Dear NSS Florida Space Coast Members and Friends,
National Space Society Florida Space Coast Chapter
Minutes and Notes, Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Meeting
Time: 4:30
Location:
Shuttle’s Bar and Grill
Merritt Island, FL
Attendees:
Jen Bailey, Treasurer
Tim Bailey, VP
Fred Becker, Secretary
Brad Byron
Robert Driscole
Brian Lilley from Hershey, Pennsylvania
Meeting called to order at 4:50 p.m.
Agenda:
1. General topics discussion.
The meeting began with a general discussion of
current space events–the recent Shuttle mission,
upcoming space conferences and events in the
area, future launches, the recent news about
youth space interest levels, the Gemini 12 crew
reunion event in December at KSC.
2. Recap of December meeting at the STS-116 launch.
We had a successful activity in December with our
table at Space View Park in Titusville during the
launch attempt and subsequent night launch of
STS-116. We handed out about 400 copies of Ad
Astra and a comparable number of custom printed
inserts and NSS membership brochures. The
brochures were coded with our chapter code, so we
hope to later receive results from headquarters
as to the percentage of people that join NSS from
this event. Brett Sillcox from NSS headquarters
was able to visit us during the launch event and viewed the liftoff with us.
www.spacewalkoffame.com/
www.lisats.org/
Resource sites:
http://spacelaunchinfo.com/
www.space-coast.com/
3. February 13, Brevard Community College
Library Room or Planetarium, speaker meeting
Our chapter needs to move into high gear to find
a suitable speaker and arrange with Brevard
Community College to host an event there on Feb
13. Once this is arranged, we will work together
to get our event published in community calendars
such as: Florida Today’s TGIF, Florida Today’s
“Things to Do,” About Me, North Brevard Beacon,
Space Coast Chronicle, The Beachside Resident,
and Brevard Technical Journal. Note that Ben
Bova will be speaking at BCC on January 26. That
will be a good opportunity for us to coordinate
with BCC on our event for February 13.
www.brevard.cc.fl.us/
www.brevardcc.edu/planet/
4. Following near-term meetings are:
March 13, Cocoa Beach Library Room, chapter internal meeting
April 10, Titusville Public Library Room, speaker meeting
May 8, Shuttle’s Bar and Grill, chapter internal meeting
5. NASA 50th Anniversary in 2008
Our chapter hopes to participate in festivities
for KSC’s observances of NASA’s 50th
anniversary. There will also be an event to
start this off, called the World Space Expo, Nov 3-11, 2007.
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/worldspaceexpo/index.asp
http://www.worldspaceexpo.com/
6. International Space Development Conference 2009 Bid
Our chapter plans to place a bid to host the ISDC
2009 conference. We discussed theme ideas,
speakers, organizations and locations. Our
current thinking is to have it in Orlando, with a
theme of Space Tourism and Youth Activism. Jen
volunteered to write the final proposal. The
2006 conference was in LA. 2007 is in
Dallas. 2008 will be in DC. If we succeed,
we’ll host the event in Orlando in 2009.
7. Mailing List Upgrade – We discussed our new
Yahoo email list. Here is the site. If you wish
to continue to receive our meeting announcements
and minutes, go here to sign up.
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NSSFL
Group email address: NSSFL@yahoogroups.com
8. Web Site Migration – Rick Fischer is planning
to take over our chapter web site. Thank you to
Bob Waterman for a superb job of creating and
maintaining our site up until now. We hope to
feature a continually updated local space events
calendar to draw visitors to our site.
9. Treasurer – Jen is moving ahead with getting
the treasury set up for our use.
10. Membership Brochures – We need a new supply
of the NSS membership brochures. We gave a box
of them away at the last Shuttle launch. We are
investigating ways of having them displayed locally in active locations.
11. Banner – We need to have a new banner
printed or find a way to repair our banner. The
printed artwork layer has separated from the
backing layer in several places due to being
stored rolled. It is useable until we find a solution.
12. Future Events:
January 26, Ben Bova at BCC
BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, (COCOA), FLA.
Renowned Sci-Fi writer Ben Bova will present the
free lecture “Man’s Place in Space,’’ on Friday,
Jan. 26, at 6 p.m., in the Brevard Community
College Planetarium and Observatory, Cocoa
Campus, 1519 Clearlake Road. The event is hosted
by the planetarium and the Space Coast Writers’
Guild. Bova’s recent novels, The Green Trap and
Titan, as well as his non-fiction book Faint
Echoes, Distant Stars, will be available for
purchase at the planetarium. A book signing will
follow the program. Bova’s presentation is part
of the Space Coast Writers’ Guild annual
conference on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and
27 at the Courtyard Marriott in Cocoa Beach. For
more information, call (321) 433-7372 or www.brevardcc.edu/planet.
January 27, Astronaut Memorial Foundation event
at KSC Visitors Center. Our chapter may participate.
www.amfcse.org/
January 31, Thunderbirds aircraft visit to KSC for planning.
www.thunderbirds.acc.af.mil/
February, Delta II Launch, THEMIS
February 13, NSS Florida Space Coast Speaker Meeting at BCC
March, Delta IV Heavy Launch
March 13, NSS Florida Space Coast Chapter Internal Meeting at Cocoa Library
March 14, Next Shuttle Launch – We will have a table at Space View Park.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/
March 16-18, Tyco Air Show in Titusville – Have a booth there?
www.vacwarbirds.org/
http://nbbd.com/festivals/warbird/index.html
April 10, NSS Florida Space Coast Chapter Speaker Meeting at Titusville Library
April 12, Yuri’s Night – Do street party in Titusville?
www.yurisnight.net/
April 17-23, Sun-N-Fun Air Show in Lakeland, FL,
west of Orlando – Have a booth there?
www.sun-n-fun.org
May 8, NSS Florida Space Coast Chapter Internal
Meeting at Shuttle’s Bar and Grill
May 24-28 ISDC in Dallas, have strong chapter attendance.
http://isdc.nss.org/2007/
May 25 – Shuttle Experience, Grand Opening at KSC Visitors Center
http://www.space.com/entertainment/050707_cs_shuttleexperience.html
Nov 3-11, World Space Expo at KSC
http://www.worldspaceexpo.com/
Meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
Fred Becker
Secretary
www.nss.org/
www.nssflorida.org/
