Dear NSS Florida Space Coast Members and Friends,
National Space Society Florida Space Coast Chapter
Minutes and Notes, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Meeting
Time: 5:00
Location:
Paddy Cassidy’s
Cocoa Beach, FL
Attendees:
Fred Becker, Secretary
Robert Driscole, Sergeant At Arms
Jack Fox, President
Ross Tierney
Meeting called to order at 5:00 p.m.
MOST IMPORTANT ITEM: We need a few thousand NSS membership brochures
by March 10 for use at the KSC picnic.
1. The annual report to HQ has been filed, summarizing our 2006
activities. All chapters must also file for an individual employer
identification number as a non-profit entity.
Action: Fred to file with IRS for EIN.
2. Next event: KSC Annual Picnic: NSS Florida to promote NSS to
thousands of KSC employees and families.
Date: March 10.
Time: 10-4 (Setup Friday in advance)
Location: KARS Park.
Link: http://kscpicnic.ksc.nasa.gov/index.html
Jack is buying us a canopy to go with our table and chairs. We will
have our canopy set up near other organizations at the picnic. We’ll
be handing out Ad Astras and membership brochures. Jack also has 100
Astronaut Farmer mini-poster and kid activity books that we can hand
out. The picnic is providing a table and 3 chairs. We have Fred and
Robert available so far to help man the table. We need two more
volunteers. If you can participate, please let Jack know. We also
have a request in to NSS headquarters to send us 2000 membership
brochures for use here and in the future.
3. Monthly Members Meeting, March 13
Location: Paddy Cassidy’s
Time: 5:00 officers, 5:30 members and guests
4. Titusville Air Show, March 16-18. Fred contacted the airshow and
determined that their booths go for $400, but they would let us have
one for $200. Due to our other activities and the cost of this, we
are passing on this opportunity. Update: now that the Shuttle has
slipped to March, this is more feasible, however there are no more
booths available and no space for our canopy.
5. Yuri’s Night: NSS Florida to participate in worldwide space
celebration of the first space flight.
Date: April 12
Time: 6:00
Location: Paddy Cassidy’s Irish Pub, Cocoa Beach
Link: www.yurisnight.net/
Option 1: Titusville city event was discussed. We don’t know the
city fees for this. Spaceview Park in concert with Astronomy Club,
HAM club. Combine three popular draws: food, music and
sports. Bands: Max Q, local space folk singer. Astronaut signing.
Option 2: Paddy Cassidy’s. We decided to go with Option 2. Items
to bring and provide: stickers, T-shirts, CD’s, posters. Webcam and
internet access will link us to the online Yuri’s Night worldwide celebration.
Action: Add a link from our home page to Yuri’s Night (if not
already present).
Action: Ross will provide a model to be raffled with proceeds going
to our chapter fund.
Action: Ross to coordinate in-house fliers and posters for Yuri’s
Night. These are created by Paddy Cassidy’s.
Action: Ross to establish setup for wireless internet.
Action: Jack to donate $50 to buy items to auction for chapter
benefit. Possible items: gift certificate, something unique to KSC,
space related.
Action: Robert to do publicity in Florida Today and The Resident.
Action: Chapter to sponsor food for 30/35 people with a $50 budget.
6. STS-117 Launch: NSS Florida to promote NSS to hundreds of launch
viewers at Spaceview Park.
Date: April TBD. The date has slipped from the planned March 15 launch date.
Time: TBD
Location: Spaceview Park.
Action: request Ad Astras. Info: we currently have 1000 Ad Astras
for our use. Followup: We requested another 1000, plus membership brochures.
www.spacewalkoffame.com/
www.lisats.org/
Resource sites:
http://spacelaunchinfo.com/
www.space-coast.com/
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=news09
7. Future Speaker Meeting at BCC.
Action: Tim to continue to discuss options with BCC. Can use either
a Library Room or the Planetarium. This is a perfect location for
NSS Florida Space Coast.
www.brevard.cc.fl.us/
www.brevardcc.edu/planet/
8. 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/
9. ISDC 2009: NSS Florida Space Coast to bid on 2009 International
Space Development Conference
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. 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. Jen has written a preliminary
proposal. Fred has found a convention service company that can
arrange optimum rates.
Action: Fred to contact Brett Silcox with information about the
convention service company. Update: Fred has left a phone message
and will email the information.
10. NSS Membership brochures at KSCVC.
We are progressing with logistics and will soon have NSS membership
brochures available to all the visitors at the KSC Visitors Center.
11. Publicity Venues:
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/
12. 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
13. 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.
14. Treasurer – Jen is moving ahead with getting the treasury set up
for our use.
15. 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.
Action: Ross to coordinate this? Tim has the banner and Fred can
deliver to Ross. The banner is useable as is, but it would be good
to have it repaired in time for the March 10 picnic.
16. Future Events Calendar:
March, Delta IV Heavy Launch
March 10, KSC All-American Picnic at KARS Park
March 13, Paddy Cassidy’s, chapter internal meeting.
March 16-18, Tyco Air Show in Titusville – No chapter plans for this.
www.vacwarbirds.org/
http://nbbd.com/festivals/warbird/index.html
April 10, Titusville Public Library Room, speaker meeting: Cancelled
for Yuri’s Night events.
April 12, Yuri’s Night
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
April, Next Shuttle Launch – We will have a table at Space View Park.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/
May 4-5 – U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Gala
Tickets are now available to the 2007 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Induction Gala at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center! Astronauts Michael
Coats, Steven Hawley and Jeffrey Hoffman will be honored on the
evening of May 4 and enshrined into the Hall the following
day. Reservations are limited and will be taken on a first come,
first served basis. All proceeds benefit the Astronaut Scholarship
Foundation. VIP sponsorships are also available. Purchase your
ticket today by calling 321-269-6119 or logging on to:
http://www.astronautscholarship.org/2007_ahof_induction.html
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 6:45 p.m.
Fred Becker
Secretary
www.nss.org/
www.nssflorida.org/
