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AFCEA Canaveral Chapter
"2012 Officer Installation Banquet"
Canaveral Chapter of AFCEA held the annual officer installation banquet Nov. 4th Cocoa Beach Hilton. Was a great time for all with Kool Vibes kicking out the Caribbean tunes for all to enjoy.
2011 Chapter Officer Installation Banquet Pictures

BGen Anthony Cotton, Commander of the 45th Space Wing, shared some moments from his life as an officer at Patrick AFB that were "career shaping" and he "will never forget." BGen Cotton encouraged the new board to consider these types of moments in life as opportunities that will shape the future of their careers and that of the Chapter. Ed Boyd of NetApp Inc and SunComm 2011 Committee Chairman presents BGen Cotton with the Chapter Challenge-Coin for being the motivational speaker for the incoming board.
Col. Lou Ramos USAF (Ret), AFCEA Western Florida Region VP installs 2012 Canaveral Chapter installation Banquet. From Left to Right Andy Anderson Director of PR, Lou Linden of A.I. Solutions as President, Catherine McCarthy of CSR as Membership Director, Deborah Carson of AFTAC/LSOK as Secretary, Heather Theobald as Director of Programs, Minerva Stern as Director of Sponsor Activity, Sheryl Glore45th SW SCS/SCXS as Director, and Art Glaab of Boeing as Director. Not Pictured are Celeste Gushee as Treasurer and Lt. Col Pamela Woolley as Vice President.
The annual "Andy Anderson Outstanding Service to Canaveral AFCEA Reward (OSCAR)"was awarded to Debbie Roberson of Spatial Technologies for her outstanding contribution over the last five years. Debbie has served as Treasurer, Secretary, and devoted countless hours to various fund raising events such as the Golf Tournament and Monthly Luncheons.
BGen Anthony Cotton and Gen. Lance Lord (Ret USAF) of L2 Aerospace congratulate Andy Anderson for celebrating his 90th birthday and 51 years of service to the Canaveral Chapter of AFCEA.
J. Tinker and Stephanie Murphy were recognized for their tremendous support of the Chapter and its fund raising efforts. The Murphy's contributions helped to seed the SunComm 2011 Symposium from Nov. 2nd through the 4th.

Lou and Donna Linden enjoying a great dinner served by the Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hilton.

AFCEA Canaveral Chapter
"SunComm 2011 Symposium and Exhibits"
Canaveral Chapter of AFCEA held the inaugural SunComm at the Cocoa Beach Hilton Oceanfront Nov. 2nd through the 4th. The conference consisted of three panels focused on the Space Port, Cyber Security, and Cloud Computing. Speakers industry, Government, and Academia presented and then participated and discussions.
Ed Boyd, SunComm Chairman, welcomes the Status of Commercial Space Flight Panelist. Left to right: Ed Boyd, Pat McCarthy of Space Floria, Scott Henderson of SpaceX, Sean Mahoney of Masten Space Systems, Garard Close of ATK Aerospace Systems, Chuck Hardison of Boeing, and Carol Scott of NASA.
Download Presentations, view videos from Boeing, SpaceX, and Masten, read about presenters.
The event was covered by local media.
Florida Today "Commercial Space Flight Tops Talks at SunComm"
Florida Today "Efforts Evolving Reshape Cape"