WHO WE ARE
Purpose The Committee referred to in this website has been formed from stakeholders in the SR&ED
Background Program, and more specifically the IT sector, and consists of a Chairman from the business
Who We Are community and participants from industry, the professions and CCRA senior officials. All non-CCRA
SR&ED participants are volunteers.
Forum At the initial meeting an August 13, 2001, Ken Cudmore, CA of the Technologies Strategy Group Inc
Links was appointed Chairman. He can also be contacted by phone at 403-245-2110.
Home The other members are:
Bob Place, Assistant Director, Prairie Region SR&ED directorate, CCRA
Rosanne Tackaberry, Prairie Regional Scientific Manager, SR&ED directorate, CCRA
Kay James, IT Sector Specialist, SR&ED directorate, CCRA
Frank Meyer, The Computer Modeling Group, Calgary
Ken Gamble, Alberta Research Council, Calgary
Eva Nagy, Technology Strategies Group, Calgary
Wayne Pickering, AeGIS Data Systems, Calgary
Joanne Ferguson, Mecha Systems.Calgary
Ray Bugry, New Technology Equity Corporation, Calgary
Mandate:
These committees are to be a quick feedback mechanism on how the new training is functioning in
CCRA and in the software community. The joint committee is a venue for the software industry and
CCRA staff to work together to provide current feedback to Ottawa on the delivery of the SR&ED Program
in the software sector. It is expected that significant (positive or negative) feedback will reach Ottawa very
quickly through this mechanism.
Each local committee has a mandate:
* To help local managers and the NTSS section to monitor the effectiveness of current practices and
the new approaches to assessing software/IT eligibility that is introduced in the Guidance Document
and through the training sessions;
* To promote public awareness of the benefits and usefulness of the Software/IT Sector Guidance
Document;
* To help identify issues requiring further clarification;
* To work with Ottawa in developing solutions to address issues;
* To help identify additional joint industry-CCRA training needs and opportunities, from both a local and a
national perspective.
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