Meeting Minutes - March 13, 2017
Meeting called to order at 7:15 pm on March 13, 2017
Old Business:
- Membership Report
- We have members and quite a few still owe
- Treasurer’s Report
- Three membership dues paid
- Ricky purchased supplies for S4 camp
- Net balance is $2668.89
- Small Satellites for Secondary Students (S4) Update
- 8 sets of Raspberry Pis, Sense Hats, and Camera Modules have been received (supplied by the Space Grant Consortium)
- Other parts have been purchased by the rocket club
- Saturday will be at NASA IV&V in Fairmont
- Sunday will launch from Laurel Fields, break for lunch, and data processing at WVU’s White Hall
- Launch Reports
- February 20 Launch
- Launch was beautiful
- Many successful launches, a few losses
- Two qualifying launches, several test launches
- March 4 Launch
- Launch weather was beautiful
- Recovered multiple rockets from trees
New Business:
- Community Centered Launch scheduled for May 20 at the Ag. Farm
- Have the community build water rockets with team members launching low power rockets at the Ag. Farm
- Estes Alpha 1, Balsa Machining Services School Rocket, or similar is another option (low-cost beginner’s kit)
- A motion put to the club to spend $300 and was seconded
- Motion passed for the club to spend up to $300 for the event
- Need a committed group of people to be at the launch, set supply list, schedule, advertisements
- Need to ask permission to utilize the classroom facility
- 9-noon launch window
- Building rockets from 9-10:30 am
- Launch the rockets from 10:30 am-noon
- Facebook group will be created for the event as well as a press release
- Upcoming Events
- March 19 at Laurel Fields
- S4 Launch, all are welcome to attend, will be meeting at 9:30 am at the fields
- March 25 at Laurel Fields
- Jamie is RSO
- High Power Launch (last of the spring season)
- April 1 at Laurel Fields
- Holtzers are RSOs
- April 2 at Tennant Farm
- Tennant’s are RSOs
- April 29 at Ag. Farm
- May 13/14: TARC Nationals
- May 20 at Ag. Farm
- Community Launch
- June 24 at Ag. Farm
- July 22 at Ag. Farm
- Travis is RSO
- Launch coincides with Mon. County Summer Snowflakes
- Potential Launch Site
- Plum Run near Mannington
- Chris spoke with owners and they are willing to host us
- There is approximately 800 feet to anywhere, cannot use it during the summer during crop season
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm. Next meeting is April 10 at 7 pm at Black Bear Burritos in Evansdale.