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TMS-SD Title
How to Have a
Great
In the Beginning …
MS Conference – Maggie Reque
Feb 28 1st Meeting at IHOP
Yahoo Group Formed
April 12 2nd Meeting – (Yuri's Night)
July 9
TMS-SD Website Establ
July 20 Comic-Con – Table & Panel
Oct 1
MDRS Mission Support M
Oct 24
RHFSC/Mars Odyssey In
Nov 15 First Mars Movie Night
Dec 5
First Stars in the Park
2000
2001
Chapter Bonding and
Membership
• Core Group Composition
– 6 Co-founders, 8-10 regular membe
• Facts of life:
People move on — live with it
• Regular Meetings
• Agendas
• Consistent Meeting Location to Work I
Web Presence &
Communications
• Website
• Yahoo Mailgroup
• Core Yahoo Mailgroup
• E-mail Addresses
Weekly “This Week in San Diego” mai
• AllSpace - space advocacy coordination
• Blogging
• Reliable Communications
• Flyers & Business Cards
Goal Oriented
• Outreach Activities gelled around Comi
– Display Table & Panel
• Find Something to Do
with Whatever Skills You've Got in You
• Group Projects: Just do Something - An
• Display Board
• Gravity Bricks
• Mars Rovers: Lego & RC Rover
Goal Oriented
• Regular Events
– General Meetings (Business)
– Mars Movie Nights (Social)
– Summer BBQs
– Annual Banquet (with awards)
• Individual Projects & Delegation
– Shannon's RST
– Patrick’s MERover
– Joel's Walking Robot
Summer Barbecue Meeting
Chapter Orientation
• Focus on:
– Public Outreach
– Analog Research & Participation
• Expanding to Technical & Constructio
– Gadgetry & Other Areas
• Appeal to a Variety of Potential Membe
• Chapter Branding
Public Relations, Outreach &
Education
• Think Tie-ins:
– Space News and Event
– Sci-Fi Conventions
– Mars Week & Mayoral Proclamation
– Yuri's Night World Space Party
– Astronomy Tie-ins (Mars Opposition
– Rover Landings, Orbital Insertions
– Other Mars- & Space-related Events
Science Fiction Conventions
Mayoral Proclamation
Public Relations, Outreach &
Education
• Locations:
– Local Library Series
– Host & Sponsor Lectures
– Planetariums
– Museums
– Colleges/Universities
Public Relations, Outreach &
Education
• Media:
– Professional News Releases
TV, Radio & Newspapers
– Public Service Announcements
– Publicity (free)
– Community Calendars
– Cable TV
– Mayoral Proclamation
– Podcasting
Local TV News
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Public Relations, Outreach &
Education
• Educational Outreach:
– Project Astro
– Sally Ride Science Festivals & TOYcha
– Teacher Conferences
– Classroom Visits
– Model Rocket Launches
– Make Your Presence Known at Many E
Be in the Public Eye
– Where the Tourists Are
Public Relations, Outreach &
Education
• Interactive & Hands-on Displays:
– Gravity Comparison Bricks
– Rovers & Models
– Mars Globes
– PowerPoint Presentations
– Mars Surface Suits
– Video Presentations
Mars Society Display Table
Display Board Details
Mars Exploration Rover Model
Technical Stuff
• MDRS/FMARS Crew Members
• MDRS/FMARS Mission Support Staff
• Off-season crews to MDRS
• Mars Exploration Rover Models
• Mars Suits for Outreach
• New Mars Vehicle Simulator Project
MDRS Mission Crewing
San Diego Goes to Mars!
San Diego Members to MDRS
Shannon Rupert-Robles
Biologist
MDRS Crews 4/14/21/36
FMARS Crew 9
Mars-OZ Expedition 2
Dave Rankin
Lawyer
MDRS Maintenance Crew
Jonathan Butler
Biologist
MDRS Crew 14
John Stone
Electrical Engineer
MDRS Maintenance Crew
Gerry Williams
Filmmaker
MDRS Crew 2
MDRS Maintenance Crew
Analog Mars Suits for
Outreach
Mars Machine Lander Project
Field Trips for Crew-Building
• Annual JPL Open House
• SpaceShipOne & X-Prize Events
• Malin Space Science Systems Tour
• SpaceDev Tour
• Movies
• Lectures
Malin Space Science Systems
MER-B Landing
SpaceShipOne Flight
Video Production at MDRS
TMS-SD’s Future Plans
• Getting Grants:
– Incorporation / 501c3?
– dba Mars San Diego
– Insurance & Liability Coverage
• Kids-related activities:
– 1-day Mars Camp
• University/College Involvement
• Mars Lander Simulator
• Space Science Affiliations
Think
Interplanetar
y,
Act Locally
a presentation of
The Mars Society
• San Diego
Presentation of TMS-SD
http://MarsSanDiego.org