2014 Spring Public Policy Committee Report to TAC

Joaquin H. Castro30 April 2014Hyatt Regency Crystal CityArlington, VA

Outline

• 2014 P&E Plans• CVDs Report• State Activities• 2014 Public Service Award• Cyber support for PPC

2014 Propulsion & Power Forum

• Monday morning, July 28Compressing the Technology Development and Transition Timeline. 3 interview parts covering tomorrow’s key technologies, technology maturation and

validation, and rapid transition to products Alan Epstein (P&W) interviewing Dr. Ed Greitzer (MIT) and Tom Irvine (NASA ARMD) Dr. Tony Dean (GE Global Research) interviewing Scott Cruzen (Williams – invited) and

Tom Fetterhoff (AEDC) Ted Fecke (retired AFRL) interviewing Gen. CD Moore (invited) and Keith Leverkuhn

(Boeing 737 MAX – invited)• Wednesday afternoon, July 30

Keeping it Going: Sustainability and Growth in Technology and Workforce: discussion of the underlying factors that ca impact technology development/transition

Moderator: Dr. Mark Lewis; Panelists: Chris Singer, Director of Engineering, MSFC; Neil Garrigan, Executive for Advanced Technology, GE Aviation; Julie VanKleeck, VP, Space Advanced Programs, Aerojet Rocketdyne; Dan Nale, Sr. VP, Programs Eng. & Test, Gulfstream (Invited)

CVDs Report

Congressional Visits Day Totals

• 119 Attendees• 197 Meetings• 32 Sections Represented• 22 State Teams Represented

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What We Heard on the Hill

• “Bring us fewer Key Issues, we recommend about 3 to 4.”

• “Bring us model legislation to help us help you on your issues.”

• “Thank you for providing us your issues in electronic form.” (This saved AIAA $6,000 in direct costs.)

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Next Congressional Visits Day

• March 11, 2015.• Many requests to bring back the reception next

year, but the breakfast and other program changes were generally well received.

• Looking for Post CVD Reception Sponsor

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2015 Key Issues- Objectives and Outreach

• Streamline Key Issues - Reduce overall number

• Integrate throughout the Institute Integration-level conference sessions Keynote sessions Aerospace America articles

• Reaching beyond AIAA Commentary; Interviews Hill forums and briefings Position Papers/Information Papers

• Understanding Success Goals and milestones Measuring and communicating impacts of advocacy

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2015 Key Issues- Objectives and Outreach

• Strategic Issues Industrial Base Cybersecurity STEM (Work Force & Education)

• Building a Foundation Components from the Subcommittees Background from TAC

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2015 Key Issues- Objectives and Outreach

• An Example by Issue- Industrial Base Technology Transition Space Exploration Vision Export Controls Reform Providing a Competent, Competitive Workforce Etc.

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Key Issues Timeline- 2015

April/May 2014o PPC solicits on Strategic

Issues from TAC, Regions, Sections

o TAC seeks inputs from TCs and PCs

o TCs/PCs submit summary of supporting input to TAC

July 2014o TAC Directors review

summary and vet inputo TAC forwards screened

input to PPC and appropriate Subcommittees

August 2014o PPC subcommittees

begin vetting of input received

o PPC contacts TAC authors for supporting documentations

September 2014o PPC subcommittees

formalize Key Issueso PPC approves selected

issues

October 2014o Authors, supported by

PPC and TAC, write formal issue statements

November 2014o PPC subcommittees

and TAC liaisons approve formal issues

o Any revisions worked with authors

o PPC submit draft issues to ASEB for review and input.

o Draft Information Papers for selected issues

December 2014 o PPC-approved issues

sent to Board of Directors

January 2015o Board votes on key issues at ASM Board meetingoKey issues revised as neededoInformation papers finalized

February 2015o Key issues and info papers sent to printer mid-month

State Activities

The Vision

• AIAA is a preeminent leader in Aerospace policy formulation, implementation, and execution at the state level Regarded as a “high value added” partner by state-level policy decision makers Solicited for facts and insights into Aerospace issues by media and policy makers Proactively leads state-level Aerospace community efforts

• AIAA members are very engaged at the state level Inform the public, media, and elected officials regarding the economic/societal

benefits of Aerospace technologies, systems, and workforce Formulate effective policy recommendations to help elected local officials Coordinate with parallel efforts at the national level and in other states• Have sustainable, expert state-level-member leadership teams

• Interest in these state-level activities attracts new AIAA members

Current State Activity Strengths

• Active policy programs and volunteer teams established in some states California: AIAA has well-rooted direct interaction efforts with state legislators Georgia and Florida: AIAA is a key participant in multi-organizational Aerospace

policy advocacy coalitions Virginia: AIAA is strengthening its role in an established policy advocacy coalition

• There is effective, on-going public policy activity Panel and round table discussions with high caliber participants Meetings with elected legislative officials Coordination with legislators on Aerospace-policy legislative hearings Symposia on important policy topics (e.g., UAV regulation criteria)

• The Institute’s national leadership strongly supports this work

Current State Activity Weaknesses/Competing Forces

• Overall AIAA member participation is still very low - Lack policy efforts in many states with Aerospace presence

• Some nascent efforts falter due to insufficient local volunteer participation Participation in a Colorado coalition lost ground when a single volunteer could no longer sustain a

leadership role

• The set up rate for activities in additional states is resource limited The existing State Activities Working Group (SA WG) roster is small with have limited means to

participate in events requiring travel National staff participation in state-level organizational activities is stretched thin Organizational efforts can only focus on a few new states at one time

• Competing Forces Volunteers have limited time to apply to AIAA-related activity (Int.) Most Section focus is on sustaining preexisting programs (Int.) Decision makers now often rely on AIA for “industry positions” (Ext.) Other organizations have interest in addressing Aerospace topics with state level officials (Ext.) Existing coalitions in some states already have Aerospace Days with no AIAA involvement (Ext.)

Goals

• Hold visible/coordinated AIAA activities tailored to each state that address topics of local importance Re-identify top-priority state-level issues annually Assess these issues, assimilating established AIAA positions when applicable Perform targeted dissemination of issue assessments Field information and policy position inquiries on a timely basis Achieve local AIAA member awareness regarding top-priority issues

• Engage with elected officials regarding top-priority issues Address these issues in forums and during one-on-one interactions Collaborate with other Aerospace-related organizations on policy activity in specific states

when interests are in common and proposed engagement methods are compatible

• Enable use of state-level programs as a membership recruiting tool

Top-Level Recommendations

• Tailor the action plan to individual states in three classes States with pre-existing AIAA-organized annual events that have an

established local support infrastructure (e.g., CA, GA) States with pre-existing events with limited, current AIAA participation (e.g.,

CO, VA) States without pre-existing annual events

• Use national resources to initiate state-level activities in 2-4 states at a time Pursue programs in new states as existing state programs become self-

sustaining

• Institutionalize means to exchange best practices and lessons learned

Approach for a State with an Established Program (e.g., CA & GA)

• Transition all local coordination from national staff/volunteers to local volunteers With legislative offices With other supporting organizations (when coalitions apply)

• Assure that local leadership has volunteer support backup and succession plans Have volunteers on call to overcome individual availability challenges Provide for leadership rotation to avoid individual “burn out,” relocation, or

retirement impacts

• Wean local leadership from national financial sponsorship Get Sections/Regions and local industry invested into Aerospace Day events

Approach for a State with Limited AIAA-Branded Involvement (e.g., CO, VA, TX)

• Enlist local volunteers from Section and resident Corporate Members Section outreach can be through Regional leadership Corporate Member outreach can be through the CMC May also find volunteer candidates from people already tied to national public

policy activities (e.g., from CVD attendee lists)

• Initiate local AIAA collaboration with existing Aerospace Day coalition May find receptive AIAA members within coalition leadership (who are already

representing their employers or other organizations)

• Add significant AIAA content (and branding) into existing coalition activities Can be accomplished when AIAA participation adds significant scope and value to

existing events

Approach for a State Without Current Programs

• Apply national staff and volunteers to help build a state coalition from local Aerospace interest groups There may already be good, existing coalition partners with whom to collaborate

• Recruit local AIAA member volunteers From PPC and CMC contacts Through Sections with help of Region officers

• Socialize new volunteers with experienced participants from other states, and train them regarding best practices/lessons learned

• Invest/apply resources in a new state for 2-3 years to help organize, publicize, and execute initial events Share these start-up costs/efforts with identified coalition partners

• Work with initial, local AIAA volunteers, and coalition partners to make activities annually sustainable and to provide for successor volunteers

Prioritizing Activities in New States

• Initial focus: States with both a substantial Aerospace industry base and active, local AIAA members Some Candidates: Arizona, Maryland, Washington, Missouri,

Alabama, Pennsylvania, New York

• Subsequent Focus: States with a substantial Aerospace interest and potential for more active and new AIAA membership New, local AIAA activity can be an AIAA recruiting tool Some Candidates: Hawaii, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois,

New Mexico

2014 Public Service Award

• Dr. Kathie Olsen Founder and Managing Director- Science Works DC Deputy Director and COO- National Science

Foundation (2005-2009). Associate Director for Science- Office of Science and

Technology Policy (2002-2005). Chief Scientist- National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (1999-2002).APPROVED

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TAC support on Cyber

• PPC looking for support in the Cyber area• Cyber becoming a key area for PPC and AIAA in

general• Believe there is Working Group in place• Plans for TC/PC?

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2015 Public Service Award

• The Public Service Award honors a person outside the aerospace community who is not an AIAA member but has shown consistent and visible support for national aviation and space goals. When judging nominations, the committee will look for a public figure who is widely known outside of the aerospace community and has a positive public image, a supporter of the aerospace industry who has shown consistent and visible support of national aeronautics and/or astronautics research and development and unhesitant willingness to be identified with aerospace programs/supporters, and a person who is not a member of the aerospace community and who has no personal vested interest in advocacy. The recipient may be a member of non-employer related pro-aerospace organizations or may be an elected official. Because of the unique nature of this annual award, it is generally presented at the AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala.

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