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Region V Director’s Report Laura Richard 303-269-5963 Region V Report to RSAC 1 August 2012
Region V Director’s Report
Laura Richard 303-269-5963Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Highlights of the Region
• RAC Meeting on 14 June 2012• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 11• Major Highlights:
– Section Officer Rosters– Section Annual Reports, Audits– RLC 2-3 August Atlanta GA– Category III Funds
• Requesting from Iowa, Twin Cities and Wichita
– Section Awards!• Region V Engineer and Young
Engineer of the Year– Section By-Law Status for Iowa– One open DD Position
• RAC Meeting on 26 July 2012• Type: Meeting / Telecon• Attendance: 9• Major Highlights:
– RLC 2-3 August Atlanta GA• St Louis and Rocky Mountain
supporting this year– Category III Funds Remaining
• If Iowa, Twin Cities or Wichita do not submit will accept from St. Louis and Rocky Mountain
– Sections setting up calendars for 2012-2013 Events
– Section By-Law Status for Iowa
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Region V Professional Membership• From June 2012 Membership Report
• Professional Membership: 1934 • Decrease of 6 since last RSAC (May
2012). Slightly up from last year• No trend by Section. Sections show
slight up and down. • Student Membership: 572
• No Change since last RSAC (May 2012).
• Most sections are flat. Rocky Mtn shows slight increase.
• Educator Associate Membership: 313• Decrease of 9 since last RSAC (May
2012)• Most Sections show slight increase.
Rocky Mtn showed a large increase (Due to “Boot Camp” at AF Academy in July 2011)
• However, Rocky Mtn had a decrease of 12 in June 2012.
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Professional Membership Observations• Region V membership has been trending flat from 2000 up to the decrease
which started in 2009. Last year started an up slight trend which appears to be continuing into 2012.
• Sections have been mostly flat with slight ups and downs over the last 6 months. Rocky Mtn had ~4% uptick over this period.
• Short term trends over the past six months: • Iowa - 1• Rocky Mountain +61• St. Louis + 7• Twin Cities - 5• Wichita + 4 (Efforts working!)
• Long term trends: • Regional membership has slight uptick from downturn in 2008.
– Rocky Mtn showing a flattening on the growth over the past years. Has recovered the membership seen last year
– St. Louis showing long term decrease but appears to be flattening– Wichita appears to be flattening the drop started in 2009– Other Sections showing steady membership
• Continuing focus on calling “drop”, “new” and “transfer” members• Sections not fond of having dedicated membership drives, prefer to
concentrate on associating good meetings with new members.
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
FY12 Financial Summary• Category I Allocated: FY11
• Iowa $ 942.11
• Rocky Mountain $ 7,902.38
• St Louis $ 2,842.58
• Twin Cities $ 1,632.46
• Wichita $ 2,152.24
• Category I Available: $15,471.77• Category III Allocated: $1,658.01
• ($1390.00 + $268.01 additional)• Category III Approved: $ 900.00
• Rocky Mountain ($500): Space Vision 2011 in Boulder
• St Louis ($400): 1st Annual AIAA-STL New Member Appreciation Event
• Category IV Requested: $0• Category IV Approved: $0
• Region V: As of July 26 2012• Checking Account: $
7,898.01• Certificate of Deposit : $
10,077.83– CD renews 15 October 2012
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Region V Deputy Directors & Section Chairs• DD-Career & Workforce Development: Karen Copper [email protected] 314-234-5742
• DD-Education: Martiqua Post [email protected] 719-333-7574
• DD-Finance: Larry Frutiger [email protected] 316-733-1572
• DD-Honors and Awards: Andy Carlson, [email protected] 763-218-4854
• DD-Membership: Gary White [email protected] 314-705-2312
• DD-STEM K-12 Outreach: Billy Crisler, [email protected] 719-333-4317
• DD-Public Policy: Pamela Burke, [email protected] 303-977-0214 (primary) and Arthur Hingerty, [email protected] 303-467-0244
• DD-Technical Activities: Dr. James Casler, [email protected] 701-777-3462
• DD-Young Professionals: Lindsey Wagner [email protected] 651-674-0222
• Associate Fellow Rep Reg V: Brandon Wegge [email protected] 314-232-2933
• Student Paper Conference: Sanjay Jayaram [email protected] 314-977-8212
• Staff Liaison: Chris Jessee [email protected] 703-264-3848
• Iowa: Dr. Vinay Dayal [email protected]
• Rocky Mountain: Jim Rendleman [email protected]
• St. Louis: Frank Youkhana [email protected]
• Twin Cities: Kristen Gerzina [email protected]
• Wichita: Dave Levy [email protected]
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Regional HealthSection Membership
Trend (2 yr) Financial Health
Section Activities
Communication Outreach
RAC Attendance
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Overall Health
Comments
Iowa -3%
Fair Unknown
Monthly Telecon 50% Challenged I need to work closer with them as I am very concerned. Bylaws Update Still Required
Rocky Mountain
+4% Excellent Meetings
Monthly Telecon 100%
Successful Will apply for Section
Awards – first time in many years
St. Louis -1% OK Meetings
Monthly Telecon 100% Good
Lots of Member Events
Twin Cities
+1% OK Meetings
Monthly Telecon 50% Good Strong Teaming
Wichita -6% Good Meetings
Monthly Telecon 100% Recovering Slowly
Concerned about Membership due to Boeing leaving Area
• Section and Deputy Director Communication
• Monthly Teleconference– 14 June 2012
– 26 July 2012
• Next one Scheduled for 30 August 2012
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Section Highlights• Iowa
• Looking for enthusiastic individuals to join their Executive Committee– Understand have a new Chair from Iowa State (previous Chair) so hopeful that they will
be re-invigorative• Not able to attend RLC this year• Reviewing Bylaws
– Received email indicating they do not have any changes• Emily will work with Iowa on what updates are required to their 1995 approved
version• Rocky Mountain
• Supported STEM Academy and Training in July• Working on their Annual Technical Symposium in October• First Council Meeting 9 Aug
• St. Louis• 21 June, Sharron Davis Executive Director of WASP Museum “Fly-Girls of WWII”• 10 August Friday Night Film Series “Fate is the Hunter”• 14 August 50th Anniversary of the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, Stanley Cole• New Member “Welcome” Event scheduled in Sept• 3 Members attending RLC
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Section Highlights• Twin Cities
• 30 June Lunch Event and Tour of MN Air Guard Museum• 19 July Distinguished Lecturer & Dinner Event with Greg Meholic: Advanced Space
Propulsion Concepts for Interstellar Travel• Upcoming Events
– Section Table and Support of the AIAA GNC/M&S/Atmospheric Conference in Minneapolis
– Section Table and Support of the AIAA GNC/M&S/Atmospheric Conference in Minneapolis
• Wichita• Nominating Committee developing a slate of officers; Davy Levy will remain as Chair for
one additional year• First Council Meeting planned for Mid August; will work on Fall Programs• Concern about lose of membership due to Boeing leaving the Wichita area• Will not be able to attend RLC
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Thoughts for RSAC
• TAC is changing....what does RSAC need to do to Change???• “Suppose” to align Goals to Strategic Plan
• But what are RSAC’s, not just VP Member Services Goals and Expectations???
• We have been essentially doing the same thing for the past 20 years– Similar Reports from the Regional Directors and Standing Committee
• We need to change too if RSAC is going to survive!!!
• So....what do we need to do to move forward???
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Back-up Charts
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Student & Educator Member Observations
• Region V Student membership has started to flatten• Educator membership continuing Upward Trend over past year
• • Significant variation in number of student members over the year• Past Year trends: Students Educators
• Iowa - 16 + 5• Rocky Mountain + 17 + 51• St. Louis - 17 + 7• Twin Cities + 7 + 2• Wichita - 15 + 4
• Student Long term trends: • Regional membership tending to oscillate for the past few year; overall, tending to
remain constant. • Rocky Mtn show consistent increase since 2009• Other Section flat or slight decrease
• Educator Long term trends: • Increasing since renewals no longer required• However, Rocky Mtn has shown first decrease this June 2012 (161 Educators in
May, 149 Educators in June 2012)
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Region V Student Membership
Laura RichardRegion V
Region V Report to RSAC1 August 2012
Region V Educator Membership
