Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online using Zoom (updated): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86974913400
The meeting will be on Saturday, July 12, 2024 at 2PM (US Central Time).
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks
2:10 PM – Space News – Vendoni Woodfairy
2:40 PM – Passing the Torch: Educating and Inspiring the Next Generation
4:00 PM – End of Meeting at the Library
(as soon as we can get there)
Informal get together at PJ’s Coffee near the library
About our Featured Speaker: Daniel M. Roy
After an international engineering career in biomed, aerospace and software businesses, Dan is now happily retired in League City TX where he leads monthly STEM parties (microscopy and astronomy) for the park services and volunteers for the Foundation for International Space Education (FISE) United Space School (USS) program which brings 50 most brilliant kids from 25 countries to Houston for an intensive workshop about the space program. Dan is also the education and outreach coordinator for the Houston Astronomical Society (HAS) and (of course) a member of NSS and a fan of its North Houston chapter. He enjoys indulging his ignorance in a wide range of scientific subjects as a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He also enjoys cooking, biking, nature walking, kayaking and doing whatever is on wife Rebe’s “honey do” list.
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS is people living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Barbara Bush Library: https://hcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?series=6765e65bfea9b97171fc2ac1
Meeting Roles and Responsibilities
There is a lot of work involved before, during and after the meetings to make them run smoothly. We could use your help! If you are interested in helping, please email nathan.price@NorthHoustonSpace.org. Here are the current assignments and open roles for our next meeting:
| Meeting Roles | Description | |
| MC | Open meeting, manage agenda, intros | Christean Kapp |
| Space News | Space highlights & updates | Vendoni Woodfairy |
| Setup Crew | Set up chairs/tables | Vendoni Woodfairy |
| Presenter Tech | Manage presenter’s laptop, slides, mics | Greg Stanley |
| Presenter Tech Backup | (open) | |
| Zoom Manager | Launch Zoom, manage camera/audio, co-hosts, chat, recording, Zoom-bomb defense | Tanush Solai |
| Zoom Manager Backup | (open) | |
| Greeter | Welcome guests, manage sign-in sheet | (open) |
| Sign Poster | Post directional signs | Vendoni Woodfairy |
| Cleanup Lead | Direct volunteers to restore the room | (open) |
| Library Report | Submit attendance form to librarian | Vendoni Woodfairy |
| Social Host | Coordinate post-meeting gathering at PJ’s | (open) |
| Photographer | Take group and event photos; gather others’ photos | (open) |
There are also some pre-meeting tasks that need to be completed. Even if you can not make the meeting, you could help with one of these.
| Pre-Meeting Tasks | |
| Meeting Info On Website | Nathan Price |
| Promote via email, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Meetup | Ace Tejada |
| Design and print meeting poster | (open) |
| Post Meeting Posters | Vendoni Woodfairy |
| Prepare sign-in sheets and directional signage | (open) |
| Thank you Gift for Featured Speaker | (open) |
And then there are some tasks that need to be completed after the meeting:
| Post-Meeting Tasks | |
| Upload recording to YouTube and add summary/photos to the website | (open) |
| Add new attendees to mailing list and Slack, send welcome messages | (open) |
| Debrief and improve processes for next meeting | All |
About Us
NSS North Houston Space Society is a chapter of the National Space Society (NSS) and is governed by the chapter bylaws. Our vision is “People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.” If you share this vision, please join us. (If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to our chapter president Nathan Price by email at Nathan.Price@gmail.com or phone 832-620-6385.
We are working to achieve this vision through our monthly meetings where we seek to educate the community about the potential of space, the current activities going on to achieve the promise of space, and to inspire people of all ages. Our meetings are usually the second Saturday of each month at 2 PM at the Barbara Bush Library.
NSS North Houston Space Society had its first meeting in January 2018 at the home of Nathan Price who serves as the chapter president. The chapter has had meetings every month since then except one.
In 2018, our chapter was recognized as the “Outstanding New Chapter USA 2018”.
Over the months our meeting attendance has fluctuated, but generally it has grown.
Starting with our May 2019 meeting, we moved to the Barbara Bush Library which has given us a room with the capacity for 70 people.
We have had engineers, scientists, space lawyers, space investors, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and others speak at our meetings discussing all aspects of space.
Our group includes people from a wide variety of fields including engineers, programmers, scientists, writers, and people in all sorts of fields. It is a friendly, welcoming group. And we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.