Welcome to the Summer Solstice 2008 issue of E-Cass. Fittingly we again honour Sidney van den Bergh on the front cover as he receives the Bruce medal at the Victoria CASCA conference. Under the features section you will find a "reprint" of a fine and challenging talk "Bringing the Heavens Down to Earth" - delivered by Peter Calamai at CASCA 2008. In addition we have the usual number of informative reports and news updates from various parts of the community. A very full and diverse issue, so browse away! Welcome to summer and wishing you the very best in the coming season! Brian Martin (brian.martin@kingsu.ca)