Region 4 Report (draft) May 5, 2010 James Walker Region 4 Director
Jan 19, 2016
Region 4 Report (draft)May 5, 2010
James Walker
Region 4 Director
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Region 4 has Seven Professional Sections
Current Member Numbers as of 1 April 2010 (difference from 1 April 2009)
Professional Student Educator Associate
• Albuquerque 414(+12) 28(+4) 24(+9)• Holloman/Alamogordo 23(-2) 2(+0) 5(-1)• Houston 794(-61) 196(-41) 47(+11)• North Texas 457(-25) 126(+36) 33(+9)• Oklahoma 101(-7) 120(-31) 39(+13)• Southwest Texas 221(-9) 128(+30) 37(+12)• White Sands Space Harbor 42(+0) 22(+3) 5(+3)
• Region 4 Total 2052(-92) 622(+1) 190(+56)
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Region 4 Membership by Section (April 2009)
Region IV Members by Section April 2010
Holloman/Alamogordo, 23, 1%
Houston, 794, 39%
White Sands Space Harbor, 42, 2%
Albuquerque, 414, 20%
Oklahoma, 101, 5%
Southwest Texas, 221, 11%
North Texas, 457, 22%
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Historical Professional Membership for Reg. IV; From 2005-2008 it was steady at 2213±11 members; in 2009 it dropped 70 to 2144 (-3.3%), and this year (2010) it dropped 92 to 2052 (-4.3%).
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Historical Professional Membership for Sections: Albuquerque grew, White Sands Space Harbor held steady
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Historical Student Membership for Region: Growing
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Historical Educator Associate Membership for Region
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Region 4 Section Chairmen (new in red)
• Albuquerque: Elizabeth Kallman, Ball Aerospace, Albuquerque• Holloman/Alamogordo: Lt. Tommy Truong, USAF, Holloman• Houston: Ellen Gillespie, USA, Houston• North Texas: Ralph Tate, LM, Dallas• Oklahoma: Jamey Jacob, OSU, Stillwater• Southwest Texas: Tom Moore, SwRI, San Antonio• White Sands Space Harbor: Stephen McDougle, NASA
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Regional Deputy Directors (new in red)
• Career Enhancement: Elizabeth Blome, Houston• Education: Open• Finance: P. A. Cox, SwRI, San Antonio• Honors and Awards: Shirley Brandt, Jacobs ESCG, Houston• International: Douglas Yazell, Honeywell, Houston• Membership: Open• Precollege Outreach: Gar Bering, U. of Houston, Houston• Public Policy: Wayne Rast, USA, Houston• Technical: Mark Melanson, LM, Ft. Worth• Young Professionals: Derby Sun, Ft. Worth
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Albuquerque Section
Holloman/Alamogordo Section
• Hosted 2010 Southern New Mexico Technology Symposium, April 15, 2010 in Las Cruces, NM.
Houston Section
Houston Section
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North Texas Section
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North Texas Section
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Oklahoma Section
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Oklahoma Section
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Southwest Texas Section
First flight at Ft. Sam Houston: March 2, 1910.
White Sands Space Harbor Section
Region IV Student Paper Conference, Hosted by the Houston Section, April 2 – 3, 2010.
• Very successful student paper conference hosted by the Houston Section, organized by Daniel Nobles and Irene Chan.
• Held at NASA/JSC.• Supported by Texas
A&M Kingsville.
Student Activities Make AIAA Daily Launch Twice
Houston Section Special Event
• Houston Section has Sister Sections. One is the Toulouse, France AAAF section.
• June 7-8, 2010 there will be a Moon Colloquium in Toulouse, entitled “Exploring the Moon for the benefit of humanity.”
• This will be a joint event with Houston Section and Toulouse AAAF.
Category III Money
• All of it for this year is spent; Most went to Houston Section A small amount went to Southwest Texas Section
Special Service Citations
• 3 from Houston• 1 proposed from Oklahoma
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