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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>AAS Space Flight
Mechanics Committee<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Minutes of the
January 25, 2000 meeting</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Clearwater, Florida
(AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Presiding:<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dr. Felix R. Hoots, Chair</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Attendance</b><span style='font-weight:normal'>:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u>Members present</u>:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Peter Bainum</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Yoaz Bar-Sever</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paul Cefola</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Shannon Coffey</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Wilbert Craig, III</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Scott Dahlke</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Louis D'Amario</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Christopher Hall</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Felix Hoots (chair)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Craig Kluever</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jean de Lafountaine</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kim Luu</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Don Mackison</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Robert Melton</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Arun Misra</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Karen Richon</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David Rubenstein</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Daniel Scheeres</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Malcolm Shuster</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mark Soyka</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David Spencer</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David Vallado</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Guests:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dennis Byrnes (Chair, AIAA Astrodynamics TC)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kyle T. Alfriend (for Bernie Kaufman)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kathleen Howell (final report on Girdwood conference)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ron Liskowski (AIAA GC, summer 01)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Les Sackett (AIAA TC, winter 01)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u>Members Absent</u>:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>James Campbell</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Victoria Coverstone-Carroll</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Robert Culp</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Robert Farquhar</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tony Hagar</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Serdar Kalaycioglu</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bernard Kaufman</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>James McAdams</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paul Schumacher, Jr</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><b>Opening remarks</b><span style='font-weight:
normal'> -- <span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Felix
Hoots called the meeting to order at noon and circulated a page asking for
address/email changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Please note
that the full committee roster is available on the website (<span
style='color:blue'><u>http://www.space-flight.org</u></span>).<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If anyone prefers a hardcopy, please
contact Felix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>New members,
delaFontaine, Soyka, Luu, Rubinstein, Bar-Sever, and Dahlke, were introduced
and welcomed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Minutes of the August 1999 meeting</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> - Felix read the minutes and they were
approved without change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Treasurer's Report (Coffey)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> - A spreadsheet showing debits and credits
for recent meetings was distributed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We have closed out the Girdwood Alaska meeting, with a reported profit
of $9377, including the expenses for the web site ($674) and the Breakwell
Student Travel Award ($1000).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Shannon noted that the web site expense (normally charged to the winter
conference) was charged to the summer conference because we had so much
profit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The amount of the
Breakwell Award will always be charged to the corresponding conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Report on Summer 1999 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girdwood,
Alaska (Kaufman/Howell).</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Terry
Alfriend reported the information from Bernie Kaufman concerning the
conference. There were a total of 210 registrants, 130 members, 22 students,
and 58 non-members. The profit was $9377 and it came from three sources: more
people attended than expected, hotel costs were less than expected, and paper
sales were very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Kathie
Howell discussed the rate of turn-ins for abstracts.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>25% of the abstracts were received by the deadline. Felix
Hoots presented his curve showing the slow progress to get all the papers
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By the time of the conference,
there were 170 papers, and 7 solicited for a special session.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>5 papers were rejected or combined with
other papers, 3 withdrew early, and 11 withdrew after the program was printed.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There were 3 no shows.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Kathie noted it was the first time the
web had been used extensively for the processing of papers.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It had a few glitches, but overall, it
worked quite well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thanks were
given to Shannon Coffey for setting the web procedures and making sure it
worked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Report on Winter 2000 Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Clearwater,
Florida (Hall/Kluever)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> Chris Hall reported that about 150 people had registered for the
conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This covered the cost
of all the rooms, and we incurred no penalties.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The dinner theatre on Tuesday night was over-estimated.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We had originally planned for 120
tickets, and only sold about 65 tickets by the time of the dinner.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were able to work with the hotel and
performing crew to limit extra food and expenses and the event was
covered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Chris read a letter he
had received concerning the conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It suggested we look at the use of credit cards.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is difficult to do because of the
additional fees and processing burdens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Use of travelers checks if currency rates are a concern is one
solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The letter also
suggested we choose cheaper hotels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We have always tried to get hotels that would match the government
rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It's usually a pretty good
compromise between a hotel that has adequate facilitates, and a reasonable
price. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>The letter suggested that we publish internet,
phone, and address information on participants.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>This evoked a long discussion that was summarized in the
following motions. </p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2>(a) Conference organizers will not publish email,
but will provide affiliation in the program guide. <b>26 Yes, 1 no.</b><span
style='font-weight:normal'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>(b) Conference organizers will not publish a
separate document containing email, address, in any form including the web site
except for internal use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Amended
to include the fact that it's ok to publish email and address info on session
chairs and general and technical chairs for announcements of the program. <b>11
yes, 10 no.</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>(c) Conference organizers will include descriptors
with companies to identify location, for instance, Boeing, Seattle. <b>15 yes,
1 no</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>.
(some people had left by this time).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>Craig Kluever reported that 110 papers were received
for the conference. 105 were in the program, consisting of 15 sessions and 2
special sessions. 3 papers were withdrawn, so far, and only 1 no show was
reported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There were currently 4
missing papers. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We had the usual discussion concerning
timelines for abstracts. The conclusion was again to leave the timelines in
place, but keep them somewhat soft as appropriate to obtain sufficient papers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We also discussed the need to keep exactly [or
very close to] a 100 word limit in the abstracts for the programs. This will
help future conferences by streamlining the program guide. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='layout-grid-mode:
line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Report on Summer 2000 Astrodynamics Conference, Denver, Colorado
(Shuster/Vallado)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> Malcolm Shuster began the remarks saying that the general chairs do
very little before the conference (when AIAA is the lead).<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Astrodynamics has been allocated 15
sessions over 3.5 days (Aug. 14-17).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The conference will occur at the Denver Marriott Technology Center.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A site meeting will occur on Feb. 10,
2000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dave Vallado (AAS Technical
Chair) noted that as of the abstract deadline on Jan. 3, 2000, we had only
about 50 abstracts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That number
increased to about 65 at the time of the Clearwater conference.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We decided to extend the deadline to 1
Feb, and had it announced throughout the conference to try and gain the
additional papers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Because this is
an AIAA conference, we have several hard deadlines and cannot keep moving the
date back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jeff Beck (AIAA
Technical Chair) noted that the program is due to AIAA on Feb 25, 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Report on Winter 2001 Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting
(Scheeres/D'Amario)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> Dan Scheeres reported that the meeting is set for Feb. 11-14, 2001 at
the Radisson Hotel in Santa Barbara, California.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The government rate is available.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The call for papers will go out in March 2000.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They are planning a little larger
reception on Monday night and not having a banquet on Tuesday.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rather, they are planning for a few
speakers to give a short discussion, ending about 5:00 pm.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This will allow people to get out and
enjoy the town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Planning for Summer 2001 Astrodynamics Conference (Misra/Spencer) </b></span><span
style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Arun Misra reported
that he is leaning towards a July 30-August 2 2001 meeting date in Quebec City,
Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This will be just before
the GNC conference in Montreal the following week.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We discussed the possibility of a government rate, but no
one knew what the rate was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Arun
was going to check on the prices in Quebec City first, then Montreal, currently
about $127 per night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>David
Spencer noted that the call for papers would go out sometime in October.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A theme was suggested for a 2001
orientation, perhaps with some futuristic ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Discussion of meeting site for Winter 2002 (Hagar)</b></span><span
style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Tony Hagar was not
able to attend the conference but sent some information on possible locations
in the southwest area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He has
looked at two hotels in San Antonio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>We discussed potential locations for the winter meeting.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Suggestions included Sante Fe, San
Antonio, Flagstaff, New Orleans and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Discussion of meeting site
for Summer 2002 (AIAA)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> The location for the summer 2002 meeting was not discussed at the AIAA
committee meeting so our discussion was tabled until our next meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b>Breakwell Student Travel Award (Hall)</b></span><span
style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Chris Hall reported
that the Student Travel Award Subcommittee. There were two applicants: one from
Stanford and one from Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The winner was Weiduo Hu, student of Daniel J. Scheers, Dept of
Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>His paper was titled "Spacecraft Motion about Slowly
Rotating Asteroids," coauthored by W. Hu and D.J. Scheeres. Chris
suggested the chairs conduct more advertising to make sure the word gets out
for students awards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><b>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dirk Brouwer Award
(Bainum)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Peter Bainum reported that
the Professional Awards Subcommittee is presently holding over one nomination
from previous years (Louis Walters).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Paul Cefola has been nominated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Felix plans to send an email to all committee members asking for any
additional nominations by Feb.4<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>After that, voting will occur by email and results will be
forwarded to Peter Bainum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;
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</span></b></span><![endif]><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Policies and Procedures
(Coffey)</b></span><span style='layout-grid-mode:line;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US'> Shannon Coffey reported that the subcommittee (Coffey, D'Amario and
Melton) has completed a draft of a Policies and Procedures Manual.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It will be emiled to all committee
members for comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bernie
Kaufman and Terry Alfriend have also started on a conference planner�s
manual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Kathie and Felix will
complete information from the technical chair standpoint.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There was some discussion on whether to
combine the two projects or keep the two documents separate.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No decision was made but the two groups
will work closely together as they complete their projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent>Mark Soyka developed a chart to conduct meeting
planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This could be very
useful for future conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He
also suggested numbering sessions so one can tell the day and morning or
afternoon from the paper number using letters in addition to the number. </p>
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EN-US'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><![endif]><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Conference
Proceedings �</b><span style='font-weight:normal'> Bob Jacobs, the publisher of
our conference proceedings, has expressed a concern with decreasing sales.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He has asked that we consider including
the proceedings in the price of registration.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>A related problem is the price of page charges for the <u>Journal
of Astronautical Sciences</u> (also published by Bob Jacobs) and increasing
pressure to include non-technical papers in the journal.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The committee expressed support to have
the journal continue as a technical publication.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The committee also feels that we should continue to have a
high quality proceedings for our meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Malcolm Shuster volunteered to research alternative
publishers where prices might be less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Felix with talk with Kathie Howell, editor of the Journal, to get her
perspective on this issue.</span></p>
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</span></b><![endif]><b>Adjournment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></b><span style='font-weight:normal'>The meeting adjourned at 1:40.</span></p>
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