{"id":85,"date":"2026-10-03T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guildofspaceprofessionals.comteams.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2026-10-04T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:15:44","slug":"with-special-thanks-to-some-of-our-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guildofspaceprofessionals.comteams.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"With Special Thanks to Some of Our Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many more acknowledgements to come as the Guild of Space Professionals continues its journey. But while these early steps are still fresh, we wanted to pause to record and give special thanks to <strong>some of our Firsts<\/strong>\u2014people and institutions within the City of London and the Livery movement who helped us understand how to begin.  The following are listed in chronological order of when these individuals performed their first act of what has become continued support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Attorney and Liverywoman to offer support: <strong>Carolanne Lindley, Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers<\/strong> (16 November 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Past Master of a London Livery Company to give advice:  Past Master Helen Esmonde, <strong>Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.<\/strong> (25 November 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Master of a London Livery Company to offer behind-the-scenes support for our initial steps at Guildhall: <strong>Master Doug Willis<\/strong>, <strong>Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.<\/strong> (25 November 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Clerk of a London Livery Company to help us understand the initial procedures and traditions through which we would need to proceed: <strong>Giles Fagan<\/strong>, <strong>Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers<\/strong>. (27 November 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Alderman to offer introductions to Masters of London Livery Companies whose members are connected to space, and to provide guidance behind the scenes: <strong>Professor Michael Mainelli, Former Lord Mayor of London<\/strong> (10 February 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Clerk of the Chamberlain\u2019s Court to report to the Court of Aldermen on the SOUSS Council\u2019s preliminary discussion at Guildhall about the desire to form a Guild of Space Professionals: <strong>Laura Dobbie Miller<\/strong> (Also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers). (12 February 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First London Livery Company to write a letter supporting the creation of a Guild of Space Professionals: <strong>The Honorable Company of Air Pilots<\/strong> <strong>incorporating Air Navigators.<\/strong> (23 June 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These first acts of encouragement, guidance, introduction and formal support matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The London Livery movement has endured for centuries in part because knowledge and traditions are passed from one generation of professions to another. As we work to establish a new home within that tradition for professionals whose work now extends humanity\u2019s activities into space, we want to preserve the story of how that journey began\u2014and remember those who were there at its beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There are many more people to thank, and we will. For now, we wanted to record some of our Firsts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many more acknowledgements to come as the Guild of Space Professionals continues its journey. 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