Shaping the Future of AIAA

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A Role for ADCA in the AIAA Strategic Plan
Shaping the Future of
AIAA
Dr. Roger L. Simpson President
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AIAA Strategic Plan Core Missions
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• Communication/Advocacy
• Public Policy for Engineering Education
• Product and Program
• Membership Value
• Market/Workforce Development

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Goals
4
Goal 1 Critical and Emerging Technologies,
Capabilities and Programs Goal 2 Internal
and External Communications, Information Flow
and Exchange Goal 3 Services and Benefits to
Our Members Goal 4 Depth and Breadth of
Membership Goal 5 Voice and Advocate of / for
the Profession Goal 6 Workforce Development
and Retention Goal 7 Electronic Information
Systems (EIS) Program Goal 8 Implementation
of the Strategic Plan
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Successes by Mission Area

• Communications/Advocacy
• Products and Programs
• Membership Value
• Market/Workforce Development

• Policy news, legislative notices, Web site
• Grassroots coalitions, forums, policy sessions
  at conferences
• New Workforce and Education sub-committee of
  the PPC
• AIAA Communication Program to include public
  affairs/outreach, community involvement (JPDO,
  REDAC, Vision for Exploration) and partnership
  development
• Revitalized Technical Expert Program and
  Congressional Fellows
• Increased Alliances with complementary
  organizations
• Motion picture-quality Aerospace AIAA DVD in
  development

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Successes by Mission Area

• Communications/Advocacy
• Products and Programs
• Membership Value
• Market/Workforce Development

• Emerging Technologies Committee Program
  Committees
• New VP Technical Coordination Team
• Young Professional receptions and special
  events at conferences
• Distance learning program non-technical
  courses scheduled
• New industry section of AIAA Web
• New Faces recruitment campaign
• Educator Workshop and Education Alley
• Distinguished Lecture Program targeting
  Student Branches
• Host to ICAS Congress 2008
• Successful India conference jointly organized
  with Department of State
• Successful European and Australian student
  conferences

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AIAA Strategic Planning Process
ADCA and AIAA are best positioned to advocate
Public Policies affecting Aerospace Engineering
Education. A natural role and responsibility for
ADCA and AIAA.
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Article I, ADCA By-laws

• Section 2. The purpose of the ADCA is to promote
  educational activities associated with Aerospace
  Engineering and related disciplines. The ADCA
  will support and promote the activities of the
  AIAA, particularly those associated with
  engineering education.

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Article VI

• Section 2. In order to further the common goals
  of AIAA and ADCA in strengthening, supporting and
  providing educational and professional services
  to its constituents, the AIAA and ADCA agree to
  the following
• AIAA will provide meeting space at its meetings
  (as requested by ADCA) for the annual meeting of
  the ADCA membership.
• AIAA will, through the AIAA VP, Education,
  establish a formal liaison with ADCA to benefit
  the work of the AIAA Academic Affairs and Student
  Activities Committees
• AIAA will provide staff support for the ADCA
  annual meeting at the AIAA venue and
• AIAA will provide staff support for ADCA in
  collecting data related to the student
  enrollments and other student and AIAA elated
  activities at ADCA represented universities
• ADCA will support the activities of the AIAA
  through encouragement and support of
• AIAA student chapters at the member institutions
  
• AIAA design competitions sponsored by the AIAA
  Student Activities Committee and the AIAA
  Technical Committees
• AIAA programs (e.g. year 2003 initiatives, honors
  and awards, annual and technical meetings, etc.)
  and,
• AIAA regional student competitions and other
  student centered activities of the AIAA.

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Example Aerospace Engineering Education Public
Policy (AEEPP) Issue

• How best to handle the current lack of funding
  for graduate aerospace engineering education?
• ? Some current proposals submitted to and by the
  government are incomplete provide student
  support without funding for labs and faculty.
• ? Such ideas to cut costs fail to recognize that
  the faculty provide the vision and continuity
  over a number of years in order to make real
  advances and that they need continuity in
  funding.
• ? Without lab and faculty funding, the lab space
  will be lost and the faculty will work in areas
  where they can get summer salaries!

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Some Possible ADCA Responses

• ADCA Subcommittee on Public Policy
• Keep aware of AEEPP issues with aid of AIAA
  Public Policy staff.
• Develop content and promote individual letters
  by ADCA members to government representatives
  and policy makers.
• ADCA members participate in AIAA
  Congressional Visits Day (CVD).
• Develop Public Policy Papers that address
  short and long term AEEPP issues.

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AIAA Public Policy Papers Procedures

• Benjamin Corb
• (benc_at_aiaa.org)
• 10 January 2006

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Topics

• Paper Types
• Criteria
• Position Types
• Approvals Process

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Paper Types

• AIAA Information Paper
• Provides information only
• No formal recommendations
• AIAA Group / Member Position Paper
• Provides objective and balanced study
• Clear group/member position on recommended course
  of action by government to address issues of
  group interest or concern
• AIAA Position Paper
• Provides objective and balanced study
• Clear Institute wide position on recommended
  course of action by government to address issues
  of interest or concern throughout AIAA

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Criteria

• Technically and factually accurate
• Topic - policy issue of current /emerging
  importance
• Written to effectively communicate with intended
  audience (i.e. read easily with a clear message)
• Consistent with previous AIAA position papers
  or
• in areas of differences, addresses shifts in
  AIAA policy
• Position justified sufficiently to stand-alone

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Position Types

• In Response to Government Action
• Statement of Institute position, such as AIAA
  supports/disagrees with ...
• Support/reason for position
• Providing Recommendation of Course of Action
• Specific AIAA recommendations for government such
  as to introduce legislation to....
• Support/reason for recommendation

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Approvals Process
ADCA can produce such a document independent of
AIAAAIAA approval thrIough the AIAA Public
Policy (PP) Committee Directors,giving full
strong suport of AIAA

• ADCA can produce such a document independently
  from AIAA OR
• AIAA approval by working through the
  AIAA Educational Activities Committee and
  Public Policy Committee (PPC) and then the AIAA
  Board of Directors, giving full AIAA support.
• Current efforts within AIAA to have less time
  consuming approval process and more timely
  papers. Timeliness is as important as content!

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What happens if ADCA and AIAA fail to offer
credible advice to policy makers? --OPINIONS OF
PERHAPS LESS QUALIFIED PERSONS OR GROUPS ARE
ACCEPTED WITHOUT DEBATE!!
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