UKSEDS AGM 2014

22nd March 2014 | Annual General Meeting
1. Committee Reports
2. Approval of minutes of 23rd February 2013 AGM at
University of Bristol
3. Motions
4. Elections
a) Uncontested positions
b) Executive positions
c) Officer Positions
5. AOB
Agenda

• 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

• 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

Approval of Minutes
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• 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

Motion to change the
Constitution
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Chair
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1. Jeremy Nickless
2. ReOpen
Nominations
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Vice Chair
1. Ryan Laird
2. RON
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Secretary
1. Joseph Dudley
2. RON
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Treasurer
1. Robert Garner
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Careers Officer
1. Portia Bowman
2. RON
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Events Officer
1. Zoë Versey
2. RON
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International Officer
1. Ciara McGrath
2. RON
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Membership Officer
1. Sam Kennedy
2. RON
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Projects Officer
1. Teejay Taiwo
2. RON
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PR Officer
1. Eliot Fisher
2. 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!

Outreach Officer
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