region i rac report: greater philadelphia section jackelynne silva, chairperson brett hoffstadt, rac...
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Region I RAC Report:Greater Philadelphia Section
Jackelynne Silva, ChairpersonBrett Hoffstadt, RAC Representative
October 2010
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Recent Activities - September 11 – Food & Fly With Sailplanes
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Recent Activities - September
25 – Council Meeting 27 – Newsletter released
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Recent Activities - October
21 - Tour of Dunmore Corporation, maker of aerospace films (thin materials, not movies!)
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Upcoming Activities
• November 18 – Young Professional Happy Hour. Notting Head Brewery,
downtown Philadelphia.
• December 7 (tentative) – Public Policy dinner meeting. Coordinating with staffer
from Sen. Arlen Specter’s office.
• January 2011 Dinner Meeting about UAVs, with CEO from local small UAV company
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Upcoming Activities
• February 2011 8 – DARPA dinner meeting organized in conjunction with AHS
• March 2011 Aerospace Symposium
Start preparing your abstracts, papers and posters!
[open to students, teachers, young and professional members]
Membership
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• We have 397 members62 Professionals6 Associate Members199 Senior Members31 Associate Fellows4 Fellows64 Students31 Educator Associates
New Associate FellowDr. Bakhtier Farouk from Drexel University(Mechanical Engineering Dept)
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Finances
• Checking balance: $6,542 $600 from Section Awards incoming. Thanks HQ! Cat-I Section rebate also still incoming.
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Others
• Vacant Newsletter Editor position has been filled by Ryan Miller
• Monthly council meetings with events subcommittee meetings/emails are working well as basis for council members communication
• Help requested: Please provide information on Webcast tool to use in Council Teleconference Meetings