2025-04-05 Meeting

Agenda

• [ ] Who wants to go

  Payload: Mario, Ksenya, Kenya (from Ottawa, could be more expensive)

  Ground Station: Reid, Swarnava

  Others: Christina (from Cali, cheaper, willing to pay out of pocket), Ben, Sakeena, Tomi (driving)

• [ ] funding

• [ ] flights

  ~$750 CAD from YYZ to SLC roundtrip nonstop

  People who want to go should be willing to cover the plane ticket out of pocket

  UTAT SS will work towards getting grant funding that covers certain expenses:

  • beginning with those that have contributed significantly to the work being presented
  • with the expectation that each person will apply for funding sources

• [ ] hotel

• [ ] Next meeting: April 14th, online after 5-6PM or after 10PM

Action Items

Space for research notes, open questions, progress logs

Tasklist for all interested participants

• [ ] Pay for student registration by July 30th. Link here: https://smallsat.org/conference/registration
• [ ] Look into grants relevant to you Get Funding
• [ ] After housing confirmed: Book a flight from your location for the following date range: Aug 10-13 ish
  • Confirm with Ksenya when you’ve purchased your ticket.
• [ ] Ensure you have itemized receipts for everything. Add them here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lYhX7yS1Jw8D6_az4G9IwSjstZ7asOxb?usp=drive_link

Tasklist for points

• @Ksenya become contact person and confirm acceptances for both ASAP
  • confirm PEY and Reid’s eligibility mailto:[email protected]
• @Ksenya - get numbers for housing and flights, populate spreadsheet
  • make drive, send link
  • to decide what is covered under per diem/collective pot
  • to make guidelines for who gets reimbursed
• @Aidan Armstrong to help w grants, start spreadsheet
• Safety/liability @Christina M @Sakeena Qureshi