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SacL5 Meeting 3/11/23

Meeting Notes

  • JP of JP Aerospace was on TV talking about balloon flights after the Chinese balloon incident
  • Sac L5 Balloon Grant has piqued the interest of a local high school science teacher
  • JP will fly the v-shaped ascender as soon as possible to test scale up issues with the fabric.
  • Ed an Perri Doutre will send out the next NSS Chapter Resource newsletter by end of March
  • Next meeting on April 8th might be in person
Meeting Agenda
Notes: No in-person meeting this month.
 
Meeting Call: Sacramento L5 Society, Local Chapter, National Space Society
Where: Virtual presence only, via Zoom
When: Saturday, February 11th, 2023, 5:00-6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
 
Pre-Zoom notes:
•These meetings are recorded.
•Folks will be asked to briefly share their video, and phone callers asked to identify themselves.
•We use the “waiting room” format. If I keep you waiting, call me and bawl me out! 916-429-6252
 
Join Zoom meeting:
Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbdpRGEmNm
Meeting ID: 868 9868 4719
Passcode: 502003
 
Agenda: 
5:00-5:10  Begin regular meeting: Margin for everyone to arrive/greeting of new members.
5:10-6:00  Updates/general chapter business:
•President’s & Treasurer’s report. (Joe Bland, Ed Kulis)
•Update on SacL5 website (Ed Kulis)
•Update on NSS Chapters’ Assembly (CA) and CA chapter resources subcommittee. (Jan Roston, Ed Kulis)
•Update on JP Aerospace. (Paul Turner, Jan Roston)

• Update on Eric’s steam engine (Eric James)

•Update on SacL5/JP Aerospace high school “prize” (Ed Kulis, Paul Turner, Eric James, Kris Cerone, Joe Bland)
•Update on potential NASA grant application (Joe Bland)
•Discussion on SacL5 physical meeting startup date
6:00-6:45  Discussions
6:45  Begin SacL5 Writers Group meeting (Paul Turner)
7:30  Adjourn SacL5 Writers Group meeting.
7:30 End meeting
 
No physical meeting again this week. A cold virus got past our defenses, and a pretty mean one at that. I am now leaning decidedly towards staying a “virtual” attendee going forward until further notice.
 

We’ll be seeing a new member, 

Joe Santiago,

 on Saturday. Welcome, Joe!

 
See everyone at 5:00 PM PST tomorrow!
 
Joe Bland
President, SL5S
7482 Greenhaven Drive
Sacramento, CA 95831
916-429-6252
 
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