Notes from conversation with Sasha Koustov re industrial partner support: ========================================================================= - We must have a formal commitment from SciTec (our industrial partner) to contribute real dollars or equivalent to project; - We can't operate strictly on a fee-for-service basis with them; there must be some element of risk of resources (i.e., investment of time, resources, or money) into the project or the "partnership" isn't real, isn't compliant with CSA requirements; - JAK's proposal will include a letter from Bristol Aerospace committing them to invest $100K, but in fact BA will get ~$1M for services rendered; this is not what CSA wants; - At least one proposal is being written from a "business-as-usual" perspective regarding CSA's requirements, when it seems clear that CSA does not want this approach at all; - Nature of desirable/possible commitment from SciTec? Charge for engineering services at cost, i.e., waive overhead? Establish scholarship(s) for involved graduate students? Other? - My vision of process from now to ultimate goal: (a) SciTec invest staff time in proposal preparation (front money); (b) SciTec either invest actual dollars or waive certain remunerations in design/build/test of rocket experiment (seed money); (c) SciTec receive full-cost contract(s) to build satellite experiment(s) (business-as-usual); (d) SciTec develop value-added ozone maps as commercial product and make a bundle selling them to distribution channels (payoff!); - Have to discuss nature and level of SciTec's commitment with Duane Sniezek starting now, to ensure that agreed-on contribution is meaningful and meets CSA requirements; - Have to discuss SciTec's requirements for proposal with DS so I understand how we have to write it;