From: Samidh Chakrabarti (samidh@mit.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:43:50 MST
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Here is a somewhat edited transcript of the Council of Chapters
Meeting that was held on 2/21/2000. I'll be sending out a
summary/minutes in a few days.
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SEDS-USA COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS MEETING EDITED TRANSCRIPT: 2/21/2000, 10pm EST
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4 Loren at Caltech" - 6m52s sue.its.caltech.edu
5 Cherish@NDSU - 2m56s dyn196.campus102.ndsu.NoDak.edu
7 phillip@OU - 0s okc-232-049.mmcable.com
2 Samidh@MIT - 2m16s NERD-XING.MIT.EDU
6 Katie - 1m30s seds.lpl.arizona.edu
8 Joe Stecher - 14m33s rac6.wam.umd.edu
9 Marty Farrell - 8m24s
216-164-249-78.s332.tnt1.atn.pa.dialup.rMarty Farrell
10 ? - 25m4s authserv.eb.uah.edu
13 Chris@UAH - 8m22s 146.229.4.105
12 Kathleen@stanford - 3m43s seds.lpl.arizona.edu
11 Recorder - 0s MYSTERIUM-TREMENDUM.MIT.EDU
14 ? - 4m25s ppp-069028.cho.cstone.net
15 Harvard - 4m34s seds.lpl.arizona.edu
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(2, Samidh@MIT) So, I call this meeting of the Chapter of Councils to Order
(2, Samidh@MIT) Thanks everyone for coming!
(2, Samidh@MIT) First, I want to explain to you why we're even having
this meeting
(2, Samidh@MIT) Basically, I thought the SEDS chapters have been separate
(2, Samidh@MIT) for long enough, and it's time to meet each other
(13, Chris@UAH) I agree
(2, Samidh@MIT) So, I'd like everyone to introduce themselves
(2, Samidh@MIT) In order of your line number
(2, Samidh@MIT) Just say your name, your school, and anything else you want
(2, Samidh@MIT) maybe a bit about your chapter
(2, Samidh@MIT) I guess I'm first at #2
(2, Samidh@MIT) Well I'm Samidh Chakrabarti and I'm the one who sends
you all of
(2, Samidh@MIT) the annoying emails
(2, Samidh@MIT) I'm also the President of MITSEDS, and I send them annoying
(2, Samidh@MIT) email too
(2, Samidh@MIT) We have probably ~80 core members here
(2, Samidh@MIT) and about 400 who come to the lecture series off an on
(2, Samidh@MIT) Our big project this year is building a radio telescope
(2, Samidh@MIT) We're about a month or so from finishing
(2, Samidh@MIT) That's it.
(2, Samidh@MIT) Loren, the floor is yours!
(4, Loren at Caltech") Yeah!
(4, Loren at Caltech") Well, as you can tell, I'm the pres of Caltechy SEDS
(4, Loren at Caltech") And spelling is not a prerequisite
(4, Loren at Caltech") for being president.
(4, Loren at Caltech") Our big projects this year...
~Note: My telnet session got messed up, so I logged in again.
~Note: That explains the change in style.
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "(grinding the m,irror)"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, ",trying to build a railgun,"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "and rejuvenating an old donated CCD."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "We also have occasional star parties and
guest lecture series ..."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Got Kip Thorne to talk for us last year :)"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Oh, one more thing ..."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "I've got another officer, Yuki T.,
sitting here with me ..."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Okay...I guess I'm 5."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Lessee, I'm not the president of NDSU SEDS,
but he couldn't make it"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, " so he asked me to sit in on his behalf."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "We're a very recent chapter and still getting
on our feet."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "We have a fairly small membership, but a lot
of potentials"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "as there are a ton of engineering students here. :-)"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Sorry to interupt, but NDSU?"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "North Dakota State University."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Thanks :)"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "almost in Canada. ;-)"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Other than that, it might be useful for y'all
to know that"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "I'm the SEDS USA Director of
Publications...just for future reference."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "And I think that's about it."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Katie, it's your turn"
(6) Katie says, "well i guess that me "
(6) Katie says, "we are here at embry riddle "
(6) Katie says, "our big projects ae"
(6) Katie says, "still prometheus rocket"
(6) Katie says, "we just added the liquid engine to it and are ready
for a test firing"
(6) Katie says, "then into the wind tunnel for tests of the servos"
(6) Katie says, "we have anothe r proposal for andother rocket with
solid engines"
(6) Katie says, "we have a telescope project lined up with another
group here at ERAU"
(6) Katie says, "however, funding is limited at that project"
(6) Katie says, "that should do it for us dowm here"
(7) phillip@OU says, "where's embry riddle?"
(6) Katie says, "daytona beach florida"
(7) phillip@OU says, "I'm Phillip Forkner at the University of Oklahoma"
(7) phillip@OU says, "Our Chapter is a couple of years old"
(7) phillip@OU says, "we just became eligible for university funding"
(7) phillip@OU says, "we've done a few exciting projects"
(7) phillip@OU says, "nothing big, however"
(7) phillip@OU says, "so far this year has been dead"
(7) phillip@OU says, "that's about it...."
(8) Joe Stecher says, "I'm Joe Stecher, at the University of
Maryland, im VP of our chapter. heh we used to be big, now were
small, but were still around. Coincidentally, we are also working on
a radio telescope."
(8) Joe Stecher says, "heh, we dont have any other projects really"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "we should hook are tele's together and make an
interferometer :-)"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "since we only have about 4 regular members and
50 or so on our mailing list"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Remind me to bring up a possible survey
project between the chapoters..."
(8) Joe Stecher says, "we were actually discussing making an
interferometer with other amateurs"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "but we want to get the darn thing built first"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "then worry about other projects"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "our plan calls for using it for seti
operations in the water hole"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "and of course our chapter could always use
cool stuff from seds usa to distrubute to the student body. wink wink"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "ok, thats my two bits, on to number nine"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "Hello all. My name is Marty Farrell and I am
the Vice President of West Chester East High SChool in PA"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "i am a junior at the school."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "we are a fairly recent chapter, with about 5
- 10 ppl per meating"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "MaMayeb ... ach .. maybe I'll turn that
one over to Yuki later. He knows a little bit about OASIS."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "lets see, we're attempting to build a
railgun, which we call an Electro Magnetic Propulsion device so we
don't get in trouble with the school administration."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "(In case you haven't figured out, my
delete key sdoesn't work :)."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "that project has been taking a long time though"
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "Ah, other rail-gun attempts."
(4) Loren at Caltech" says, "We should mark each other's progress,
share ideas,..."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "we're also working on a Mars Environment
Simulator, and we are requesting the PVC from the water company as of
now."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "off the presses is our survey which we will
distribute to the 1300+ student body."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "that'll be fun."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "and, one of the things that we have actually
done as a large group was watch the supposed landing of the Mars
Polar Lander."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "we have NASA TV at school, so, we sat and
watched nothing for 2 hours."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "same here"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "other than that, one of our members parents
is a manager/boss/whatever of Mars Electronics."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "so we have that resource working for us"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Okay, sounds great....!"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "and the floor oes to .........."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Kathleen.....!"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "Hi, my name is Kathleen Morse and I'm
the president of our Stanford Chapter"
(15) Harvard says, "What happened to Leland?"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "Our chapter is very recent"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "Leland didn't have time to do this this quarter"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "anyways, we are working on funding, and
ideas are being investigated for good projects"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "In the past year, the chapter has
worked some with the Mars Society chapter in Palo Alto"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "Currently, we have 30 members...there
will be more developments in the near future:)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "great...... Chris, your turn"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "I am Chris Brown, President of UAH-SEDS "
(13) Chris@UAH says, "that's the univrsity of Albama in Huntsville"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "and I can't spell it :-)"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "our projects include (drumroll please)"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "the SEDSat microsatellite project (launched
October 28, 1998, still going strong,"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "G.A.S. #504 with all associated projects"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "amateur radio groundstation, used for SEDSat, a
new satellite by AeroAstro Corp, and hopefully for a AO proposal we
just sent in"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we also have our own lab here in the Research
Institute at UAH, andhave our own web server (uah.seds.org)"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we went to CO for the Mars Society Convention
last year, and are planning the trip to Toronto this year"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we also have guest speakers, like last week
astronaut Owen Garriot (Skylab 3, STS 9) spoke"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "and we do Star Parties and rocket launches"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "that hits the highlights I think..."
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "very cool.."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Okay, Adam, the floor is yours!"
(15) Harvard says, "Hi, I'm Adam Ros \"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we have 5 satellite dishes we'd like to modify
for things including radio telescopy, if you have suggetions for
that..."
(13) Chris@UAH says, "ok I'm done now :0"
(15) Harvard says, "Ross of Harvard SEDs... We've been around since '98"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "heh, lend one to us chris ;-)"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "sure thing..."
(15) Harvard says, "Our activities include educational outreach, a
weekly dinner discussion, occasional speakers, a semi-semesterly
publication, and conference attendence."
(15) Harvard says, "We hosted the east coast regional seds conference
last april."
(15) Harvard says, "As Harvard does not have an AE department, we do
not have technical projects, but instead seek to inspire a
multidisciplinary group of talented individuals to pursue a
space-related career"
(15) Harvard says, "We plan on sending 7 people to March Storm this year."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Cool!"
(15) Harvard says, "This semester has been a little quiet (due to my
applying to graduate schools) but we hope to pick things up this
semester."
(15) Harvard says, "The theme of the conference was "college space activism""
(15) Harvard says, "turnout was poor, but ideas were put out. the
limiteing factor is people"
(15) Harvard says, "we have a core of about 10 active members and
about 160 onour mailing list"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "i think people are usually the limiting
fiactor, its hard to get people enthused about anything"
(15) Harvard says, "indeed, wecan getpeople excited, but cannot
garner time from them. "
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "i guess we just need to keep trying:-)"
(15) Harvard says, "only with incentives can we get people."
(15) Harvard says, "that is why wesend people to conferences"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we have to do free pizza to get good turnout :-)"
(15) Harvard says, "the bait does the trick..."
(6) Katie says, "same here"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "yeah but not easy to get money for pizza"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "yep"
(15) Harvard says, "the one issue though was funds"
(4) Loren" says, "We get an awful lot of funds from local companies,"
(4) Loren" says, "like Allied Signal ..."
(13) Chris@UAH says, "almost everything on SEDSat was donation"
(15) Harvard says, "really? how did you getthat?"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "we have a competing society, astroterps, that
kinda sucks away memebers and funds"
(15) Harvard says, "areyou tax deductible?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "we also got all but food in our Colorado trip funded"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "yeah we are"
(4) Loren" says, "They actually have annuak caklls for proposals..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "May I make a special request?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "tax deductible I mean"
(4) Loren" says, "yeah, all the SEDS chapters are tax deductible"
(4) Loren" says, "this came up with us recently..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Can we move the discussion a little later."
(4) Loren" says, "Sure :)."
(15) Harvard says, "hmmm..sure. sorry."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I have a few important announcements to get
trhgouh first"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "no, the discussion is GREAT!"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "but i just want to make sure we get through
some important stuff"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Now that we've all been introduced..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Just so you guys know, we have 17 SEDS-USA
chapters at the moement"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The ones that either couldn't make the meeting"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "or are having technical difficulties"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "are: Florida Institute of Technology"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "University of Virginia"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "University of Arizona"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "(Kind of weird they arne't here...)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Cornell University"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Purdue U."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "San Francisco State University"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "and University of Michigan"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Not as big as SEDS used to be, but still very
respectable"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The first thing I need to find out is this:"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Have you received the recertification package? (Y/N)"
(4) Loren" says, "Y"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "N"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "yup, and sent the charter back to you..."
(6) Katie says, "yes and is being sen"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "yes, i believe so"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "Yes and i have a question about it"
(4) Loren" says, "and was mailed 2 days ago"
(7) phillip@OU says, "y... will mail tomorrow"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "yes"
(15) Harvard says, "Y"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "so that is everyone but Stanford"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Ok, I'll talk with you about it later Kathleen"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "thanks"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I just wanted to make sure because"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I tried mailing out something to defunct seds chapters"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "last month. But the glue stick I used was really old"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "so 1/2 of the labels fell off"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "and were returned to me"
(7) phillip@OU says, ";)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It was heartbreaking ;-)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'll print real labels from now on"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Next thing: I just wanted to remind you guys to
send in the"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "acceptance form"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Who had a question about the package?"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "ME"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I guess this is the best time to ask"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "I was wondering if my chapter could be
exempt from the 25$ deal. being that we high shcool s students are
flying the hoover flags high"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Yes, I'm getting to that"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'm going to propose to the Board that"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "ALL chapters be exempt from dues this year"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "oh."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Your reasoning being...?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I see this as a regrouping year"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Technically dues were due last fall"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "so i can just send that in without the check
and all is good?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "does that mean we get our dues back? :-)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I don't want to discourage any chapters from
re-registering"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "just because they don't want to pay dues this year"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Chris, I haven't seen your check, but I suppose
we can apply it to"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "next year"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "And considering we'd be asking for dues again
in a few months..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "But again, this is just my idea and not final yet"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I understand that high school chapters have trouble"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "coming up with the money"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "Ok. thats my main concern."
(6) Katie says, "shop should we sent in our dues then"
(6) Katie says, "imean send"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So we may be able to "
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "arrange a reduced rate"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'll propose it to the Board....."
(8) Joe Stecher says, "heh gotta get up early tomorrow"
(8) Joe Stecher says, "bye all"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "ok. u can go on to the next question"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Does that answer your question, marty?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "good"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "At this point, you don't have to send in your dues"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Any other questions about the recert package?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "none here"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "nada"
(6) Katie says, "none"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "ok then"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The next announcement:"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "As you probably read in your email this morning"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Erin resigned as Chair"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "so that means that I'm the Chair now"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "but that ALSO means that we have a whole bunch
of EMPTY positions"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "on the board"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "In fact, Cherish, Audrey, and I are the only
people on the board"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "What happened to the guy from SFSU?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "He's just the acting director"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "samantha?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "since he was never actually elected"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Samantha resigned several months ago"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Basically it's kind of pointless to hold
special elections now"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "since the real elections are just a couple months away"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "However, I'd like to appoint as many people as possible"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "to be "acting directors""
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It means you're a part of the board, but you don't have"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "an official vote on the baord."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "You might wonder why you'd want such a job"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I think if you're an acting director, it really
increases"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "the chances of you being elected to that
position for next year"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "well hell, judging bythe National ByLaws
section 1, i guess i could go for Drector of High SChool Affiars"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So, if any of you are interested, let me know now!"
(15) Harvard says, "what are the duties?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "You'll get first crack at it!"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The detailed list of duties is in the bylaws"
(6) Katie says, "how long will the term be for"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "http://www.seds.org/seds/constitution/bylaws.html"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So you're appointment will last through May."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "But if you're then elected, it'll last through next year"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It is particularly important that we have a director"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "of expansion and chapter affairs too"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "You'd be shocked by the number of requests we
get to start"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "new chapters!"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The open positions are:"
(6) Katie says, "can you still be part of the board if you are no
longr in school. aka, graduating in dec"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "I think you can..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Vice-Chair, Dir of Chapter Affairs, Dir of Expansion, "
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Dir of H.S. Affairs"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "If I remember correctly, you're allowed a 1
yr leave of absence sort of thing...I think"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "and Dir of Special Projects"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I don't know the answer off the top of my head"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'll get back to you...."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Anyway, read over the descriptions and let me know"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "if you want a position"
(6) Katie says, "thanks anyway i would like to consider the dir of expansion."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "We could really use your help"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Send me an email if you want a position"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The next thing I want to talk about is interchapter comm"
(6) Katie says, "bye fot now"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'm still working on the new website"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It takes a long time.... :-)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "But my goal is to finish it by March"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Next thing: I highly recommend that all of you
join seds-discuss"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I've sent out 3 emails or so about it...."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So I won't say anymore about it"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Next thing: Cherish has an announcement about the NOVA"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "For those of you who don't know, the NOVA is
the SEDS-USA"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "newsletter"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "We'd really appreciate it if each chapter could
write a couple of"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "paragraphs introducing themselves for the next NOVA"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "And pictures if possible. :-)"
(7) phillip@OU says, "by when"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Cherish, you want to give them the details?"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "March 5th."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "I have a letter written up with a bunch of questions."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "You don't have to answer them all, but it
gives you some ideas of what I'd like you to discuss."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Email is preferable."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "You can send it to me at either cherishbrown@yahoo.com"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "or Cherish_Bauer@ndsu.nodak.edu"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "If you guys would like, I could send it over
the seds-discuss list."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Send it to seds-chapters"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "everyone is on that list for sure"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Okay...I'll do that immediately..."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Great!"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "But like I said, pictures are appreciated as well."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Okay, the last announcement I have is about the
conference"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "We're actually going to have a SEDS conference in May"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "it'll kind of be a sub-conference of ISDC"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "physical conference or telnet?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "ISDC is the International Space Development Conference"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "put on by the National Space Society"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "it'll be in Tucson, Arizona from May 25-29"
(15) Harvard says, "is that memorial day weekend again?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I'll be sending you all details"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Can we get UA SEDS people to help with
housing arrangments?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "U of A will help to house us"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "so it will really cut down costs"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "plus, the actual conference fees will be greatly reduced"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "I can probably go"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It would be great if at least one person from
every chapter"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "could show up!"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So just mark your calendar for now and stay
tuned for more details"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "the website for the conference is:
http://www.tucson2000.org"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It's a really big conference"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "OKay, that's it for the announcements. To summarize:"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "* Please turn in your Charter Acceptance Form"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "* Join seds-discuss if you'd like"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "* Consider a position on the Board"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "* Write your NOVA submission by March 5"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "* And Mark your calendars for the SEDS 2000 Conference!"
(7) phillip@OU says, "may i recommend someting?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "sure"
(7) phillip@OU says, "how bout a meeting like this every month or so?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "I agree"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "i like that idea"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "good idea"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I think it's a great idea too"
(15) Harvard says, "is there a better format (like a different chat program)?"
(7) phillip@OU says, "ICQ"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It obviously won't be mandatory"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "i think IRC is better"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "and we won't have these
announcements/introductions taking up the time"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "it can just be a discussion thing"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "Personally, I like the haven. :-)"
(7) phillip@OU says, "it's aight"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I apologize that this meeting has lasted so long"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "it has a nice nostalgia :-)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "but it's just a one time thing"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "and I remember nights of coordinating satellite
rtacking with Chris L in here :-)"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Finally, we can go to the discussion portion:"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Oh oh oh, I forgot to mention something."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Many chapters have held elections recently, so the"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "info that I have from the recert forms isn't
current anymore"
(12) Kathleen@stanford says, "Take care everyone...I have to run to
meet someone.."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "here, i have a question:\"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "what do u guys/gals do during ure meetings?"
(7) phillip@OU says, "organize"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "each exec gives a report on current events, and
a project report"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "cause i find at a lot of my chapters,
everything turns into talking about Warcraft or the latest scie fi
book"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "So we can discuss anything that you want, but I
have only one question"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "that I'd like to discuss"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "for us that takes up a whole meeting"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "And that is?"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "yeah, i should really organize. thanx for the help."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "What do you guys want from SEDS-USA this year?""
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "That's my only question."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "should we do this in an orderly fashion?"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "nope"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "I want better inter-chapter communication"
(7) phillip@OU says, "good"
(7) phillip@OU says, "me too"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "in what kind of ways?"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "some coordination of thingss like our trip to Tornto"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "we have new email lists"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "will have a new website"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "you know, getting multiple chapters in on this stuff"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "the NOVA wil come out soon"
(4) Yuki@Caltech says, "I'd liketo see more interaction between
chaptersacross the country and more collaboration."
(7) phillip@OU says, "a better chat prog!!"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "so we act as a giant group instead of smaller ones"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "The first thing I'd suggest is for people to
USE the seds-discuss list"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "I think that is the key, right now we are all
splintered and really hadn't heard from each other"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "Those lists are definitely a good start"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I think that's the most effective communications channel"
(7) phillip@OU says, "lists of"
(7) phillip@OU says, "job ops"
(7) phillip@OU says, "and scholarships"
(7) phillip@OU says, "that was cool"
(9) Marty Farrell says, "yeah, send them this way please"
(15) Harvard says, "they;re online on our website..."
(15) Harvard says, "www.hcs.harvard.edu/~seds"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "being in Huntsville, we get a lot of great opportunities"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "I'd like to pass them on to the rest of you too :-)"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "yeah I am way late for a date"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "maybe we should call another meeting in a
couple of weeks..."
(7) phillip@OU says, "three maybe"
(7) phillip@OU says, "after spring break"
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "I think monthly would be better."
(7) phillip@OU says, "k... gotaa go... see ya"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "yeah, you National Board guys can decide that :-)"
(7) phillip@OU says, "nice meeting you all"
(13) Chris@UAH says, "so I'll be leaving too..."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "They're about to kick my out of the building,
so I need to take off, too."
(5) Cherish@NDSU says, "I'm glad we did this...it was productive."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "productive is good"
(4) Yuki@Caltech says, "I think if we're gonna have a metting like
this again, we should have an outline in advance about what we're
gonna talk about so that it'll be more organized."
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I agree"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "I just ran out of time before I could send out
the outline"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "It's just the first iteration. We'll get it
right next time"
(15) Harvard says, "gotta run. later all."
(9) Marty Farrell says, "yeah, i better go too. school does need
sleep occasionaly"
(2) Samidh@MIT says, "Thanks for coming..."
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