Minutes of SSP TM meeting on 30 October 1998

Place:  ECE 202		Meeting began at  15:05
Present:  W. Chen, K. C. Hsieh, L. Schooley, H. Tharp, K. Thome, and W. Wing
Absent:  J. D. Carothers, U. Fink, and E. Fasse

0.  The past minutes were approved.

1.  AO for Project Manager:  The draft returned from Chris Lewicki was 
satisfactory.   Few minor corrections were received and will be incorporated 
into the final version.
  Concerning the schedule of events, from announcement  to transfer of office, 
it was clear that more time will be needed for applicants' response , say two 
weeks instead of one.  The lateness of the release would also push back the date 
of transfer.  The consensus is to move the date of transfer from 1 February to 1 
March 1999.  Hsieh will make up the schedule and release the final version 
sometime next week.
  Many suggestions were given on where the announcement should appear. Linking 
the announcement to fellowship opportunities in all departmental homage and a 
spot on the Research Review are some of the suggestion. Hsieh will consult with 
Alaina Levine, Susan Brew and Chris Lewicki on this matter.  It was suggested 
that once on track, this announcement should be permanently placed on the U of A 
website to attract  future graduate students to the U of A.
  It was pointed out that to finance the three staggered Project Managers, more 
fellowship will be needed.  Hsieh will explore sources other than the Space 
Grant.

2.  Announcement from Schooley :   At the recent convention of  the 
International Foundation for Telemetering, he learned that the Foundation is 
interested to fund SSP.  He will take lead in preparing a proposal to be 
presented to the board of the Foundation in spring 1999.  The funding
would be in the order of 20 to 30 $K.  All teams, especially TTC and STI, are 
encouraged to submit wish-lists to Schooley before January 1999.

3.  Unsolicited proposal to NASA: Dan O'Sullivan has met with Krider. Thome will 
go over the rewrites on lightning and sprites before he leaves campus next week.  
Wing and Fink will do their respective parts.  The submission date is set 3 
weeks after 16 November, the deadline for the NSF
proposal.

4.  Tharp report on meeting with Dean Peterson:  The Dean clarified his 
preference in the use of the $6K he gave SSP.  The TMs from CoEM will meet to 
decide what to suggest to their dean.

5.  Proposal to NSF:  Hsieh distributed copies of the proposal outline and asked 
for input on budgetary entries, entries to all required NSF forms.  All hand-
filled forms should be faxed to Hsieh via 621 4721 by next Wednesday, 4 
November.  He will send out a sample bio to all TMs.  He will
work with Tharp  closely on the proposal before both leave town prior to 
submission deadline.  Hsieh will make arrangements so the submission will be 
timely.

Meeting adjourned at  16:30.