Post on 13-Dec-2015
Region I RAC Report:Greater Philadelphia SectionEric Tran, Vice-Chair & Acting ChairBrett Hoffstadt, RAC Representative
February 2011
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Upcoming Activities
• February 21 – Egg Drop Competition at Drexel University (AIAA presence)
22 – Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Don Thomas (NASA Astronaut) @ Villanova University
• March 15-16 CVD (no RSVPs yet)
25 – Regional Aerospace Symposium!
• April 12 – Yuri’s Night (party) and Space Shuttle 30th Anniversary
Greater Philadelphia Regional Aerospace Symposium
https://sites.google.com/site/aiaaphilly/home
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Recent Activities
• December 16 – Dinner Meeting with AIAA Senior Member David Yoel: “Transforming Unmanned Aircraft Into Operational Systems”
• February 8 – Joint dinner meeting with AHS (Amer. Helicopter Society), Dan Newman from DARPA (DARPA Rotorcraft R&D projects)
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Recent Activities (continued)
• Bylaws under review and revision with Council• February Newsletter released Feb 3rd
• Matthew Johnson, new Communications Chair (appointed); Mark Brown stepped down. Thanks to Emily for guiding us through the process!
• Lots of planning and soliciting for Symposium (led by Justin Likar)
• Coordinating participation in Philadelphia Science Festival (led by Brian Anderson)
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Recent Activities (continued)
• New section logo designed by Ofer Tamir, approved by AIAA HQ, and released to section:
• Thanks Ofer!
Membership
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• Need lesson/reminder how to get roll-up totals of current members in each category
• Announcement went out requesting for the Honors & Awards Nominating Committee
• Distribution List in gmail account is up to date, thanks to Matt Johnson!
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Chairman’s report• Still looking for improvement:
Data-maker membership report is showing some duplicates and non-section members, Membership Chair work has been hard to make a proper count
Minimum: affordable email service for >500 recipients
Dream: AIAA-hosted service that automatically syncs with official member database