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Suggestions to the British Interplanetary Society
Rocketeer — Tue, 09/09/2008 - 1:38pm
The following is excepted from an email to Richard Osborne, newly-elected Council member for the British Interplanetary Society:-
Thanks for your excellent list of suggestions. Here are a few comments of my own off the top of my head:-
* Agree wholeheartedly with comments about design and branding. BIS needs a new logo and a whole new look. I'm pretty sure that logo dates from the Society's founding in 1933. Just... don't hire the same company that did the 2012 Olympics logo ;-)
* BIS should hold more meetings outside London. They should co-operate with e.g. the NSC on co-branding and advertising of meetings. The NSC has 300,000 visitors a year interested in space, a market the BIS could and should tap into. Meetings could be live-video-linked back to London for those old duffers who aren't willing to venture beyond the M25 into Here-Be-Dragons-Land.
* BIS should hold more meetings targeted at younger members/potential members, and improve links with UKSEDS..
* BIS should recognise that space is not just a scientific and industrial activity, but an entrepreneurial one as well, and be ready to provide support to UK space entrepreneurs, whether with advice or links to potential sources of funding. If BIS doesn't do this, Rocketeers will ;-)
* Agree with support for development of radical ideas. It would be even better if this 'ideas incubator' was supported by at least a small amount of funding for concept development -- basically a British version of NIAC (NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, which sadly closed down a couple of years ago).
* Facebook: BIS exec needs to take over the Facebook group that already exists and breathe some life into it. It only has 18 members and it's dying on its feet.
* Create an RSS newsfeed for BIS news and events
* Contribute to the Google Calendar of UK Space Events that already exists
* BIS website to include profiles of BIS members doing interesting space-related work.
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katty (not verified) — Wed, 17/06/2009 - 9:22amGreat to see an official British Astronaut, 20 years after Helen Sharman was selected for the JUNO mission and who flew onboard Soyuz TM-12 to the MIR space station in 1991...
Re: Logo and branding
Rob Hawkes — Tue, 19/05/2009 - 4:56pmRob Hawkes, Chief Web/Tech Guy from the British Space Organisation here. We came across the BIS website and branding during the production of our project and must admit we completely agree that it needs redoing.
I would like to put myself forward to do this for the BIS as a gesture of goodwill, or in return for some help with the British Space Organisation if they feel kind. I have solid experience and have been in the Web industry for many years now.
Do you have the contact details for who I should get in touch with?
> Do you have the contact
Rocketeer — Thu, 21/05/2009 - 3:44pm> Do you have the contact details for who I should get in touch with?
Yes, I do. Reply sent by email :)
I'd rather they left the
cesy — Sun, 14/09/2008 - 3:30pmI'd rather they left the logo, saved the money and spent it on something useful. Alternatively, find a member who'll design a new one for free, and change over gradually so it doesn't cost anything. Then invest the money in entrepreneurial space. (Hi! We could do with some more sponsorship.)
I agree strongly with all the rest of what you've said.
The logo is one thing but...
Sunrise — Sun, 14/06/2009 - 7:04pmThe logo has an (unwitting) retro feel about it, which is not a bad thing.
I used to be a member of the BIS about 25 years ago and having looked through their current website, it would seem that nothing has changed in the meantime, and that is NOT good!
I agree with the previous comments about it being too London-centric and it is just too old school in its outlook. This is a bit of a shame when you think of its futuristic raison d'etre.
As for sponsorship, how about getting Richard Branson to join. That might throw a few needed spanners into the works.
Andy
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