IREC

@Ares Bustinza Nguyen (RIT Student)

• PDR work

• Ordered epoxy testing material for structures

• Ordered airbrakes materials

• Collect members who need to get SHED trained → send to DCO

Space Race (Team A)

@Caden Bickel (RIT Student)

• Finalized space race teams

• Held a first meeting where new members brainstormed name ideas and got to know each other

• Created slack channel and added new members

• Waiting on name ideas (should be voted on today after general)

• Waiting on members to fill out when2meet for weekly meetings

• Schedule midweek meeting once members fill out the when2meet

Space Race (Team B)

@Harvey Ni (RIT Student)

• Finalized Space Race teams

• Discuss the basic breakdown for Space Race during midweek meeting

• Created Slack Channel

• Start brainstorming name ideas, hopefully able to decide sometime before next General meeting

• Send out when2meet to figure out a time for the second weekly meeting.

Liquid Propulsion

@Riley Quinn (RIT Student)@Hayden Quinn (RIT Student)

• Met with Larry at URRG

  • Got more info about NOx bottle, may need to find another bottle/source in Buffalo

• EVERYONE IS SICK :(

• Sent reminder email to EHS

• got info about pricing on stuff

• Meeting with Larry again tomorrow to discuss more info

• SHED trainings?

Solid Propulsion

@Claire Virnoche (RIT Student)@Christian Freitag (RIT Student)

• Got everyone’s lab trainings

• Larry’s?

  • Current lab probably won’t ever approve larger than ~40g

  • Could mix at Larry’s instead?

    • Haven’t seen his work area yet, but have heard it’s good

    • Multiple other NY teams use it

• Started action items

  • Looking into homemade igniters and upgrading our detonator

  • Will also be working on nozzles and larger motor mix plans

• Got a free 4-digit scale from Oscar that his job was throwing out

• Had pretty low attendance last week, we’re giving it one more week before moving the meeting day

• Would like to sit down and talk with Admin about mixing plans going forward

• Talk with Scott

• Want to go watch a mix at Larry’s to see how this stuff works

Avionics (Hardware)

@Mary Dertinger (RIT Student)

Avionics (Software)

@Richard Sommers (RIT Student)

HAB Team

@Braxton L. Crandall (RIT Student)

• Changed our meeting time (again)

• EHS hopefully gets back to us soon

• Cart

• Decide on Payload

• Start preparing for a prospective launch to be ready to go if/when EHS gets back to us

President

@Alexis Smith (RIT Student)

• Met with KGCOE

• RIT 365

• Working with Larry to get Nov 2023 certs

• Talked a lot about money issues

• German students!

Director of Competition Operations

@Alan Grilley (RIT Student)

IREC please send me people needing machining

Space Race worked

Specialty printing guidelines

Start scheduling machining trainings

Director of Research and Development

@Jonathan Godfrey (RIT Student)

• Certed an L1!

• Made a modular L1 Tracker mount to be added to the kit

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• Work through GS plan with AVI

• Tell Jim how much SHED debt we want to be in

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Treasurer

@Stephen Zelazny-Medina (RIT Student)

• Got Venessa to open the card

  • Bought Merch

• KGCOE Meeting went well

• Figured out how much money we need for the rest of the semester.

• Rebalanced budgets to give liquids more money

Director of Sponsorship

@Donovan Barros (RIT Student)@Christian Freitag (RIT Student)

• Sent out more emails

  • no responses

• Gene Hass foundation grant

• NY space grant form

Director of Public Relations

@Clare McMahon (RIT Student)@Catrice Taft (RIT Student)

• We have 51 responses on the BBQ form!!

• Poster is created, being posted later

• X removed from website, replaced with tiktok

Secretary

@Emma Ferraro (RIT Student)@Caitlin Riley (RIT Student)

• wireframe shirts have been ordered

• merch interest form will be going out on Sep 27, 2025