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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:17:41 PST
From:         Jeffrey Alan Foust <jafoust@CCO.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Summary of ICB t-con

The following summary is from the post-phone t-con held on ICB on Sunday,
24 January 1993.  The t-con was held on ICB because the SEDS Haven at
hoshi.colorado.edu was down at the time of the t-con.

Present: Irwin, Jeff, Drew, Bill, Kevin, Alvin, John [ever so briefly]

Some initial discussion of the role the MIT HQ would play (if any) with a
SEDS Mom - nothing conclusive resolved.

Discussion of trying to combine the "SEDS Mom"/Embry-Riddle proposal with the
Spaceport Florida Authority (SFA) proposal and trying to get the best of both.
Drew suggests April 12th as the official opening day for the new office and
SEDS Mom.

Questions about finances: How much of SEDS-USA's financial issues does the
SEDS Mom handle and how much do students handle.  The general consensus is
that the financial issues (writing checks, keeping budgets and treasury
records, etc.) should be in the hands of students, and this board person
or persons should be in frequent contact with the SEDS Mom.  It was also
generally agreed that if at all possible the treasurer position on the board
should be permitted to float from one school to another.  The SEDS Mom could
act as a go-between between the treasurer and the bank.  Drew says he will
ask Amy to look into some banks in the area with agreeable policies regarding
changing signatories on the checks.

Board Liasion to SEDS Mom: Strong agreement that there needs to be a board
member to act as a liasion between the rest of the board and the SEDS Mom.
Most agree that a geographic requirement for the position (i.e., someone
near the location of the SEDS Mom) is not necessary if the SEDS Mom has e-mail
access.  It's agreed that Amy should act as the initial liasion.

Leadership Revisions to SEDS-USA: With the SEDS Mom, in place, some revisions
of the current leadership structure may be necessary, although those attending
the t-con think it's an issue best discussed after the SEDS-Mom proposal
is resolved.

Next T-Con: Sunday 31 January 1993, 12 noon PST (3pm EST).  We will discuss the
SEDS Mom proposal and the current plan is to have the board vote on the
proposal.  Hopefully Marylin Sheddan will be able to be present (if we can
arrange access) so the board can discuss issues with her.  We will meet on
SEDS Haven, unless it is not operational, in which case we'll go over to ICB,
as was the case with this t-con.  All members of the board: please make an
effort to attend -- this proposal is important to the future of SEDS-USA!

[Note on the official proposal: As I understand it, Peter will post a
copy of his "SEDS Administrator: Position Description and Terms of
Employment" document.  When it's posted, I'll post an "official" proposal
for people to comment upon and suggest changes (although people are
certainly free to make such comments now).  If the document doesn't appear
in the next day or two, I'll enter it in myself (I want to save time spent
typing if at all possible... :) ]

As in the last summary, if people notice any discrepencies, errors, or
omissions in the above summary, please post them.  Thanks!

Ad astra,

Jeff
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