2024-05-06 Meeting notes

Time

Item

Presenter

Notes

5 min

Previous Action Items

Miguel

2024-04-28 Meeting notes

• SmallSat Updates

5 min

Team Updates

PMs and Leads

USLI

• Submitted the PLAR!!

• Will discuss sub-team leadership for next year, this week

SmallSat

• Balloon test flight early next year

• Decent progress on projects & working on integration

RPL

• CSSE

• Test Campaign

• New Leads

Hobby

• Rocket rack treorganized

• No launches for rest of year

  • 

• Need to discuss some topics today if possible

10 min

Banquet Updates

All

Logistics

• Progress on Food + Getting Gifts

  • Food ordered tomorrow ($377)

  • Arrive 5-5:15 to KIC (Starts at 5:30)

  • Silverware/Misc plates plan?

• Superlatives

  • In progress

10 min

Ground Testing Discussion

Peter/David/Maddy

• How do we get formal approval to ground test on campus?

  • Official approval is needed

  • Wet the field prior - thinking about BP testing at RPL pad

  • Handling of rocket with BP

• How does this effect USLI operations?

  • Set 2-3 people to arrange meeting

  • Schedule meeting w/ David

• When should we reach out? To whom?

• Leverage RPL experience + competition critical status.

10 min

Ordering Report

Thomas

Present the tools PO for approval

Discuss moving the fire cabinet to the RPL Endcap and putting this bolt organizer where the fire cabinet is now.

Present the bolt PO for approval

20 min

Election Reflection + New Constitution

All

How did elections go? Was there anything we could have done better? Documentation for future elections?

• More consolidated script

• 5 min discussion as optional

• 3min Speech + 2min Q&A

  • Make organization clear to attendees

• Ask candidates to outline points

What edits are we planning on making? When do we want to have that done for voting?

• Clarification on Voting

• Active Membership Requirements

  • This year: active Spring Quarter

  • People who assists with operations

• Assign a date to prepare Elections (Jan 12th)

Prep constitution

• Late fall quarter

• Begin edits mid-Fall quarter

  • July & Mid-August Summer Meetings

10 min

Hobby Discussions

Peter

• Who do L1s belong to during what phases of the program?

• L2s and research projects: Buyback? Who’s rocket?

• Codifying rules of rockets over breaks

• Personal rockets that use things like club epoxy

• Reflying rockets

• L2 proposal timeline and potential interest

5 min

Open Discussion

• Make admin meeting time and location more public

  • Adding Discord events & announce

  • Announce (participation optional)

• USE THE BIC SERVER

• Documentary Opportunity

  • Have this conversation