- Roll Call — Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO
Stefan Dombrowski,
October meeting minutes motion to accept by Stefan and seconded by Cirian.
- Welcome—Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
- Welcome. Thanks for being here and congratulations on 25 years of continuous operation. We have operated with all 73 crew expeditions. We have done 1744 contacts and touched over 1 million youth.
- Face to face status — Oliver Amend
- Targeting April to Mid-Autumn 2026
- Location – TBD (focusing on European region. Preference should be accessible for Sergey, like UK.) Calendar shown with public holidays and major conferences or exhibitions.
- Ciaran – One option is Central London, British Interplanetary society but limited capacity. Accommodations nearby for housing are limited. Ideal time would be May/June. Heathrow and Gatwick airports would serve that area. Alternatively, Guildford has a couple of venues. Surrey Satellite Technologies but limited for 20 attendees. University of Surrey possible but only during school holiday periods. A hotel near the University could host the conference and also be the location for accommodations. Heathrow is preferred airport for this location. A few other locations still being reviewed. RSGB is keen to support the meeting.
- 25th Anniversary Planning—Frank Bauer
- Celebration would run from now until Nov. 2026.
- 25th Anniversary article on ARISS.org website
- Each region is requested to compile the most impactful activities and write 2-4 paragraph description. To be sent to ARISS officers
- Developed a 3 page list of achievements. Comments requested NLT Nov 28th to ARISS officers
- Plan to develop 1 page graphic of accomplishments
- Webinar planned around Dec 21 to commemorate 25th anniversary of first school contact.
- SSTV end of year event (TBD).
- Future efforts? (see slide for ideas).
- SSTV status—Will Marchant, Sergey Samburov
- Event started Nov 12. Planned for a week. Worked for a few hours.
- Hoping for Holiday greeting at the end of the year and/or SuitSat anniversary in Feb 2026 if hardware can be operational.
- Sergey – Cycle systems and check connectors but found no solution. Voice contact worked using D710E. Still troubleshooting D710GA. Symptom is that radio shuts down about 4 seconds after PTT depressed.
- AOB (Any Other Business)
- Russia – NTR (Nothing to Report)
- Europe – Aware of the issue with Azerbaijan contact. Ops team working on it.
- Japan – Satoshi is key person for ARISS but Shizou cannot contact him but still trying.
- Canada – not present
- USA - NTR
- Next meeting December 16 at 1200 UTC
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