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| Volume 29 Number 7 |
May / June 2004 |
Chair's Corner
It's hard to believe that a year has gone by since I was elected chair of the
Houston Section. It is now my honor and privilege to announce in this edition
of Horizons the officers who will be serving you next year. Please join us
at our annual Awards Banquet on June 17th as we recognize the individuals
who made this year successful and to formally introduce the new officers.
We began the year with high goals:
- Launching a new web site
- Improving our communications (e-mail, letter, phone)
- Rejuvenating our Annual Technical Symposium
- Conducting several Century of Flight events
And we've done well on all of those!
- Murugan Subramaniam and Glenn Jenkinson have done a fantastic job
transitioning the website and we look forward to improving its capabilities
to better serve you in the future.
- We've delivered seven high quality newsletters in a more timely fashion than before.
- Douglas Yazell and his committees developed and executed an outstanding ATS.
- Steve King, Joy Conrad King, Rakesh Bhargava, and others organized a
fly-in, a glider build/fly event, and an educational poster to celebrate
the Century of Flight.
In addition, we had numerous outstanding speakers, including Dr. John Lienhard
and Congressman Chris Bell, we sent a strong delegation to Congressional
Visits Day, conducted a Career Planning and Development Workshop for Young
Professionals, we doubled the size of the Mars Settlement Design Competition,
and reached out to the technical community with an outstanding series of Lunch
and Learns. This was accomplished by an outstanding team of volunteers and
their efforts have helped lay the foundation for continued success.
Throughout this year there were two themes I repeated to the AIAA team here as
well as in Horizons: volunteering to build community and taking the long view.
Our volunteers and their achievements this year have certainly fulfilled
both of those themes. Through their efforts, our technical community has
come together at numerous events and learned and exchanged. Also, we have
laid a new infrastructure that will continue to pay dividends in the future.
All in all, an outstanding year.
Come join us in celebrating it!
Michael L. Oelke
2003-04 Chairperson, AIAA Houston Section
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