SBC ELT News

Communications Report
 

• Need to distribute the survey for the Annual Event
• Include questions in survey to gain metrics on impact for Industry Assistance
• Need to determine number of repeats from last year’s event

 
 
SBC Annual Event
 

• Have received good feedback from NASA, primes, and attendees
• Primes would like to have a joint event next year; SBC would still benefit
• Good attendance considering less procurement activity and not combined with NASA event
• Would like to add more about future procurements, forecast, etc, to the agenda
• Good venue (support to run logistics was nice), but theater large compared to number of people; Suggestion to use a venue like LPI (lunar planetary institute), but part of our event is community involvement so inclusion of UHCL is good
• Not enough resources to organize formal matchmaking; Next year, possibly have primes organize their own matchmaking or ask SBA representative to help with it
• Possibly shorten event next year – morning only?
• Issue with people returning to the event after breaks; possibly due to venue
• Need to distribute invite about two weeks earlier
• Not enough parking signs; need to add parking instructions to registration
• If lunch to be provided next year, need to figure out a way to receive pre-payment

 
New Business
 

• Discussed how many events SBC should have each year; Currently besides the August event, we are active at the NCMA event in April and we also sponsor mixers between JSC representatives and small businesses
• Should SBC set up as a non-profit business, establish a bank account, etc?
• Start having combined meetings between other than small and small businesses (more collaboration);
• Do primes have acquisition forecast for internal purchases? Will ask about it at meeting between primes and SBC
• Determine impact of JSC contract reduction on small businesses (as announced at JSC all-hands)
• Organize the retreat; Tentative date set for October 13