Report to the SpaceOps Executive Committee and CommitteeatLarge

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Report to the SpaceOps Executive Committee and
Committee-at-Large 29 October 2008
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Book Sales Data

• Publication date September 2007
• Total print run 871
• Units sold 247
• Revenue 19,102.34

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Web Site Changes (continued)
• Task Post papers from biennial SpaceOps
  conferences on SpaceOps web site three months
  after the conference for free download
• Timeframe for completion of task 29 August 2008
• Estimated cost 5,000
• Status Complete. Includes both 2006 and 2008
  papers. Development cost 3640.

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Web Site Changes (continued)
• Feedback about desired archive enhancements
• Add more advance search capability ability to
  browse by session and track
• Add presentations  
• Make accessible the program of the various
  conferences with links to the papers in the
  program and the various invited talks
• Have the technical sessions in a structured
  format (table, etc.) allowing direct access to
  paper and presentations without going through the
  individual conference sites where each format is
  different (Restrict this access to SpaceOps
  members and partner organizations in order to
  make it more attractive to be part of the
  SpaceOps community)

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Web Site Changes (continued)
• Task Develop consolidated archive of past year
  SpaceOps conference papers
• Timeframe for completion of task TBD
• Proposed Approach
• Collect papers from all conferences in digital
  format and create index file
• Papers collected in digital format 19962004
• Papers to be scanned 1992, 1994
• Design entry screen and search interface
• Estimated cost 25,000-30,000 (to be revisited
  based on desired enhancements to existing
  archive)
• Status Tabled at May 2008 meeting to be
  considered

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Web Site changes
• Task Redesign home page and appropriate design
  adjustments to secondary pages
• Lighten design of web site
• Add information about SpaceOps Organization
• Add member agency logos
• Estimated cost 10,000 (full redesign) 5,000
  (home page redesign)
• 2-3 concepts created by graphic designer for
  review
• Implementation of concept selected by ExCom/CAL
• Coding of home page and secondary pages
• Status Tabled at May 2008 meeting to be
  considered

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Membership marketing and outreach
• Task Produce a 4/c, 4 pp. brochure to promote
  SpaceOps membership and activities (print and
  distribute 5000 copies)
• Estimated total cost 3,200
• Design 300
• Printing 1400
• Postage 1500
• Status Tabled at May 2008 meeting to be
  considered

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Tasks for Evaluation

• Membership marketing and outreach (cont.)
• Task Advertise in industry publications
• Estimated costs
• Design 300
• Status Tabled at May 2008 meeting to be
  considered

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Other Tasks for Consideration

• Set up SpaceOps Organization SharePoint site for
  communications, file sharing, action tracking,
  voting, workflow for ExCom, CAL, and groups
• Review conference hosting documents and add more
  details about roles and responsibilities of host,
  organizer, etc.
• No associated costs (except labor) as these tasks
  would fall within the scope of work of
  Secretariat