Minutes of Washington Section November 2002 Luncheon Meeting
Minutes
of the ION Washington Section
Luncheon Meeting -- November 13, 2002
The November Institute of
Navigation Washington Section meeting was held at the Institute for Defense
Analyses (IDA) and attended by 17 people. 12 members of the Section were joined
by 4 visitors and a guest speaker. The following is a summary of the meeting
events:
11:00
The meeting started with a lunch buffet.
11:35
Frank Czopek from Boeing gave a presentation called "Satellite Life and
It's Effect on GPS Policy". He highlighted the major failure modes associated
with GPS satellites and provided an assessment of the policies needed to maintain
a healthy GPS constellation.
12:50
The business meeting started and addressed four topics:
1. The Draft Washington
Section Bylaws were presented to members for approval. David Winfield moved
that that the members should accept the Bylaws as written. The motion was seconded
by Christopher Varner. The 12 members voted to accept the Bylaws as written.
2. Terence McGurn offered
to facilitate a forum that would discuss the establishment an ION Scholarship
award from the Washington Section for 2003 school year. The objective scholarship
project is to provide a scholarship of up to $2500 to a local college-level
student who is interested it a career in navigation. Any member who is interested
in participating in this forum should contact Terence McGurn by email at tjmgps@msn.com.
3. Jim Simpson is evaluating
future programs that are to be offered by Washington Section. Anyone who would
like to be a speaker at a future Washington Section meeting should contact Jim
by email at simpson@pop500.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Jim is also interested in hearing from members regarding subjects that would
be of greatest interest to the Section.
4. ION members are reminded
to check and update their contact information on the Members page of the ION
web site - www.ion.org. Members can also update this information by calling
the ION National office at 703.383.9688. The Washington Section uses this information
to announce meeting and future events.
13:30
Meeting adjourned.