AIAA Section Annual Report 2013-2014

SECTION ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Outstanding Section Award Outstanding Activity Award The Annual Report is the Business Report for the Section and must be received before a Section can receive its rebate for the next year It covers activities from June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 Although any member can aid in filling out the report, submission can only be made by the serving chair of the section year listed above Supporting materials such as newsletters, programs, advertising, etc may be attached, but the total pages should be no more than 12 ( excluding the outstanding section and activity awards which can be two pages each), and must all be in one document (it may mean that the entire report is submitted in pdf format) Larger or extra pieces of supporting material, such as newsletters, multiple flyers, banquet programs, etc should be archived on the section’s SharePoint site with links in the report document as needed This report must be submitted by May 30, 2014 in order to be considered for any section awards Section Name: Wichita Section Size Category: Medium Section Organization List the names of the Section Officers and any additional members of the section council Officers for 2013-2014 a Section Chair: Austin Harper b Vice Chair: Minisa Childers c Secretary: Tony Hebert (2013) Mike Brennison (2014) d Treasurer: Jon Latall e Past Chair Dave Levy f Programs: Mike Brennison g Education: Charlie Zheng h Newsletter: Vicki Johnson i Public Policy: Bob Stuever j K-12 Outreach: Thomas Atambo k Young Professionals: Lauren Kerth l Membership: Jacob Lynn Officers for 2014-2015 a Section Chair: Minisa Childers b Vice Chair: Mike Brennison c Secretary: Jacob Lynn d Treasurer: Jon Latall e Past Chair Austin Harper Number of council/officer meetings held during the year: Average attendance: Percentage of membership voting in last election of Section Officers: 17% List any activities targeted at officer training or development including attendance at the Regional Leadership Conference: a Regional Leadership Conference Attended by Austin Harper and Minisa Childers b Congressional Visit Day Attended by Bob Stuever and University of Kansas students Estimated membership located within hour of the meetings: 93 Number of Chapters within the Section: Chapter Names: Wichita Describe how your section supports members outside the main local area (if any): a A dial-in number is provided so that Council members outside the local area can participate in the Council meetings Meetings, Programs and Events Describe the Section’s general meetings Include date, meeting type (e.g dinner meeting, field trip, lunch and learn, etc.), speaker, organization, topic, location, and attendance You may further break down your attendance if you would like (AIAA members, nonmembers, students, etc) Also include the focus (young professional, public policy, technical, workforce development, STEM K-12, etc or just general), any publicity used for the event, and if it was jointly sponsored and if so, by whom a September 26, 2013 Dinner Meeting Bill James, Hawker-Beechcraf Leadership in Today’s Aviation Industry Beech Activity Center 40 Attendees See flyer as Attachment A b October 10, 2013 Dinner Meeting (joint meeting with the Society of Experimental Test Pilots) Walt House, Kansas Aviation Museum Aircraf Manufacturing History in the Wichita Area Kansas Aviation Museum 20 AIAA + 47 Other Attendees See flyer as Attachment B c November 6, 2013 Dinner Meeting Ron Barrett, University of Kansas Savute’s Italian Ristorante Certifiable Adaptive Structures 34 Attendees See flyer as Attachment C d February 20, 2014 Dinner Meeting (joint meeting with the Wichita Council of Engineering Societies) Patrick McCollum, AECOM Creating a New Terminal at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport Wichita Marriott Hotel 118 Attendees See flyer as Attachment D e April 14, 2014 Dinner Meeting Sandra Magnus, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Perspectives from Space Crestview Country Club 48 Attendees See flyer as Attachment E f May 1, 2014 Joe Engle, United States Air Force/NASA From the X-15 to the Space Shuttle Wichita Marriott Hotel 48 Attendees See flyer as Attachment F Membership Activities Describe any membership recruitment/retention activities (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Membership Award Form) a Increased distribution of flyers for dinner meetings at major local employers Education List the student branches within the section and describe any section activities related to these branches a Student Branches i Wichita State University ii University of Kansas iii Kansas State University b Related Section Activities i WSU Engineering Open House awards ($100 First Place, $50 Second Place) Describe actions taken to establish new student branches Describe involvement of the section with the Region Student Conference a At least one section member reviewed papers for the Region V Student Conference Describe any professional continuing education programs (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Career and Workforce Development Award Form) Describe any precollege outreach programs instituted/continued this year (this section may be copied as needed for use in the STEM-K12 Award Form) a Kansas BEST Foundation Award ($500) b Wichita SWE Expo Air-Powered Rocket Build/Launch See flyer as Attachment G Does your section have a scholarship fund? Describe how funds are raised, and how scholarships are awarded Public Policy (This section may be copied as needed for use in the Public Policy Award Form) Describe activities that inform the public and section members about public policy The Wichita Public Policy (PP) chair very actively communicates with his local company legislative affairs focal on AIAA public policy matters, for situational awareness on both sides and for review/comment/opinion in crafing key issue topics for CVD In turn, the company focal very actively works with counterparts in Wichita to work with the state and national legislatures on behalf of the Kansas aerospace industry Last fall, the Wichita PP chair began working with the national AIAA State Affairs Working Group, and he held a meeting with the director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University a person who is well-versed in working with both state and national legislatures to push aviation matters to communicate specific AIAA initiatives and also to gather guidance on how to most effectively work with the legislatures Describe activities that provided interaction with government officials The Wichita section participated in CVD, and more indirectly the Wichita PP chair, who is also a member of the AIAA national Public Policy Committee, Aeronautics Subcommittee, was actively involved in drafing the national CVD key issue on technology transition as well as pre-briefing the national CVD participants on that issue in the CVD “training” sessions Did your section participate in Congressional Visits Day or All Aerospace Is Local? If so, describe Yes, the Wichita PP chair along with five students from the University of Kansas participated in CVD Team Kansas was pictured in Aerospace America in the April and May 2014 issues The team conducted visits with all four House representatives and two senators from Kansas, and effectively communicated the key issues most relevant to the Kansas aerospace industry Honors and Awards Describe any local section awards given to members and supporters Please note if award is new this year List members nominated by the section for AIAA or regional honors and awards Please include nominee, award, and status a Section members Laurette Lahey, Michael Thacker, and Kyle Wetzel were nominated for AIAA Associate Fellow Judging will take place over the summer and results will be announced next fall Technical Activities How many local members are members of an AIAA Technical Committee? Describe how they interacted with the local section or local technical committee(s) a We have 24 Technical Committee members b There was no interaction between the TC members and the local section except as regular members Describe local technical committees, their function and activities for this year Describe any technical symposia or short courses not described in detail elsewhere in this report Communications (this section may be copied as needed for use in the Communications Award form) Number of newsletters published this year: Describe any section publications other than a newsletter, including content, frequency and distribution How does the section utilize electronic communication, such as email notification, social media (such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter), etc? a All dinner meetings are announced via email b Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ were set up this year Announcements are duplicated on social media The following questions are for those sections with active websites Do you use the AIAA SharePoint site to host your section’s homepage? If not, you host a website elsewhere? a Yes How ofen is the site updated, and you have a webmaster? a Annually with new officer list b Monthly with new event listings What is the most utilized feature of the website? a Calendar Do you use it to promote upcoming section activities? a Yes, meetings Describe any new or unique features added this year a As noted above, we have just begun using social media Financial Summary (this portion of the report does not satisfy the requirements for an audit report) Beginning Total Balance as of June 1, 2013 $ 10,176.77 Checking Account: $ 10,076.77 Savings Account: $ 0.00 Other (please specify): $ 100.00 (cash box) Section Rebate: $ 2,171.94 Other Income (please specify): $ 3,790.00 (dinner meetings) Expenses: $ 8,004.57 Estimated Ending Balance as of May 31, 2014 $ 8,634.14 What corporate donations were received? a None Were any meetings or functions underwritten or financially supported? a Yes, dinner meetings were subsidized with local section funds (Total $707.08) Attachment A Attachment B Attachment C Attachment D Attachment E Attachment F Attachment G Outstanding Section Award (Limit to two pages.) Statement of the mission and goals of the section How is your section functioning within the mission and goals of the AIAA? AIAA's mission is to inspire and advance the future of Aerospace for the benefit of humanity and the Wichita section fully supports that goal by hosting dinner meetings which are aimed mainly at aerospace professionals but which are open to the public Statement of philosophy of use of funds (both through rebates and other means) How are financial resources used by the section? How you think the funds are best utilized? Our funds are used for three main purposes: First, to help subsidize dinner meetings to bring in speakers we believe will be of interest to our members; second, to fund travel expenses for our members to events that benefit the section or the general public (eg Regional Leadership Conference and Congressional Visit Day); and third, to fund awards for students developing skills that are applicable to the aerospace industry (Kansas BEST and the Wichita State University Engineering Open House) Please describe any challenges or problems that arose during the year (or that are ongoing) and how the section dealt with them For the third year in a row our previous Section Vice Chair moved out of Wichita before being able to accede to the position of Section Chair In addition our Secretary moved shortly afer his election to his position Please describe how your section is responding to its unique circumstances and how it is making a difference In other words, why should this be an Outstanding Section? For the past several years our previous Section Chair stayed on his position as there was nobody willing to step up to replace him As mentioned in the response to Question 3, our Vice Chair again was unable to run for election as Section Chair so I ran for Section Chair in his place and was elected We also recruited new members to run for Vice Chair and Secretary We also had new members appointed to Programs Officer, Membership Office, and Young Professional Officer While some of the previous members of the Section Council made themselves available to us for support, we moved forward largely on our own It has been a very successful year and next year our current Vice Chair will be moving up to Section Chair, our Programs Chair will be moving to Vice Chair, and our Membership Officer will be moving up to Secretary We are hoping that over the summer we will also be able to more fully fill out our appointed officer positions The past few years have been tumultuous for our section with layoffs continuing to take their toll on our membership but we are hopeful that a level of relative stability has now arrived and our new core of younger members will help our section grow even more in the future  ... two pages.) Statement of the mission and goals of the section How is your section functioning within the mission and goals of the AIAA? AIAA' s mission is to inspire and advance the future of... the section with the Region Student Conference a At least one section member reviewed papers for the Region V Student Conference Describe any professional continuing education programs (this section. .. Honors and Awards Describe any local section awards given to members and supporters Please note if award is new this year List members nominated by the section for AIAA or regional honors and awards