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• [ ]   Invite every kite festival in the world to have an energy-kite system event.  Add this to checklist.htm for national reps.

• [ ]    Open folders for each nation in the AWEIA National Progress
   

• [ ]    Non-profit 501(c) organization is the intent for AWEIA so far. Is that correct?   
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)       501(c)(3) ??   or   501(c)(6)  ???

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• [ ]    Achieve  initial officer set for AWEIA
   

• [ ]    Listen for strategic goals.  
   

• [ ]    Ask DaveS to announce AWEIA at the HAWP 2009 in November 2009 at Chico, CA.
   

• [ ]    AWEIA membership in America Wind Energy Association AWEA will cost $250 per year for AWEIA to have an association membership once we have incorporated as a non-profit IRS Section 501(c) corporation       Note: This applies to AWEIA itself, not to our AWEIA members.
   

• [ ]    Bylaws?
   

• [ ]    Safety performance standards?  Certification of AWECS systems.  Extant wind power labs can grow awareness of the special needs of airborne systems. 
   

• [ ]    Membership in AWEIA?   Dues. Categories?   Suggest phrases and description of membership types.   Based on team size?  An AWECS company with 50 team members might have a dues different than the one-person company.
   

• [ ]    Mission statement?  Safe growth of AWECS industry to help solve global  green sustainable energy?
   

• [ ]    What might AWEIA sell to get some working funds? 
   

• [ ]    Form Pay-Pal buttons to receive donations and purchase payments.  All funds are to be used for approved corporation expenses.
   

• [ ]    What will be the expenses of AWEIA?  Memberships, office, postage, corporate pre-approved travel, art, webmastering,
   

• [ ]    Observe response from GWEC about our October 7, 2009, application for membership.
   

• [ ]    Testing facility for smallAWE?  Certification body for smallAWE?  Does the AWECS product perform as advertised? Are claims for a particular AWECS model accurate?  Customers will want third-party confirmations.   Production verification? Standardized reporting and testing?
   

• [ ]    Members are ever encouraged to sharpen and maintain safety, transparency, and accountability.
   

• [ ]    Contact Paper Clip Engineering, a San Diego-based electrical engineering and power electronics consulting firm.
   

• [ ]    Study the following in relation to new AWECS products:

  •  "On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “Act”). The Act removes the small wind cost caps on Investment Tax Credits (ITC) from the previous legislation. Under the Act, taxpayers can now claim a 30% tax credit for the purchase and installation of qualifying small wind electric systems with rated capacities of 100 kilowatts or less. This credit is available from February 17, 2009 through December 31, 2016
    
    For non-residential customers the Act allows entities eligible consumers to receive a financial grant from the treasury department in lieu of the tax credit. The system must be placed in service in 2009 or 2010 or placed in service before the credit termination date of January 1, 2013 (provided the construction began in 2009 or 2010). (Source: American Wind Energy Association: Summary of Final Provisions in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, of Interest to Small Wind Turbine Producers and Consumers)."

• [ ]    Collect succinct milestone expressions for AWECS, e.g.:     

  • E.g., Residential home net-metered to a profit via kite energy AWECS.

  • Off-grid home 100% operated at 1000 kW-h for a month from ESE-AWECS (energy-storage enhanced airborne wind energy conversion system)
     

• [ ]  Update glossary entry for AWEIA.
    

• [ ]    AWECS anchor contractors?  Tether suppliers?  Generator and controller suppliers?  Clutch suppliers? Supply chain mapping?
   

• [ ]    82,000 for "airborne wind energy" Oct. 9, 2009. Google meter.
   

• [ ]    Check on Oct. 10 at http://www.acronymfinder.com/    

• [ ]    AWEIA joining EWEA would cost   619 euros  (about $910 USD).   What would be the benefits of joining?

• [ ]    The Association of Producers of Ecological Energy (APEE)

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