NSBE

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NSBE Houston Space Chapter

• September General Body Meeting
• http//www.nsbe-hsc.org

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Agenda

• Programs Update
• FE Exam Review Course
• BEST Robotics
• Try-Math-A-Lon
• Ghana Well/Water Purification
• Membership Extravaganza
• UNCF Walk-A-Thon
• Membership Incentives
• Grant Award New Logos
• Professional Development Conference
• Special Topic Technical Data Communication
• Announcements

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FE Exam Review Course

• Horace Bussey
• Programs Chair

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BEST Robotics
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Try-Math-A-Lon

• Pat Gailord
• Pre-College Initiative Chair

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Ghana Well/Water Purification
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NSBE-HAE Membership Extravaganza

• Friday, 9/24 7pm Dave Busters
• Attending for HSC
• Irvin Gonzales
• Horace Bussey
• Robert Howard
• Michelle Bob
• Cheryl Jones
• If interested in attending, sign the waiting list
• If confirmed and unable to attend, let me know
  ASAP

• Alicia Carrier
• Cathy Anderson
• Lee Willis
• Jennifer Scott Williams

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UNCF Walk-a-Thon
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Membership Rewards

• Special Incentives
• Applies to
• First twenty NEW members
• First eight RENEWING members
• Executive Board not eligible
• Must pay both chapter and national dues
• Each will receive one blue NSBE bag
• Presentation to new members
• All members
• Discounts on regional and national conferences
• An opportunity to change your life, JSC, Houston,
  NASA, and the world

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New Logos

• Revisions of logos from last years Chapter Logo
  Contest. Professionally created by JSCs
  printing office as part of JSCs support for NSBE.

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Grant Award

• Recently submitted 10,000 grant request to JSC
• Summer Students (NASA Scholars)
• Try-Math-A-Lon Local Competition
• PDC Continuous Risk Management
• Have been awarded entire amount!!!
• Monies will begin to be available October 1

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Professional Development Conference

• Highlights
• 2-day Courses (1000 value!)
• FE Exam Review
• Project Management (14 PDUs)
• Franklin-Covey Focus Achieving Your Highest
  Priorities
• Earned Value for Project Managers
• Intro to OPM3
• Continuous Risk Management
• Space Exploration Safety Panel
• Professional, personal, financial workshops

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Professional Development Conference

• November 19-21, Hilton Americas Hotel
• Conference Registration
• https//nol.nsbe.org (Region 5 Fall Regional
  Conference)
• Two ways remaining to go to the PDC for free
• Attendee Resource Kit (company funded)
• Technical Paper

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Professional Development Conference

• Attendee Resource Kit
• Information to help you make the case to your
  employer for conference funding
• Emphasizes technical training opportunities
• Provides cost comparisons with similar conference
  content
• Similar kit will be available for National
  Convention
• Available at http//www.nsbe-hsc.org/pdc/conferenc
  edownloads.htm

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Professional Development Conference

• Call for Papers
• 20-minute journal quality presentations
• Peer reviewed
• Paper sessions
• Space Systems
• Military Aeronautics
• Environmental Engineering
• Open Topics
• Entered in national competition 1000 cash prize
• Due by October 8, 2004

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Professional Development Conference

• Space Exploration Safety Panel
• Moderator Larry Shaw (NASA)
• Panelists
• Dr. Augstine Esogbue (NASA Aerospace Safety
  Advisory Panel)
• General (ret.) Charlie Bolden (TechTrans)
• Yolanda Marshall (NASA)
• Darrell Warner (Boeing)
• Questions submitted in advance from
  NASA/Contractor personnel due October 1

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Professional Development Conference

• First-come, first-served conference events
• Alumni Luncheon (Saturday)
• Short Courses (FE Review, Project Management,
  Continuous Risk Management)
• NASA Tours
• Signups on NOL at conference registration

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Professional Development Conference

• How to register
• http//www.nsbe-hsc.org/pdc/HowtoRegister.htm
• Conference Website
• http//www.nsbe-hsc.org/pdc/pdc.htm
• This is the most accurate website for the PDC
• There is also a PDC site on the Region V Alumni
  website, but it lags behind this one in updates

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Special Topic Presenting Technical Data

• Pat Gailord
• Pre-College Initiative Chair

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Announcements

• Open Executive Board Positions
• Social and Professional Networking Chair
• College Initiative Chair
• Public Relations Chair
• Publications Chair
• Upcoming Events
• Professional Development Conference
• November 19-21, Houston, TX
• 75 (members) before 10/15
• 150 non-member rate before 10/15