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Minutes from November 7th Meeting

• Introduction



• The meeting began by the co-Vice Chairs, Trevor Kershaw and Jeremy Putt, stating that they will be running this meeting in the absence of the Chair.
• The co-Vice Chairs stated that any questions that could not be answered in this meeting will be relayed back to the Chair

• Old Business



• The purpose and the procedures of the Egg Drop Contest were summarized.
• The field trips for the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and the Business Seminar will be on the same day, this Friday at different times.
• The Secretary mentioned that he put up a blog on the main Myspace page announcing this meeting to attract new members. Here are the Myspace pages:
• Myspace Main page: http://www.myspace.com/capitolcollegeieee
• Myspace Forum: http://groups.myspace.com/capitolcollegeieee



• New Order of Business



• The Egg Drop Contest is canceled due to lack of participation
• A new fundraising event was proposed, "The Electronic Kits Fundraiser": the club sells applied electronics kits for people to design practical devices (e.g. Door-Alarm system, Voice-Activation products, etc).
• Some of the electronic kits may require soldering.
• Trevor mentioned that the club can host a building event for the electronic kits next semester, after selling an initial amount of the kits this semester.
• The co-Vice Chairs asked if anyone thought of any ideas relating to a Mission Statement for the club.



• Third Order of Business



• Dr. Conner mentioned that IEEE will be sponsoring a trip and to contact Prof. John Ryan about the details.
• Jeremy has to write a four-page proposal for the "All Night Gaming Event".
• He has to contact Melinda Bunnell-Rhyne, Student Life Coordinator, about reserving a night and a big screen television for the event.
• Dr. Conner suggested that the club hosts a variation of the Egg Drop Contest, "Model Rocket Contest": eggs are attached to the launched rockets, while keeping the eggs from breaking on the impact.
• Dr. Conner mentioned that this event was a success last semester.
• The club will supply the engines and eggs.
• Toys R' Us sells inexpensive engines, but finding a retailer may be hard due to the company's Chapter 8 status.
• The club's school website will be posted on the Myspace pages to interconnect all of the club's websites together.
• Cori mentioned that he talked to his supervisor about possibly having a tour at the Smithsonian Museum, mostly on a Saturday.
• Trevor and Jeremy opened the floor to questions and comments.
• The meeting adjourned by stating that there will be a meeting held on next Tuesday at 3 pm in room 138