UKSEDS AGM 2014

2014Annual General Meeting

22nd March 2014 | Annual General Meeting

1. Committee Reports2. Approval of minutes of 23rd February 2013 AGM at

University of Bristol3. Motions4. Elections

a) Uncontested positions

b) Executive positions

c) Officer Positions

5. AOB

Agenda

2014Reports


• Accounts are healthy but too complicated to put on this slide

• Registering as a charity• End of last quarter

£7000 in the bank

Finance


• Rocketry Workshop at Sheffield University

• Robotics Workshop at RAL Space

• Set up UKSEDS National Rocketry Championship

• Created resources for branches to run rocketry projects

• This conference

Projects & Events


• 5 new branches this year• Interest from 2 more

universities• Brand new membership

system• More independent

members• Discounted membership

deal with British Interplanetary Society

• New resources for branches to run projects and publicise themselves

Membership & Branches


• Secured more sponsorship for NSSC this year

• Brand new CV repository• World Space Week

careers videos• More careers sessions at

NSSC• Strengthened links with

SPiN and others

Careers & Sponsorship


• Activities at many successful events• Big Bang Fairs in Coventry and Exeter

• Cheltenham Science Festival

• North-West Astronomy Festival

• UK Space Environments Conference

• Mission X Blast Off Event

• UK Space Design Competition

• Strengthened links with ESERO, National STEM Centre, and others

• Secured £2000 of funding from the UK Space Agency for 8 events next year

Outreach


• Initiated and strengthened links with Vis Viva, EUROAVIA, WARR, DARE and SEDS-USA

• Established regular SEDS Earth meetings

• Supported SEDS India in establishing their new branches

• Attended the European Interparliamentary Space Conference in Brussels

• Currently planning International Rocketry Event

International


• New website design• Expanded presence on

social media• New YouTube channel

Public Relations

2013Approval of Minutes


• UKSEDS National Student Space Conference 2013, University of Bristol

• Committee Reports

• Damian Rumble, as outgoing Chair, highlighted events we were involved in such as the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards, UKSEDS Workshop, World Space Week and Farnborough International Airshow.

• Accounts (Treasurer)

• Totals for 2011/12:

• Income: £4632

• Expenditures: £853

• Approval of minutes of 1st April 2012 AGM at University of Kent

• Approved

• Motions

• None

Minutes of AGM 2013


Minutes of AGM 2013

• Uncontested positions • Secretary - Ryan Laird• Events Officer - Zoe Versey• Outreach Officer - Samiksha

Mestry• Projects Officer - “TJ” Taiwo• Membership Officer - Joseph

Dudley• Exec positions

• Chair• Connor McCreesh• Jeremy Nickless - elected

• Vice-Chair• Jim Sadler - elected• Reetham Singh• Zoe Versey - dropped out

• Treasurer• Jeremy Nickless - dropped out• Connor McCreesh• Andrew Lamb - elected

• Officer Positions• International

• Ciara McGrath - elected• Jocelin Rodriguez• Mansoor Shar• Kevin Laing

• Careers• Ahmed Abdi• Ciara McGrath - dropped out• Georgina Coles (by proxy) -

elected• Sponsorship

• Peter Chingaipe• Ahmed Abdi - elected

• PR Officer• Alex Dawn - elected


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2014Motions


• The membership resolves that:• Any nominee for the position of Chair of the UKSEDS National

Committee must be an existing member of the UKSEDS National Committee.

• If no such person stands for election, then the requirement shall be withdrawn.

• This policy shall come in to effect on Monday, 3rd March 2014.

Motion to change the Constitution


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2014Elections


Chair

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Vice Chair

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Secretary

1. Joseph Dudley2. RON

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Treasurer

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Careers Officer

1. Portia Bowman2. RON

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Events Officer

1. Zoë Versey2. RON

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International Officer

1. Ciara McGrath2. RON

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Membership Officer

1. Sam Kennedy2. RON

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Projects Officer

1. Teejay Taiwo2. RON

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PR Officer

1. Eliot Fisher2. RON

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Sponsorship Officer

1. Samuel Brocksopp

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Outreach Officer

• Anguraj Duara• Samiksha Mestry


Outreach Officer: Angaraj Duara• I am an Astrophysics student at the University of Leicester. I joined UKSEDS last year.

Last summer I visited 10 colleges in India on behalf of UKSEDS and successfully opened 8 new branches of SEDS and included 800 new members. I have worked with both UKSEDS and India SEDS.

• As a head of Outreach my main goal would be-• To create better links between India SEDS and UKSEDS, so that members of both

these two chapters can work together.• SEDS has been so far mostly for University students. I would like to include A level

students as well, so that better roots can be created by involving school students in these activities.

• I would also create more Public Outreach programs to involve more general public in Space activities and create more awareness about Space activities.

• I believe Astronomical observation nights is the best way to generate interest among general public. Hence I would like to organize regular Telescope observation nights for school students and general public.


Outreach Officer: Samiksha Mestry• I am the UKSEDS Outreach Officer of 2013-2014. I study MEng Space Systems Engineering at

the University of Southampton. I joined UKSEDS two years ago to pursue and share my passion for space exploration among the people. Being an Outreach Officer, my aim has been to reach out to people through science fairs and school outreach events and inspire students to choose space studies as their career. Through outreach, I am able to give UKSEDS members an amazing opportunity of volunteering and sharing their interests with us. To achieve this aim, I have organised outreach at:

• The Big Bang Fair West Midlands, The Big Bang Fair South West, The Cheltenham Science Festival, The North-West Astronomy Festival, The UK Space Environments Conference, The Mission X Blast Off Event, Salford

• I assisted our first Outreach Officer, Maggie Lieu in the Oxfordshire Science Festival and the Big Bang Fair, London. These two events laid the foundation of our outreach programme. The aforementioned events established this programme. Due to this progress, UKSEDS has been awarded the Space for All funding of £2000, thus giving us more opportunities.

• Standing for the Outreach Officer for 2014-2015, I have confirmed the following events:• The Oxfordshire Science Festival 2014, The Big Bang Fair 2014, the NEC, School Outreach at

TMBS School, Jimmy’s Farm Nature and Science Festival, The Big Bang Fair South West 2014, The Big Bang Fair South East 2014, The LonCon, in collaboration with i4IS

• And many more planned for this year. Outreach pack for schools is in process.• UKSEDS has been one of my highest priorities and will always be. Therefore, I want to carry on

with my UKSEDS outreach work this year and spread space love!


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2014Any Other Business

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UKSEDS AGM 2014