Minutes prepared by Dustin Green (interim Secretary)
Edited by Jim Burk
In Attendance:
Matthew Brown
Jim Burk (interim Webmaster)
Buffy Early
Dustin Green (interim Secretary)
Thom Johnson (interim Vice President)
Darren Marchant (interim President)
Curtis Snow
David Stuart (interim Treasurer)
Virgil Tye
Chris Vancil
NSTA Conference (10/29 - 10/31)
can register up to the last minute (may not want to though)
must register up to six people (no floaters)
20 "Managing Martians" ordered (on publisher credit)
(We've since ordered 25 copies of Zubrin's book (Jim paid) & 25 copies of the Natl Geographic book on credit - Ed.)
50 "'Mars or Bust" buttons available for $25 (I ordered them & they've arrived - Ed.)
do we want a computer there with the chapter website?
will a phone line be available? Would Ricochet sponsor us?
booth will be 10' X 10'
able to attend: Jim, Chris, Matthew, Darren (all 3 days) (Randy too - Ed.)
David (F & Sa)
contact other local Chapters (BC, Olympic Peninsula, etc.) - Jim (I haven't done this, I think Chris contacted them. - Ed.)
Contest
essay, coloring, ?
winners on our web page (all entries on the page?)
recruit Science and English teachers (contest/drawing for them, too!)
brain stormed essay questions -
How could Earth benefit from people on Mars?
Why go to Mars? Why is it important?
contest sponsors - Toys R Us, local restaurants, Museum of Flight,
NASA (space camp as a grand prize!?),
Fisher Space Pen, Bushnell Telescope?
Pamphlets & Resources
past, present, and future missions
let people know what is going on right now (they may not know)
Washington State companies (directly & indirectly involved w/ space)
educate people about the local nature of space activities (isn't just in
Florida!)
"Our Future on Mars From my Perspective as a 12 year old" essay
Transcription Project
ambition - get the proceedings on the web
which videos?
Mars Society (National) will be the customer of these efforts
Inside Space
most papers already typed out, therefore Q & A parts of sessions might be
the most rewarding things to transcribe
Books
lead times? cash up front? - Jim (all 3 book orders are on the way & will be here in time for the convention. - Ed.)
more copies of the Conference Program Book (red bound book)? - Jim (Chris & I both discovered there are none left - Ed.)
Business Cards
generic Puget Sound Chapter cards might be nice
everyone, not just officers would have them
potential recruiting tool... shows we're committed, serious, etc.
research options for printing, and conceptualize designs - Dustin
Next Meeting
time changed to 3 PM (update local and national web sites) - Jim