ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMMISSION

QUARTERLY MEETING AGENDA

February 18,2011-12:00 Noon

1. Welcome and Comments Todd Slyman

2. (A) - Approval of Meeting Minutes Todd Slyman

• August 13,2010
• November 5,2010,
• November 17, 2010 (Special Called)
• December 21,2010

3. CEO's Report Deborah Barnhart

4. Business Report
a. Registration Report Mike Flachbart
b. Financial Report Quinlivan/Claxton
(A) c. Cafeteria Plan Amendment
d. Other Items

5. NASAlMarshall Space Flight Center Update John Dumoulin

6. Redstone Arsenal Update Julie Frederick

7. USSRC Foundation Report Jennifer Crozier

8. Committee Updates
Aerospace Education Mike Flachbart
Finance/Business Evans Quinlivan
Development Don Davidson
Museum Roosevelt Lewis
Vision and Plans Bhavani Kakani

9. (A) - Amended Contract Management Policy Daniel Wilson

10. Old BusinesslNew Business Todd Slyman

• Amendment of By-Laws

11. Announcement of Next Meeting

ASSEC Executive Committee Meeting - March 15,2011 - 3:30 P.M.

12. Adjourn

(A) Action Items

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 2011 Calendar
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March 24 Apollo I3-the Real Experience

Presentation by Astronaut Fred Haise

April 1-2 NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race

April 16 4-H Day

April 23 USSRC Members' Easter Egg Hunt

May 14 Spring Scout Day

May 20 Be the Dinosaur/A T. Rex Named Sue

June 25 Real Space Cowboys Roundup

July 15 Space Exploration Celebration

November 24-January 1 Galaxy of Lights

Please note: Lunch with an astronaut will be held each Friday from June 10 through
August 5, 2011. Check our website for updated information on astronauts as they are
schedule to be with us.

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Summary of U. S. Space & Rocket Center
For the Four Periods Ending January 23, 2010
(Dollars in Thousands)

Current Period Year to Date FY 2011

FY 2011 FY 2011 FY 2011 FY 2011 FY 2011 FY 2011 FY 2010 VS.
Period Budget Variance YTD Total Budget Variance YTD Total FY 2010
Revenues
Admissions $154 $194 ($40) $816 $1,217 ($401 ) $655 $161
Merchandise Sales 54 97 (43) 414 537 (123) 458 (44)
Food Se rvice Sales 22 29 (7) 137 168 (31 ) 129 8
Special Events/Night Functions 59 41 18 340 363 (23) 415 (75)
Aerospace Income 285 139 146 1,668 1,513 155 1,379 289
License Income 8 21 (13) 47 102 (55) 10 37
GTAC Income 93 100 (7) 378 590 (212) 268 110
Lodging Tax 60 60 0 250 250 0 245 5
Other Income 73 71 2 392 307 85 372 20

Total Operating Revenue 808 752 56 4,442 5,047 (605) 3,931 511

Expenses
Cost of Goods Sold 65 80 15 474 503 29 419 (55)
Full Time Payroll 442 422 (20) 1,922 1,898 (24) 2,047 125
Part Time Payroll 158 155 (3) 958 906 (52) 777 (181 )
Payroll & Related 190 173 (17) 776 739 (37) 866 90
Utilities 139 106 (33) 412 421 9 362 (50)
Repairs & Maintenance 31 48 17 114 179 65 175 61
Insurance 41 35 (6) 171 168 (3) 167 (4)
Outside Services 126 149 23 520 707 187 393 (127)
Advertising 41 35 (6) 61 75 14 64 3
Interest 98 97 (1) 351 374 23 382 31
Other Expenses 207 135 (72) 845 924 79 795 (50)

Total Operating Expenses 1,538 1,435 (103) 6,604 6,894 290 6,447 (157)

Operating Income (Loss) (730) (683) (47) (2,162) (1,847) (315) (2,516) 354

Non-Operating Income
Grants - Federal & Saturn V 7 25 (18) 93 25 68 288 (195)

Depreciation 219 219 0 866 876 10 837 (29)

Change in Net Assets ($942) ($877) ($65) ($2,935) ($2,698) ($237)_ ..($3,065) $130

ITwelve Month Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Balance Sheet
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(Dollars in Thousands)

Current
1/23/2011 12/26/2010 Change
Assets
Current Assets
Operating Cash $6 $6 $0
Trade Accounts Receivable 755 1,029 (274)
Inventory 433 446 (13)
Prepaid Expenses 932 872 60
Total Operating Current Assets 2,126 2,353 (227)

Restricted Cash - Donor Restricted 301 301 o

- Debt Service 970 852 118
- Reserve Fund 1,454 1,454 o
2,725 2,607 118

Property, Plant, Equipment 52,120 52,334 (214)

(Net of Accumulated Depreciation)
Historical Assets 1,037 1,037 o
Other Assets 413 414 (1)

Total $58,421 $58,745 ($324)

Liabilities and Equity

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable $1,966 1,783 $183
Accrued Expenses 780 760 20
Deferred Income-future attendees 2,441 1,909 532
Equipment Sales 180 240 (60)
Current Operating Debt 5,128 5,247 (119)
Total Operating Current Liabilities 10,495 9,939 556

Current Bond Fund Liabilities 1,002 946 56

Long Term Liabilities 12,912 12,906 6

Equity 36,947 36,947 0
Net Income (Loss) (2,935) (1,993) (942)

Total $58,421 $58,745 ($324)

Amount over Bank Covenant of

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u.s. Space & Rocket Center
Statement of Cash Flows
For Period September 26, 2010, to January 23, 2010

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Receipts from Customers $4,624,980
Payments for Services (4,012,897)
Payments for Goods and Materials (2,363,310)
Net Cash provided (used) by Operations (1,751,227)

Investing Activities
Receipt of funds from the Bond Trustee o
Interest Income 157
Net cash from investing activities 157

Non-capital Financing Activities

Drawdown on LOC 4,262,500
Payments on LOC (2,547,625)
Interest payments on LOC 57,482
Lodging Tax 250,000
State of Alabama appropriation 177,031
Rental income 91,155
Net cash provided by financing activities 2,290,543

Capital and related financing activities

Interest payments (673,309)
Purchase of property and equipment (297,944)
Contributions 521,472
Principal repayment on bonds (600,000)
Net cash used for capital and related financing activities (1,049,780)

Change in cash (510,307)

Cash at beginning of year 1,787,634
Cash at end of period $1,277,327

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Summary of U. S. Space & Rocket Center
For the Four Periods Ending January
(Dollars in Thousands)

FY 2011 FY 2010 FY 2009 FY 2008 FY 2011 FY 2010 FY 2009 FY 2008

Period Period Period Period YTD YTD YTD YTD
Revenues
Admissions $154 $137 $109 $86 $816 $655 $676 $688
Merchandise Sales 54 100 74 86 414 458 543 630
Food Service Sales 22 32 20 19 137 129 130 142
Special Events/Night Functions 59 211 40 6 340 415 431 136
Aerospace Income 285 207 221 246 1,668 1,379 1,525 1,519
License Income 8 0 0 47 10 37 1,501
GTAC Income 93 31 35 25 378 268 153 96
Lodging Tax 60 60 77 49 250 245 306 273
Other Income 73 98 103 106 392 372 474 452

Total Operating Revenue 808 876 679 623 4,442 3,931 4,275 5,437

Expenses
Cost of Goods Sold 65 126 61 89 474 419 501 470
Full Time Payroll 442 631 488 477 1,922 2,047 2,079 2,037
Part Time Payroll 158 206 126 215 958 777 744 793
Payroll & Related 190 219 78 208 776 866 708 870
Utilities 139 90 107 79 412 362 437 297
Repairs & Maintenance 31 38 26 43 114 175 120 201
Insurance 41 41 36 42 171 167 157 176
Outside Services 126 92 120 132 520 393 349 446
Advertising 41 22 (3) 28 61 64 117 228
Interest 98 134 92 97 351 382 380 394
Other Expenses 207 233 231 210 845 796 804 834

Total Operating Expenses 1,538 1,832 1,362 1,620 6,604 6,448 6,396 6,746

Operating Income (Loss) (730) (956) (683) (997) (2,162) (2,517) (2,121) (1,309)

Non-Operating Income
Grants - Federal'S Saturn V 7 232 48 72 :'93' 288 116 2,501

Depreciation 219 209 209 198 866 837 826 795

Change in Net Assets ($942) ($933) ($844) ($1,123) ($2,935) ($3,066) ($2,831) $397

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Balance sheet
as of

1/23/2011 1/24/2010 1/25/2009 1/27/2008

Assets
Current Assets
Operating Cash $6 $20 $20 $20
Trade Accounts Receivable 755 1,068 1,684 1,908
Inventory 433 480 456 343
Prepaid Expenses 932 411 508 437
Total Operating Current Assets 2,126 1,979 2,668 2,708

Restricted Cash - Donor Restricted 301 712 208 204

- Held by Trustee 0 220 840
- Debt Service 970 982 669 642
- Reserve Fund 1,454 1,392 1,392 1,400
2,725 3,086 2,489 3,086

Property, Plant, Equipment 52,120 51,274 51,946 50,908

(Net of Accumulated Depreciation)
Historical Assets 1,037 1,037 1,037 1,037
Other Assets 413 438 445 472

Total $58,421 $57,814 $58,585 $58,211

Liabilities and Equity

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable $1,613 $909 $889 $1,447
Accrued Expenses 780 498 675 440
Deferred Income 2,441 3,419 2,727 4,306
Equipment deferred income 180 519 675 0
Current Operating Debt 5,128 5,388 4,794 3,417
Total Operating Current Liabilities 10,142 10,733 9,760 9,610

Current Bond Fund Liabilities 1,002 845 808 792

Long Term Liabilities 12,912 13,765 14,288 14,480

Equity 36,947 35,537 36,560 32,632
Net Income (Loss) (2,935) (3,066) (2,831) 397

Total $58,068 $57,814 $58,585 $57,911

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JOINT NASAlUSSRC ACTIVITIES

February18,2011

COMPLETED

-- In January, Marshall's Digital Learning Network presented 34 education programs to a

combined audience of approximately 1400 students and teachers. MSFC's Educator
Resource Center (ERC) reached a total of 131 educators, providing walk-in assistance
and responding to email requests.

-- Susan Spence, a member of the "Mind of Saturn" project team, met with our historian
on Wednesday, February 16 to discuss content. A CD with instrument unit (IU ) images
was provided to assist designers.

-- The MSFC Property Office and the Alabama State Historic Preservation Office have
completed the transfer of the full scale Shuttle aft end mockup, called "the boattail," to
the USSRC. Marshall is looking to the USSRC to arrange to move the large item to the
museum.

MARSHALL ACTIVITIES IN WORK

-- Marshall's exhibits team will be updating the "New Beginnings" exhibit in the
Davidson Center in February and March, replacing outdated content. Information about
MSFC's education programs will be added to the Marshall exhibit in the lobby of the
Davidson Center.

-- Marshall's Employee Exchange now offers MSFC Team Member Personalized Bricks
for the Marshall Team Member area in the Apollo courtyard. Proceeds from the sale of
these brick will help support museum exhibits and educational kiosks through the US
Space and Rocket Center Foundation.

-- Eighty-four teams have registered for the is" Annual Great Moonbuggy Race this year
representing 21 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, India, Germany, Russia, Pakistan, and
Ethiopia. Registration closed January 1 for the international teams and closed February 1
for the U. S. teams.

-- As part of NASA's Student Launch Projects, approximately 500 students and teachers
will visit the museum April 14 and 15 and attend an awards banquet in the Davidson
Center April 16th•

-- MSFC has offered the loan of some Shuttle RSRM motor segments if the USSRC can
come get them. A number of Reusable Solid Rocket Motor half segment cylinders and
full segments were sent to MSFC after the Challenger accident to facilitate o-ring

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transient pressure tests. At least one but possibly up to six are metal casings only (i.e. an
empty cylinder) without inert propellant and would be showable with little effort.

-- Round 6 of the NASA/GSA Space Shuttle potential artifact prescreening begins

March 7. One the new list is released, MSFC and the USSRC will have 30 days to
request items.

-- Marshall and the USSRC are continuing to transfer property accountability for loaned
exhibits, lunar samples and artifacts.

-- In July, the USSRC will present to 25 NASA Explorer School (NES) teachers a 90
minute class on hydroponics. The NES teachers will be in town for a three- day workshop
entitled "Water Filtration."

RELEVANT CURRENT EVENTSI ACTIVITIES

NASA sets dates for Discovery, Endeavour liftoffs. The space shuttle Discovery final
launch to the International Space Station is slated for no earlier than 4:50 p.m. February
24 and the Endeavour liftoff has been set for April 19 no earlier than 7 :48 a.m. One more
shuttle mission could follow if budgets allow.

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 ASSEC Executive Committee Meeting
18 February 2011
U.S. Army Garrison - Redstone

I. ITEMS/EVENTS OF INTEREST:

FEBRUARY
• 21 FEB: Gate 7 switches to 3 lanes/one way
• 23 FEB: SES Appointment Ceremony for Lisha Adams, 1030 @ BJA
• 23 FEB: GEN Dunwoody & Staff Site Visit
• Special Olympics for Kids- on post - 4th week in FEB

MARCH
• 01 MAR: Hsv City Middle & High School Principals Meet, 0830 @ REC (Kara)
• 31 MAR: (TENTATIVE) HACR (Kara)
• Garrison Town Hall, 5th week of MAR

JUNE
• 13-19 JUN: Armed Forces Celebration Week
th
• 14 JUN: Army 236 Birthday
• 15 JUN: AUSA Salute Dinner
• 13-16 JUN: Test Week

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 U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER FOUNDATION
Statement of Operations - FY 2011

For the 4 Periods Ending January For the 4 Periods Ending January
24,2010 23,2011
Revenues:
Scholarship/Sponsorship Donations 49,029 179,080
Great Moon Buggy Race Sponsorships 60,500 20,000
Unrestricted Contributions 20,800 16,290
Traveling Exhibit Sponsorship 50,000 40,000
Annual Black Tie Gala Revenue 139,120 61,500
Grants 20,017 10,500
Space Exploration Celebration 1,500 5,170
Saturn V Exhibit Income 81,993 85,043
Interest Income 134 39

Total Revenue 423,093 417,621

Donation Transfers:
Grants 0 10,500
Scholarship/Sponsorship Donations 114,844 214,858
Traveling Exhibit Transfers 50,000 40,000
Annual Black Tie Gala 152,200 60,000
Saturn V & Davidson Center Exhibit Donations 74,900 80,000
Total Transfers to U.S. Space & Rocket Center 391,944 405,358
Expenses:
Supplies 0 415
Fundraising Event Expenses 16,764 0
Supplies 318 76
Travel Expense (includes program travel) 38 37
Saturn V Brick Expense 3,344 230
Telecommunications 216 30
License and Permits 0 359
Bank Costs 90 72
Printing 950 0
Dues/Reference 359 0

Total Expenses and Transfers 414,023 406,578

Change in Net Assets 9,070 11,043

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USSRC Foundation - Schedule of Contributions 4 Periods Ending January 23, 2011

Contributor's Name Amount Purpose

Agility Defense & Government Services, Inc. 1,000.00 Scholarships

AT&T 5,000.00 Donation

BASFCatalysts LLC 1,000.00 Scholarships

The Boeing Company * 20,000.00 Great Moon Buggy Race

The Boeing Company * 10,000.00 Dr. Von T Event

The Boeing Company * 5,000.00 Space Exploration Celebration

The Boeing Company * 10,000.00 Traveling Exhibits

Dynetics 40,000.00 Saturn V Exhibit Plan

Dynetics 10,000.00 Dr. Von T Event

Ann Close 1,000.00 Scholarships

City of Huntsville 40,000.00 Traveling Exhibits

Chris Horgen 500.00 Donation

COLSACorporation 3,000.00 Donation

Colegato Foundation 3,000.00 Scholarships

Governors Office of Faith Based and Community
Initiatives 8,115.00 Be Ready Camp

L. Berry 1,000.00 Scholarships

Heidi Medenica 450.00 Planter Box

National Defense Industrial Association 3,250.00 Grant

National Space Club 10,000.00 Grant

Notasulga High School 500.00 Grant

Honeywell International 145,037.00 Sponsorship

Memorial Scholarships 1,255.00 Scholarships

Madison County Legislative Delegation 3,000.00 Donation

Brooks Moore 250.00 Museum Programs

Turner Universal 1,500.00 Dr. Von T Event

Ursula Mueller 36,286.00 Fountains For Davidson Center

PeoplesBank 2,922.00 Sponsorship

State of Alabama - Specialty License Plates 47,756.00 Saturn V Exhibit Plan

Wal-Mart Foundation 21,205.00 Be Ready Camp

Total 417,581.90

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Development Department
February 18,2011

ADVANCEMENT
Scholarships/Sponsorships:
• Received 344 scholarship applicants from 40 states and 4 countries. We expect to award 50 full
scholarships on March 11, up from 39 full scholarships awarded in 20 I0.
• Finalizing details for the Honeywell Leadership Challenge; 220 students are scheduled to attend
from February 26-March 11 (2 weeklong sessions). Honeywell will pay $242,000 for the
program. The company will also announce a donation of $23,000 to fund the Apollo Mission
Patch Exhibit that will be located on the western wall of the Saturn V Gallery.
Fund-raising:
• Sent an end-of-the year solicitation letter which produced $5,675.00 from 19 donors. These
funds will provide I park bench, 4 wheelchairs, $250 for Skylab, 1 planter box for Apollo
Terrace, 2 science lab chairs, and $100 for an Ultimate Field Trip. We received $1,225 in
unrestricted donations.
• Coordinated installation of a waterfall project at the entrance of the Apollo Courtyard at the
Davidson Center donated by Ursula Mueller.
• Coordinated the CEO Welcome and Tribute Dinner for Georg von Tiesenhausen. Neil
Armstrong was among the 500 who attended.

SALES
• Focused on selling an additional 2,011 weeklong camps.
• Revising the sales team strategy and assessing the schedule. Last week the sales team visited
schools in the Atlanta area and North Georgia and attended the Georgia Science Teachers
Association Conference. They will be at Madison Square Mall on Saturday for the Adventure
Fair, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Setting up a camp sales/informational area in the museum to ensure visitors have an opportunity
to register or to learn more about camp programs.

SOCIAL MEDIAIWEB SITE

• Working to build network and increase participation. Facebook has around 8,007 fans and
participation is about 151%. Twitter is at 998 followers.
• Did "live" Tweeting during Neil Armstrong event and ATKNews and NASA Watch picked up a
few of the tweets; Facebook sent 136 people to the live streaming of the Neil Armstrong
presentation.

MARKETING
• Rolled out plan for summer drive to sponsor 1,200 scholarship children to help us reach our goal
of2,0 II new campers in 20 II. Special scholarship price is $750 per child. Donors can send 5
children for $3750 or a full team of 16 students for $12,000.
• Working with sales and USSRC employees to identify all private schools in 300 miles radius to
market our camps.
• Sent e-rnail to teacher and student alumni alerting them they are eligible for $100 camp discount
and promoting a special 8/1 offer. Book eight students for camp and receive I scholarship.

GRAPHICS
• Graphics has completed a total of 391 jobs in the FY II, including new brochures for camps programs
and the museum as well as signage around the facility.

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 Human Resources Update
February 18,2011

Key Accomplishments for Past Month

1) Action Item

The Department of Labor has required the below cafeteria plan amendments to comply with
provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 20 1O.

The amendments are as follows:

a) Medical Expenses: A cafeteria plan participant may not be reimbursed for the cost
of any medicine or drug that is not "prescribed" within the meaning of Code Section
106(f) or is not insulin; basically no "over-the-counter" medication will be
considered eligible medical expenses within cafeteria plans.
b) "Dependent": An employee's child will be an eligible dependent until reaching the
limiting age of 26, without regard to student status, marital status, financial
dependency or residency status with the Participant or any other person.

2) OFCCP Audit

Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, is conducting an audit of

the Center's Affirmative Action Plan.

This agency conducted an on-site review from February 9 - 16, 2011. They are
reviewing the Center's recruitment and selection processes for the following positions:
Space Camp Counselor 2 & 3, Theater Usher, Custodian, and Food Service Stock and
Maintenance.

The compliance officers conducted employee interviews as well as reviewed

documentation & systems to include HR policies and procedures, employment
applications, applicant flow log, standardized interview questions, advertising venues,
criminal background screens, and new hire orientation processes.

3) Recruitment

Crew Trainer 2' s attended new hire orientation Wednesday, February 9, 2011. They are
currently in training.

The following support department positions are being recruited: Food service cashiers and
cooks, sales associates, and theater ushers. They will begin employment on February 28, 2011.

3) LegallEEO

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 Logistics Update

February 18,2011

The Mission Center Complex upgrade is continuing on schedule. Habitat I area is 80% complete
and the Habitat II area is about 60% complete. Both of these will be operational for the summer
Space Camp experience for our trainees. We are anticipating the delivery of the Lunar Lander
and capsule from Wonder Works on or about March io", which will be the anchor elements for
this new interactive area. Thanks to the Building Maintenance and Exhibit Construction staff,
this project is being completed in-house and is on schedule.

The Support Team has refurbished many of the common areas throughout the Center in
preparation for our upcoming season. This includes painting of stairwells, refurbishment of
outside exhibits and the movement of several exhibits in the museum that improve the thru put
and flow for customers and trainees alike.

The Bus Maintenance personnel have prepared 5 busses to be placed on Gov Deals auction site
mid March. This will reduce our overall bus fleet to 5.

Skylab exhibit in Rocket Park is receiving a complete face lift. The Custodial Department
pressure washed the exterior in preparation of the Building Maintenance personnel painting
while the bus Maintenance personnel have redone the railing and sign board stands.

Moonbuggy races will be held 1 & 2 April 2011 and the initial meeting between MSFC and
USSRC has begun. The 5/8 mile course that runs through Rocket Park will remain the same this
year with 2 of the 17 obstacles being upgraded to a metal structure. The have signed up 84 teams
from High Schools and Colleges with several internationally teams represented.

Redstone Garrison has requested that we consolidate our 3 warehouse into 2. We have
conducted a survey of the equipment that is presently stored there and we can support this
request. With the BRAC units moving onto Redstone Arsenal, warehouse space has become
critical. We have requested that the area adjacent to the 2 remaining warehouse be approved for
open store of several of our items (Saturn V Carrier Wheels and support structures and several
fiberglass helicopter cockpit shells, etc.). We are awaiting approval of the outside storage to
commence the relocation operations.

MSFC and USSRC property manager have been conducting the annual inventory of MSFC
property that resides in our museum and warehouses. We are also looking at each item that is
not on display and determining if these items need to be retained or returned to MSFC property.

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 Operations Update - February 2011

Key Accomplishments in the last 90 days

Camp Operations

• Spring Training
o Conducted more than 150 interviews to hire Spring Crew Trainers resulting in 56 new staff
members that graduated training on January 31; another 44 are currently in training with a
scheduled graduation date of March 2.
o Revised Crew Trainer's Training Manual and delivery method to make it more useful to those in
training and to ensure inclusion of new activitiesibriefings.
• Special and Corporate Programs
o RYLA - Hosted 4th Annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards event with 86 participants from
Rotary Clubs across the State.
o Court of Honor - 400 Campers participated in the Rendezvous Event forming a Court of Honor
for Dr. von Tiesenhausen and Neil Armstrong's entrance.
o Honeywell Leadership Academy - planning and materials development continued. Program has
been expanded to two weeks (Week 23: 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2011; Week 24: 5 - 11 March).
o Comorate Programs - Hosted Corporate Camp programs for Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne, MDA,
and Hexcel. Will host a Challenge Course Program for Bridges on March 2.

Museum Operations

• Overall memberships are up 7% as compared to same time last year.

• Featured the member event, Astronomical Science Overnight on 8- January. Participants participated in
hands-on activities and slept under the Saturn V Rocket.
• Membership survey completed on survey monkey and sent to members.
• Daily group bookings are up 36% and Ultimate Field Trip bookings are up 37% as compared to same
time last year.

Traveling Exhibit Operations

• Completed run of Narnia; 12,378 participants attended

• Installation of CSI completed on January 28
• Moved main exhibit entrance from Atrium Hallway to Ramp outside Museum
• Began correspondence on Sue and Be the Dino Floor Plans and devising our own Floor lay-out

Education

• Updated and sent to the printer the Space Academy logbook

• Put together eight "On to Mars" kits to be sent to Northrop Grumman Teacher Alumni
• Evaluated over 900 Honeywell Educator applications, and 73 Honeywell Advanced Camp for Educator
Applications
• Completed the last of the seven ARC Build a Shuttle outreaches to Hale and Macon Counties
• Completed a half dozen Distance Learning Events in the USSRCINASA Distance Learning Lab

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Key upcoming milestones/events

Camp Operations

• Operations Team will continue to work on:

o MCC Floor conversion for new missions
o New Mission Scenarios - Tiger Team in place; anticipate delivery of Capsule and Lander on/or
about 15 March
o Special Programs for early 2011
• Honeywell Leadership Academy
o Spring Training of new Crew Trainers - second training in progress with one more planned for
March 2011.
o Group Season - March will mark the beginning of our heavy weeklong school group business.
Anticipating more than 13,800 trainees over the 12 weeks from 6 March - 27 May; weeklong
programs - 3,340; 3-day programs - 2,862; 1 and 2-day programs: 7,686

Museum Operations

• Legends of Flight and Sea Rex

o Legends of Flight opens 4-March in the IMAX theater
o Sea Rex opens l l-March in the 3D theater
o Media and membership showing scheduled for 25-February
• Two Aviation Challenge cockpits will be stationed in the IMAX lobby displaying demo
flights. Sales department will be available to book camps. Cockpits to remain for Legends
opening weekend.
• Darren Cox will give a brief presentation on Sue and Be the Dinosaur exhibits prior to the
showing of Sea Rex.
• Volunteers
o Volunteer schedule posted on the website. Volunteers will be able to see what is available and
will schedule themselves.
o Volunteer day in association with UAH SGA will take place on 12-March
• Developing eight activities for public guests to do for free at the grassy knoll during spring break,
weekends, and historically busy days throughout the spring and summer months.
• Working with Aerospace to offer dive sessions to individual guests. Bookings will take place through
daily group reservation coordinators.

Traveling Exhibit Operations

• Continue working with Field Museum and BE the Dino on Floor Plan and installation
• Working with Samantha Peterson and Scott Harbour to get Dinosaur tickets available on the eStore
• Working with the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, to secure Avatar the Exhibition for the summer of
2013 if the decision is made to continue hosting traveling exhibits

Education

• Will update and get to the printer Pathfinder, Advanced Academy, Aviation Challenge, and Family
programs logbooks, all by May 15,2011.
• Compiling the middle school state standards for Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee for camp programs.

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• Finalizing 10 new Pocket Science Activities (sponsored by Northrop Grumman) to be used on the
museum floor and in rocket park.
• Working with Honeywell and Boeing on the logistics of the Teacher Educator camps this summer.

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