheree GayAIAA Greater Huntsville Share Point – Tom KmiecDiscussion of AIAA Leadership Training – Ed

Semmes, Ken Philippart, Darren GeroEvents

Civil Space Symposium – Tom Hancock, Allison Cash Celebration of AAMU Student Branch Recognition – Darren

Gero Sept, Oct, Other events – Ram Ramachandran

Greater Huntsville Council

Chair – Tom Kmiec NEW Vice-Chair - Ram Ramachandran NEW Secretary – John Lassiter Re-Elected Treasurer – Sheree Gay NEW  Directors Membership – Eric Blades Education – Mark Becnel Public Policy – Tom Hancock Honors and Awards - Kenneth Philippart NEW Young Professionals - Aaron Sumner NEW Technical - Ed Semmes NEW Career Enhancement – Joseph Holland NEW Pre-College Outreach – Alex Allen E-Mail Coordinator – Todd Honeycutt Webmaster – Arloe Mayne Supernumerary- Dr. Keith Koenig NEW Liaison to Student Branches - Darren Gero NEW

(New director position)

Treasure Report and 2012-2013 Budgets

Budget based on last yearExpenses and Income Plan reported to AIAA

as part of annual requirementExpenses have been budgeted in groups of

council members so they know what is available this year

Some budget held back for discretionary or unplanned expenses – generally subject to Council vote

Greater HSV Share Point

Sharepoint is available for file sharing among Section

Files can be uploaded by any Section Council member

Viewing of most files is available to AIAA members who log in to our web site

Viewing of “Private Section Documents” limited to Council members only Can contain such things as

Treasurer Reports Monthly membership reports

Link: Home - Greater Huntsville Section

AIAA Leadership Training

Discussion of AIAA Leadership Training – Ed Semmes, Ken Philippart, Darren Gero

Events

Civil Space Symposium – Tom Hancock, Allison Cash

Celebration of AAMU Student Branch Recognition – Darren Gero

Sept, Oct, Other events – Ram Ramachandran

Some Ideas for Discussion

Membership Methods to attract and retain

Possible use of PayPal records for membership encouragement Review other section awards/reports in this area; contact AIAA

national for ideas Eric’s ideas from the AIAA Membership Webinar

Young Professionals Area targeted by Mike Griffin as most vulnerable to losses

Student AIAA Members fail to join AIAA as professionals or drop out quickly

Suggest sub-committee be established; review other section awards/reports in this area; contact AIAA national for ideas

Combine with Career Enhancement Activities

Some Ideas for Discussion

Pre-College Outreach Expand focus beyond HSV area Contact AIAA Educator Associate Members in our Section

area - Educator Associate Membership Expand “Engineers as Educators”

Encourage Section Membership Deploy to Schools, Space Camp

Participate on Board of Huntsville Association Technical Societies (HATS)

Student Branches Arrange meeting for all Faculty Advisors to Share Lessons

Learned Expand regular contact beyond UAH and AAMU

Some Ideas for Discussion

Technical Ways to encourage membership to join Tech

Committees Could matter in trying to get the JPC to HSV