Florida Space Coast Chapter of NSS

The next NSS Space Coast chapter meeting will be Tuesday. March 11 starting at 5:30 pm. We will be meeting in a private room at Kelsey’s Pizza in Port St. John (address below).

Our special guest will be Brett Silcox, Associate Director of NSS! Brett is a great resource for learning about space policies and projects around the country. We will focus our group discussion on planning for ISDC 2009 here in Orlando. Our formal announcement and preliminary agenda need to be ready to release in May at this year’s conference in Washington, DC.

Please make plans to join us Tuesday. March 11 at 5:30 pm at Kelsey’s Pizza in Port St. John!

Kelsey’s Pizza
6811 N Cocoa Blvd
Port St John, FL 32927
(321) 639-3333
http://www.kelseys.com/

The 2008 Yuri’s Night Cocoa Beach organizing team is meeting tonight, Monday Nov 6, at 6pm at the Cocoa Beach Pier. Anyone interested in learning about Yuri’s Night plans or helping to organize this large, public-outreach event is welcome to attend!

Location: Merritt Island Public Library, 6-7:15pm

Attendees: Al Udell, Robert Driscole, Tim Bailey, Jen Bailey

Minutes:

1. Shuttle launch next month, STS-122 on 6 Dec.
   • It is a weekday launch, approx. 4:30pm.
   • Tim & Al will be at Space View Park in Titusville with the NSS backdrop & Ad Astra magazines.
   • They will arrive to set-up @ 2:30pm. Everyone is welcome.
2. Yuri’s Night progress.
   • Tim sat in on a Houston YN planning session. They have the plan that Ames used to set-up their party. Houston is working on generalizing it and will send it out so every party can use it.
   • Houston trying to get all 4 NASA center parties (Ames, Goddard, Johnson, & us (Kennedy)) televised on NASA TV. There is also work to get the parties designated as official 50th anniversary NASA events. We’d have to work that locally with KSC folks.
   • Tim is going to talk to NASA PAO Lisa Malone to see what KSC can offer to help out with YN.
   • Chris is planning on talking to the Holiday Inn in Cocoa Beach as another alternative for a YN location.
3. Nominations opened for 2008 officer positions. Voting will be held at next meeting. Nominations will stay open until then.
   • President—Tim Bailey
   • Vice President—Robert Driscole
   • Secretary—Fred Becker (needs to be accepted by Fred)
   • Treasurer - Jen Bailey
4. Website
   • talk about switching to Word Press.
   • Then anyone could be given admin privileges.
   • It would be easier to update, upload minutes, etc.
5. Plans for future meetings:
   • December 11, Tuesday—Holiday dinner meeting @ Beef O’Bradys. Officer elections. Time & location TBD. May use chapter funds to buy appetizers.
   • January 8, Tuesday—Business meeting @ Paddy Cassidy’s in Cocoa Beach.
   • February—Meeting @ BCC Planetarium; shuttle launch
   • March—last minute, wrap-up YN planning; start planning for ISDC in Washington, DC
   • April 12, Saturday—Yuri’s Night
   • May—ISDC in Washington, DC 29 May – 1 Jun. Planning a big showing/preregistration for Orlando ISDC 2009.

Action Items:

• Tim—Order Ad Astra magazines for STS-122 launch
• Chris, please let us know what you need help with for YN planning.
• Tim with help from Fred—Obtain website password information.
• Exec officers—Determine which Beef O’Brady’s for Dec meeting.

Looking at locations for Oct. 12 NSS Florida Space Coast chapter meeting. Any suggestions?

(FYI, We’ve already been to Fishlips and Grills at Port Canaveral.)

Dear NSS Florida Space Coast Members and Friends,

National Space Society Florida Space Coast Chapter
Minutes and Notes, Wednesday, August 16, 2007 Meeting

Contents:

1. Florida Space Coast Yuri’s Night, April 12, 2008
2. September 20, Thursday, Chapter Meeting
3. October 23, STS-120 Launch
4. Nov 1-4, World Space Expo at KSC
5. Nov 10, 3:00 - 7:00. Futurist Jacque Fresco
Film Screening and Speaker Meeting at BCC
6. Thursdays, 12:00. Weekly lunch at KSC HQ cafeteria.
7. May 2008, ISDC 2009 in Orlando
8. Publicity List
9. Mailing List Upgrade

Location: Grills, Port Canaveral, FL

Attendees:

Jen Bailey, Treasurer
Tim Bailey, Vice-President
Fred Becker, Secretary
Edward Ellegood
Jack Fox, President
Gary Gilbert
Chris Reeves

Meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m.

The August meeting of the NSS Space Coast chapter
was a great success with follow-on planning from
our July meeting continuing preparations for
April 2008. Thanks to everyone that came out!!

1. Florida Space Coast Yuri’s Night, April 12, 2008

VIP’s - Barbara Eden, Kelly Slater, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis
Beer for Yuri’s Night - Microgravity Systems
Title Sponsor: ISU?
Goal: ISU Scholarship
CCTS - Space Congress is near the time frame

Updates from Jack, August 18:

Dear Yuri’s Night Team,

Tim Bailey and I had a great meeting with Jason
McKee at the Cocoa Beach Hilton on 8/17. They
want to do the Cocoa Beach Yuri’s Night Event
there, no ifs ands or buts. We have scoped it
out somewhat (below). Jason will handle several
things including coordination with city/county
for permits, several sponsors (for $ and
giveaways), some publicity, banners, vendors,
etc. etc. Next step is to scope it out further
and make a cost estimate. Then, Tim and I will
go back to Jason and ink a deal. Tim is very
saavy about horsetrading things like guaranteed
rooms for lower rates for the ballroom. Also, I
took a shot at various positions for you all to
fill on the team. So, please comment to the
scope below and please volunteer to serve in one
or more positions. Let me know if you have other
friends who might want to help. This one is
going to be awesome! I will soon set up weekly
Thursday lunches in HQ cafeteria for those who
are able to have a quick weekly tag up. Need to
then soon have weekly team meetings/telecons
after work. We all have day jobs, so dividing
and conquering the work and having excellent team
communication will be the keys. Thanks everyone.

Beach Element
Do at Lori Wilson Park right next to Cocoa Beach
Hilton (walkway exists connecting Hilton and LW Park)
Start at noon, end at 5 p.m.
Radio station DJ
Food, drink and merchandise vendors
Inflatable displays like Bud can, Earth, Moon and Mars plus banners
Red Bull float plane on beach
Corporate displays
One sponsor - Cocoa Beach Surf Shop might do it
Other sponsors to provide free giveaways
Surf contest in spacey costumes
Games like moon shoe race, moon buggy race (Big
Wheel tricycles), gravity ball (volleyball with beach balls), others
Sand Castle contest for moon bases or something
Art displays in covered tents
Local TV coverage

Hilton Pool Deck Element
Pool deck music from 2 p.m. to midnight (with brief VIP words in between acts)
Pool deck food, drink and merchandise
Pool deck free giveaways

Hilton Ballroom Element (back up plan is not do
this part since above is pretty good for 200
Ticketed event ($20?) (all of the above is free to attend)
Start at 7 p.m., end at midnight
Live local bands, buffet, cash bar
Free t-shirt for all
500 people if no sit down tables and only tall
tables (300 if tables) (If gets even bigger could
double size and have another ballroom).

Brief VIP words at band breaks
Move art displays into ballroom and outside ballroom
Corporate displays
Sponsor free giveaways

Positions to fill:
Cocoa Beach YN lead
CBYN assistant (likely lead in 2009)
Sponsors and giveaways lead
Finances lead
Ticket sales lead
Website lead
Signage, displays lead
Food, drink and merchandise lead
Music lead
Art lead
Publicity lead
VIP lead
Beach Element lead
Surf Contest lead
Games lead
Hilton Pool Deck lead
Hilton Ballroom Element lead

Update from Jack, Sep 7:

Dear Yuri’s Night Cocoa Beach 2008 Team,

I am very pleased to announce that Mr.
Christopher Reeves has agreed to be the overall
team lead. Please dive in and be an active
member on his team. I am stepping way back to
watch y’all make it happen. It really needs to
be a 20-something all night rave type of
event. Been there, done that…in the 80’s! I am
always available to provide guidance and sponsor
connections. I think the day time beach party at
Lori Wilson Park transitioning into an evening
party at the adjacent Cocoa Beach Hilton pool
deck is a very workable plan. I also recommend
you not use work email and transition to using
the existing yahoo distribution
list: NSSFL@yahoogroups.com. The homepage can
be used to post information, too. Please go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NSSFL and click on
“join this group” in the upper right. There are
26 people in this list. Some of you have already
added yourselves to the list I know. Well, about
7 months to Yuri’s Night Cocoa Beach 2008. It
will be awesome. For information on Yuri’s Night
go to http://www.yurisnight.net Pictures from
lots of world-wide 2007 events including our
Cocoa Beach event are at: http://www.yurisnight.net/gallery/v/2007/

Thanks everyone,
Jack

Applicable notes from prior planning:

Objectives? How limited? How broad?
Invite other organizations, young-oriented
Friends, co-workers — ask what they’d like to see at YN
FIT, UCF, Embry Riddle

Advertise
Logo: incorporate rocket, rocket garden, Yuri’s Night logo
Theme: mesh with objectives and demographics
Orlando: Universities, theaters, bars, clubs, art/music/local papers.
Local: Universities, theaters, bars, clubs, art/music/local papers.
The Assembly (Orlando)
Youth demographics
Banner on KSCVC and Ron Jon’s billboards
MySpace page
Our own T-Shirts
Merchandise Giveaways
Yuri’s Night coasters
Yuri’s Night round fliers with logos
Rocket bus logo theme
Website items
Action: make contact with art/music communities

2. September 20, Thursday, Chapter Meeting, update from Jack:

Dear fellow present and future space travelers,

Tim is out of town this week [second Tuesday
week] and we’ll have a special meeting day for
September only. Looking at Thursday, September
20th at TBD location. Probably at Port Canaveral
somewhere. Follow up message as soon as we can. Thanks.

[Also, Fred and I had a super time today at the
National Space Club luncheon at the DoubleTree
Hotel in Cocoa Beach. Heard Pat Duggins speak
about his new book on the Final Countdown for the
End of the Shuttle Program. Fred bought the
book. I'm too cheap. We also "networked" with
other space professionals. I learned that
Richard Nixon made his "I'm not a crook!" speech
at the Contemporary Hotel at Disney.]

3. October 23, STS-120 Launch: NSS Florida to
promote NSS to hundreds of launch viewers at Spaceview Park.
We will have a table set up at the park with free
NSS literature. Mark your calendars and come on out to help.
Date: October 23.
Time: tbs pm
Location: Spaceview Park.
Action: request Ad Astras. Info: we currently
have 200 Ad Astras for our use.
Action: request NSS membership brochures, write our chapter code–505–on them
Action: obtain NSS Space Settlement Calendars to sell at the event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-120
http://SpaceLaunchInfo.Com/spaceview.html
www.spacewalkoffame.com/
www.lisats.org/
http://www.nss.org/settlement/calendar/2008/gallery.htm

Resource sites:
http://spacelaunchinfo.com/
www.space-coast.com/
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=news09

4. Nov 1-4, World Space Expo at KSC
http://www.worldspaceexpo.com/
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/worldspaceexpo/index.asp

5. Nov 10, 3:00 - 7:00. Futurist Jacque Fresco
Film Screening and Speaker Meeting at BCC.
We are going to host a film screening and lecture
by futurist Jacque Fresco. He has considered
ways that technology can better serve humanity
and designed futuristic cities to demonstrate the
ideas. This event will be held at the BCC
Planetarium facility. Coordination with BCC is
underway. We will make fliers/signs for
this. We need to do PSA’s and publicity to get
attendance. The theater can hold 120 people.
http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com/
www.brevard.cc.fl.us/
www.brevardcc.edu/planet/

6. Thursdays, 12:00. Weekly lunch at KSC HQ cafeteria.

For Cape/KSC workers, we meet Thursdays at noon
in the HQ cafeteria for an informal lunch.

7. May 2008, ISDC 2009 in Orlando

NSS Florida Space Coast chapter has won the
bidding on 2009 International Space Development Conference
The conference will be held in Orlando. We
discussed the hotel and expected attendance.
Sponsors: Space Florida
JB Gump - Hub Sea World Research Institute, Sea World Events
Exhibitors
Speakers
KSC Saturn V Center Dinner - sponsorship
Hanging things from the large atrium - globes, astronauts
Space Tourism track: SpaceX, Begelow, Virgin, etc.
Vehicles on display
Schedule: in May 2008 we will start definitizing the program.
Rick: can Rick create a placeholder website for
ISDC 2009? (to be announced after ISDC 2008).

Further Notes.

8. Publicity List:

Florida Today’s TGIF, Things to Do, About Me Magazine
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=entertainment
Belinda Stewart, Metro Editor, bstewart@floridatoday.com, 321-242-3634

North Brevard Beacon
http://www.northbrevardbeacon.com/

Space Coast Chronicle
http://www.spacecoastchronicle.com/index.html

The Beachside Resident
http://www.thebeachsideresident.com/index.htm

Brevard Technical Journal
http://www.btjonline.com/php/

Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

Brevard Live Magazine
http://www.brevardlive.com/

Space Coast Parent Magazine
http://www.scparent.com/

Space Task Force Online Radio Show
http://www.spacetaskforce.com/

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Fred Becker
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