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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:57:23 GMT
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From:         "(Carlos G. Niederstrasser)" <carlosn@PHOENIX.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:      Board Nomination- Carlos Niederstrasser

			SEDS-USA National Executive Board
				Nomination Form

Name: Carlos G. Niederstrasser

Address: 137 Henry Hall
         Princeton University
         Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone:   (609) 258-9517

E-mail:  carlosn@phoenix.princeton.edu

School currently attending: Princeton University

Date of graduation: June 1994

List your experience in SEDS:
President of Princeton Planetary Society (Chapter of SEDS and NSS)
General coordinator for joint PPS/SEDS publication of Space Jobs

--- Someone, please let me know if this reached SEDS-L, I'm having problems
receiving the group at my end. ---

Essay: Where do you see SEDS in five years?  How do you see yourself
	contributing to this future?


	SEDS, to me, is above all a way for students to be introduced to the
space program.  This does not simply mean know the facts, but rather know what
you, as an individual, can contribute to it.  In the years to come, as SEDS
continues to expand, this should be the overriding principle.  However it is
much more than that.  SEDS is, and should continue to be a way for young
individuals to reach positions of leadership and responsibility in a field of
interest to them.
	I think it is important in the next five, ten, twenty years to keep
these two factors in mind, and everything else will fall more easily into
place.  However, I've just stated what SEDS should be in the abstract.  To
truly fulfill these roles there are some things that could and should be done.
I am a strong believer that strength lies in unity and size, both of which
should be stressed by SEDS.  In the past there has been a lot of discussion
about unity, in particular regarding the International SEDS.  In addition each
chapter has tended to work individually, or at most with one or two other
chapters.  It is time that SEDS starts acting as an entity in and of its own.
It was with this in mind that I proposed that Princeton's publication _Space
Jobs_ be made an joint SEDS project.  Ideally many, if not all, chapters could
contribute, making it a truly _SEDS_ project.  We should make sure that when an
outsider refers to SEDS they are referring to the (Inter)National organization,
and not the one chapter they have had contact with.
	Unity, however does not only apply inside, but outside as well.  We
should strive to strengthen our ties with other pro-space organizations, even
those who we at times disagree with.  It is only through this unity that we can
make sure our ultimate goal of an increase presence in space is achieved.
	This is what I am willing to do, and would focus on-- increasing the
internal and external ties of all SEDS chapters and space organizations.  As an
active member of both SEDS and NSS, and member of SSI and TPS, I have witness
first hand the friction that often arises.  I am ready and willing to help
alleviate some of this friction and lead our organization in the path to
greater unity.


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| Carlos G. Niederstrasser        |   It is difficult to say what   |
| Princeton Planetary Society     | is impossible; for the dream of |
|                                 | yesterday, is the hope of today |
|                                 |   and the reality of tomorrow   |
| carlosn@phoenix.princeton.edu   |---------------------------------|
| space@phoenix.princeton.edu     |    Ad Astra per Ardua Nostra    |
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| Carlos G. Niederstrasser        |   It is difficult to say what   |
| Princeton Planetary Society     | is impossible; for the dream of |
|                                 | yesterday, is the hope of today |
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