South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
2nd Quarterly Meeting of 2000

DRAFT AGENDA
June 13, 2000 RDTN Videoconference
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Mountain Time)
(This page last revised on 6/12/00)

• Introductions

• Welcome new educational affiliates to SDSGC

- Badlands Observatory, Inc. in Quinn
- Children's Science Center in Rapid City
- Kirby Science Discovery Center and NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) in Sioux Falls
- Si Tanka College (previously affiliated, but recently formalized affiliation)
- NASA ERC at BHSU's Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education in Spearfish
- University of South Dakota (invited, affiliation pending)
- Black Hills Astronomical Society (invited, affiliation pending)

• Availability of NASA ERC's at both ends of state
      - ERC in Sioux Falls at Kirby Science Discovery Center (short presentation on KSDC by Brian Dzwonek)
      - ERC in Spearfish at BHSU's Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education

• SD Space Day 2000 overview

• SD Space Day 2001 and 2002 plans
          - International Space Station Travelling Exhibit and informational e-mail messages
          - Choose date for Space Day 2001

• 1999-2000 NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) award winners from SD

• FY2000 SD Space Grant "Program Initiation Grants" (PIGs) with Native American institutions

• NASA EPSCoR Preparation Grant

- Status
- Schedule for proposal submission

• Summer 2000 Faculty Research fellowship projects at/with EROS

- SDSU recipients and project(s)
- SDSM&T recipients and projects (Ed Duke, Maribeth Price, Lee Vierling)

• Discussion of national Space Grant committee to address the issue of State Government involvement in Space Grant Consortia activities.
          - Space Grant Consortia "State Involvement Committee" unofficial, working website

• June 27-28 Aerospace States Association (ASA) meeting in Washington, D.C.

• Heighten effort to get the word out on SD Space Grant Consortium.   Make people aware of website <>

• Overview of May 11-13 Upper Great Plains "Small Aircraft Transportation System" (SATS) Symposium in Rapid City

• Other items

RDTN Locations for this teleconference (tentative):
Rapid City - SDSM&T RDTN site (Classroom Building - Rm. 109)
Brookings - SDSU RDTN site (101 Pugsley Center, 8th & Medary - Studio 2, Rm. 205)
Sioux Falls - Southeast Technical Institute RDTN site (Mickelson Education Center, Rm. 205, 2301 Career Place)
Vermillion - USD RDTN site (Center for Continuing Ed., Rm. 118, 414 East Clark, Studio 1)
Eagle Butte - Si Tanka College PictureTel site
Rosebud - Sinte Gleska University PictureTel site
Kyle - Oglala Lakota College PictureTel site

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