AIAA mtg minutes 2/1/15

= Shirts =
* Seniors Class shirts ordered following Senior Trivia Night have arrived
** New document in AIAA E-board dropbox detailing who has received their shirts

* Josh is going to distribute shirts to Senior Design Classes

= Bylaws =
* Officers have drafted a set of bylaws and a constitution for CU AIAA to update the national organization with

* Quibbles, discussion:
** Freshmen are eligible to run for officership following one semester of active membership; "latter 75% of semester" at least
** Faculty advisors must be full-time actual faculty: lecturers and assistant, associate, or full professors employed full-time by Clarkson. Clause exists to keep grad students, postdocs, etc. from being advisors
** Semesterly activity reports will be sent out to MAE student body as well as faculty

** Larger AIAA student chapters are focused more on lectures, workshops, info sessions
*** As chapter grows, meetings can develop into this once a semester and then more often

** Counterproposals for freshman dinner/BBQ:
*** Event at the start of the Fall semester -- few weeks off from start of semester (weekend after fall break)
**** Will be discussed further

*** Replace first meeting with a mixer, non-productive networking period between new members and officers, et al.

*** All aeros party at the end of the Spring semester

* Ratified by general body!

Onwards to business:

= Display Case =
* Calls to be made in the following week to contractors for building requirements

= RC/UAV Forum =
* Looking into forum locations

= Website =
* Next Webmaster search will enter AE classes to discuss AIAA events, needs for a webmaster over the semester


= Professional Development Workshops =
* Helpful, if underattended
* Next currently-planned part is on Wednesday of Career Fair, attended by employer panels, will have food

= Trip =
* Interest in a trip akin to last year's Flying Club/AIAA trip to Canada

= 2016 AIAA Student Conference =
* Hampton Inn, CAMP lecture Wing could support a conference
* Shuttle, parking spaces, coule be allotted for attendees
* AIAA provides $3500 for conference; $50 per attendee
* Could look into corporate sponsors

= Syracuse Flight Simulator =
* Head of AeroE Engineering Dept. at Syracuse University willing to work with us to set up the use of it later in the semester
* Headcount, dates to be worked out as the semester proceeds

= Misc. =
* Next meeting next Sunday, Feb. 8th 7PM
* E-board to discuss AIAA speakers and send out emails