Meeting Date: 02-13-2012
Attendees: Nicole Valderrabano, Carly Tessmann, Zack Cordes, León Sardi, Daniel Hastings, Emily Knoll, Sarah Weems
0. Meeting in Session at 6:30 PM.
1. Budget:
1.1: Budget allocations in as of February 10, 2012 (2-10-2012).
1.2: Shirt Sales:
1.2.1: 32 shirts have been sold so far; in order to balance cost of purchasing the shirts, at least 60 must be
sold.
1.2.2: Goal is still to sell 100 shirts by the end of the semester.
1.2.3: The student body is the primary target for shirt sales, but they still can be proposed to other
science-related audiences.
* examples = FIRST robotics team, high school science teachers, etc.
1.2.4: Shirt sales may begin outside if the weather is ever consistently nice in order to attract more
attention.
1.2.5: Possibly sell outside during VEISHEA.
2. Projects:
2.1: Need updated budget for the high-powered model rocketry project.
2.2: Need to assemble a high-powered rocket stand for the model rocket.
2.2.1: Cost estimated to be around $30 for low-powered stand, up to about $300 for a decent high-
powered stand.
2.2.2: Safety will likely need to be addressed when working with this.
3. Next Meeting:
3.1: Next Meeting = Monday February 20, 2012 (2-20-2012).
3.2: Location = TBD (will be informed via email)
3.3: Plans:
3.3.1: Finish second round of Space Jeopardy.
3.3.2: Emily and León will use a projector to give a tour of the solar system (or other space related
places/objects) using a space program of sorts on Emily’s computer.
4. Meeting Adjourned at 7:00 PM.
Executive Minutes 2-13-2012
9-21 Planning Meeting Minutes
ISSS Executive Board Meeting: September 21, 2011
Planning upcoming meetings, next meeting Tuesday 7:00PM, the 27th. Nicole’s Ideas from Chris A presentation on the new launch system that NASA has announced (SLS), maybe 10 minutes long.
Need another idea to accompany Chris’ presentation a build session for model rockets presentation on building rockets and showing of built rockets rather than actual building Daniel and John will present this should have small refreshments such as tacos or cookies to occupy people while having the talk should have an astronomy event to help launch that portion of the club Leon will lead an event on Tuesday for the meeting
Should have an answer on if we can use the telescopes in Boone by Friday Leon could lead more astronomy events during Tuesday meetings, Jae has lab
Prof. Kerton will be asked to speak at our next club meeting. Also could continue to build rockets during meetings
Fundraiser Idea Trivia Night entrance fee to help raise money
Trip Chair Spacevision Need to know who is interested for registrations Fees will be paid with a P-card $700 has be allocated for vehicles and travel $350ish has be allocated for registration Need a deadline to know who is going Oct 27 to 30th, but don’t have to arrive until Thursday night and can come back Sunday There is a banquet one night which is an extra $40
T-shirts current idea is a picture of Einstein and a quote on the back prebuying, 1 shirt w/ 2 sided printing about $6.00 in one color
Final Budget from GSB info need info from the hybrid rocket project and USLI on what they want budgetted for informational meetings this week This is a special allocation so amounts will be lower than normal allocations ISSS need is for rocket parts for general club building (enough for 20 rockets, Daniel will get itemized prices) if there is anything you want, email Sarah with a reference for a (cheap) price, and the name and price of whatever you want BY FRIDAY NEXT WEEK, SEPTEMBER 30th
Outreach, there is a group from Des Moines of high school age kids that are asking for a hour and a half activity on Saturday Lecture on conservation of moment, in regards to balloon Have a balloon race on strings from the balconies in Howe The money to pay for supplies will be available later Volunteers are available, will be combined with USLI outreach 9:30 in the morning A volunteer will have to meeting with John to get the idea from the project (Daniel)
Hybrid Rocket John will be starting a hybrid rocket project for launching at Princeton, IL
~Brian Fix
ISSS Secretary
SpaceVision Trip Sign Up
ISSS is preparing for our annual trip to the SpaceVision trip held October 27-30 in Boulder Colorado. If you are planning on going or are interested in receiving more information please email Tanner Munson tdmunson@iastate.edu. Guest speakers at the conference include:
Bill Nye, Executive Director of The Planetary Society
Bob Richards, Co-Founder of SEDS and ISU
Jeff Feige, CEO of Orbital Outfitters
Barbara Lawton, Program Chair of Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program
Joseph R. Tanner, Former NASA Astronaut, Senior Aerospace Engineering Instructor at CU Boulder
And many more…
You can also visit the event’s site at spacevision2011.com for more information.
First Astronomy Night of the Semester
Our first astronomy night began early so that we could watch the ISS
cross the sky overhead. The night was a joint event with the Ames
Area Amateur Astronomy (AAAA) club. Between our groups we had a turnout of
approximately 20 people and 5 telescopes which we used to observe a
variety of stars and a comet. We were also treated to a brief
presentation outlining the stars and constellations we were observing.
~Jae Lynch
Astronomy Chair
