MINUTES of madefast@SU 15.mar.94

leifer@sunrise.stanford.edu (Larry Leifer)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 08:03:01 PST
Full-Name: Larry Leifer
Message-id: <9403171603.AA09559@sunrise.Stanford.EDU>
To: Joe Vagner <joew@legolas>, fertig@rpal.rockwell.com,
        martin@rpal.rockwell.com, "Glenn A. Kramer" <gak@eit.COM>, petrie,
        toye, leifer, cutkosky, gruber@ksl.stanford.edu,
        fikes@ksl.stanford.edu, weber@eit.com, mcguire@eit.com, marty@eit.com,
        Gene Bouchard <bouchard@aic.lockheed.com>,
        "Greg Twiss" <greg_twiss@qm.is.lmsc.lockheed.com>
From: leifer@sunrise.stanford.edu (Larry Leifer)
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Subject: MINUTES of madefast@SU 15.mar.94

ATTENDING PEOPLE:
        Joe Wagner, madefast Research Assistant, CDR
        Mark Cutkosky, CDR
        Larry Leifer, CDR
        George Toye, CDR
        Charles Petrie, CDR
        Glenn Kramer, EIT

ISSUES = COMMUNICATION:

1.      POINT-of-CONTACT:  Joe to self introduce self and role,
        give URL pointer to his place on CDR/210 web.

        Charles Petrie is CDR backup to Joe

        Need for all groups to select "single point of contact"
        for Joe in their organizations

2.      Announce Web page for Madefast (find in CDR URL):

3.      Distribution Lists:
        
        madefast.content list:  all active participants, design, mfg,
                                documentation

        madefast.process list:  representation, planning, 
                                tool development
        

ISSUE = DOCUMENTATION

1.      formal documentation:

2.      Authoring Tools:

3.      Proposed Tools (Glenn takes lead on tools):
                HTML (emacs html)
                HyperMail (Gruber)
                WWW
                MOSAIC
                EIT-authoring
                FrameMaker 4.0 (MIF) for document preparation
                Microsoft WORD 

4.      Planning Framework:
                Pert chart
                Gantt chart
                

ISSUE = madefast BUDGET


ISSUE = DESIGN & MFG

1.      Joe:  Dan Whitney @ MIT (integration) and sketches
        Joe:  Larry Leifer @ Stanford-CDR (integration)
        Joe:  Sam Drake @ Univ. Utah (design for CNC & ALPHA-1)
        Joe:  ----------- @ Mich.State.Univ. (design for Composites)
        Joe:  Fritz Prinz (Mike Terk) @ CMU (design for shape deposition mfg)
        Joe:  Jim Martin @ Rockwell (MADE PHASE-II company)

2.      Joe:  update/maintain the madefast project

ISSUE = DESIGN MISSION (decisions from general cdr/share session):

        USE the Hughes/210 mission scenario = public surveilance
                land/sea/stationary observer

        Driver #1 = cost
        Driver #2 = Dual Use IR tracker (keep MADE-II size constraints)
        Driver #3 = Design for rapid prototyping via:
                        shape deposition mfg (CMU)
                        CNC (Utah)
                        composite materials (MSU)
                given
                        Alpha-I geometry @ Utah for mfg
                        Distributed Heterogenious "sketching/drafting"
                                
ISSUE = ONR REPORT (URGENT)
        must do
        ralph wachter format
        charles will lead effort = ASAP
                (mark is on deck)
                (george is in the hole)
        documentation in HTML/Mosaic
        leifer = issue cdr alert regarding preparation for this report !