Minutes of ERPS #303 (302?)

Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #303
04 April 2005

The President called the meeting to order at 8:38 PM. Members present were 
Nate Dietrich, Rick Eversole, Sean Lynch, Pierce Nichols, Julie Porter, Dan 
Solvin, Michael Wallis, Dave Weinshenker, and Chris Winter.

Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:


DOCUMENTATION
-------------
Chris Winter

	Chris reported one nibble RE: his 20 e-mails about the arm, but no real 
interest.

	Chris will not have a data CD-ROM ready in time for Space Access '05. It 
obviously is better to postpone completion than to rush a shoddy product 
out the door.

INFOTECH
--------
Sean Lynch

	The ERPS Web site is becoming the target of multiple extraneous links. 
Sean reported that an upgrade to Version 3 of Moin-Moin should eliminate 
this problem.

LIAISONS
--------
Michael Wallis

	Michael reported observing a turbine-powered model FA-18 on the previous 
weekend, and suggested this might be a good source of propulsion info for 
Gizmocopter.


PUBLIC AFFAIRS
--------------
Michael Wallis

	Nothing to report

TREASURER
---------
Rick Eversole

	We are short of money.

	We continue to operate without a budget for the remainder of fiscal year 
2004.

CHIEF SCIENTIST
---------------
Kevin Bollinger

	Nothing to report

FLIGHT CONTROLS
---------------
Dave Masten

	See Gizmocopter

PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
----------------------
Pierce Nichols

	Dave W reported that construction is moving ahead on a production version 
of the HTP refrigerator.

REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
-------
Dave Weinshenker

	Nothing to report

SAFETY
------
Dave Masten

	Safety is AOK.

TESTING
-------
Dave Masten

	Nothing to report

**** PROJECTS

Composites
----------
Kevin Bollinger

	Nothing to report

Gizmocopter
-----------
Sean Lynch

	Some changes are in the works for Gizmocopter. One is more suitable 
motors. Dave W proposed using an available bench supply with adjustable 
output to run parametric thrust/voltage tests on some motors, measuring the 
thrust with a bathroom scale.

KISS
----
Dan Solvin

	Nothing to report

POGO
----
Dave Masten

	Nothing to report

SMARTFLIGHT
-----------
Dave Weinshenker

	Dave hopes to fly payload for Pierce (for a school project) at the next 
Fresno launch series over the weekend of 16-17 April. The next option is 
Dairy-Aire a month later.

Spike
-----
Sean Lynch

	Nothing to report


NEW BUSINESS
============

	The cleaning service has started up in Unit 23.



Meeting #301 adjourned at 8:49 PM. The next meeting will take place at 8 PM 
on 3 May at our facility in Santa Clara. Watch the list for driving 
directions.


Respectfully submitted,

Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS


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