Canadian Space Commerce Association – An Industry Group to Promote and Support Canadian Businesses

Our next CSCA meeting is Thursday, July 14th at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, 199 Bay Street, Suite 4000, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON M5L 1A9.

This is a closed meeting for current CSCA members only where we will be discussing upcoming initiatives. All current CSCA members are encouraged to attend.

Please RSVP by contacting the meeting chair at meetings@spacecommerce.ca before 5pm EST today to confirm attendance.

Meetings are called to order at 7:30pm and the presentation begins at 8:00 pm sharp. To find out more, please visit our CSCA website at www.spacecommerce.ca.

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Our featured speaker will be Mr. David Cooper, President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (MSCI).

Mr.  David Cooper founded MSCI (formerly the Space Division of Dynacon) in early 2008. As General Manager of Dynacon’s Space Division, Mr. Cooper shaped all aspects of the microsatellite and ACS product lines, including sales and marketing, program management, engineering management, contract management, financial management, production and product assurance. Drawing on over 25 years in aerospace management, Mr. Cooper’s vision for MSCI includes building a preeminent microsatellite space company in North America that serves the military, civil and commercial sectors – a company where personal excellence and respect will lead to exceptional results.

Prior to MSCI and Dynacon, Mr. Cooper held key positions at renowned organizations including Director of Programs at Honeywell’s Advanced Technology Centre, and a variety of program and engineering management positions at Spar Aerospace in Brampton. Through Spar, Mr. Cooper was seconded to the Canadian Space Agency under the Interchange Canada Program as the Director of International Marketing where he authored Canada’s first International Marketing Plan in Space.

Mr. Cooper holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Canada’s Royal Military College and a Master’s in Business Administration from Queen’s University.

CSCA regular meetings take place at Fionn MacCool’s, 21 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M4V 1K6, in the back of the pub in a private room that can be curtained off, beginning at 7pm. Meetings are called to order at 7:30pm and when speakers are booked, the presentation begins at 8pm sharp.

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The next CSCA member’s meeting is July 9, 2009.

CSCA regular meetings take place at Fionn MacCool’s, 21 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M4V 1K6, in the back of the pub in a private room that can be curtained off, beginning at 7pm. Meetings are called to order at 7:30pm and when speakers are booked, the presentation begins at 8pm sharp.

Agenda
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1. Acceptance of new members, if any.
2. Introduction of policy topics to the membership for development into policy statements (10 minutes to answer questions about process if needed)
a. Intro of suborbital spaceflight topic (20 minutes)
b. Intro of microsatellite market/launch capability topic (20 minutes)
c. Intro of investment & tax topic (20 minutes)

3. Discuss sections in each topic that need to be developed for the papers.
4. Ask for volunteers to write sections of each paper.
5. Discussion of any additional resources & relationships needed to be established to complete the policy development successfully.

All CSCA members and former members, and those wishing to become members are encouraged to attend. This is a very important meeting to kick-off a 6-month period for developing policies for the CSCA to advance.

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Just a note to reserve the afternoon of Thursday, March 19, 2009 to attend the next CSCA conference and Annual General Meeting.

The Canadian Space Commerce Association is holding its 2009 Annual General Meeting at the MaRS Non-Profit Development and Innovation Center in Toronto, Ontario on Thursday, March 19 between from 1 – 5 pm on the Topic of “Canadian NewSpace: Domestic and International Opportunities for 2009 and Beyond.”

Cost for the afternoon session is $150 for pre-registration and $200 at the door and includes 2009 membership in the Canadian Space Commerce Association. There are also sponsorship options available.

Look for the conference page to go up on this website soon.

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Due to the building flooding at Fionn MacCool’s, the Thursday, January 8th, 2009 meeting is moved to an alternate location.

The alternative location is Jack Astor’s Yonge and Bloor at 2 Bloor Street E. (416-923-1555). We will be meeting in the “Elvis Booth”, beginning at 7pm.

Reservations are under “Canadian Space Commerce Association” and the booth has free internet access but is open to the rest of the establishment.

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Please be advised that the meeting dates for 2009 are now set.  Visit our meetings page to see the dates.

Also be advised that our new regular meeting location is Fionn MacCool’s, a pub located at 21 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M4V 1K6.

Thursday, January 8, 2009 is our next regular meeting.  Members and anyone from the public are welcome to attend.

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On Thursday, November 13th, 2008 the Canadian Space Commerce Association is pleased to welcome members and the public to our final regular meeting of the year.

Jeff Kehoe will be speaking on the following topic:

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has led the world to face the issue of global warming driven (in large part) by humans burning fossil fuels. This importance of this issue has been recognized by national leaders worldwide, and much effort is going into trying to resolve it. However, all of the approaches being widely considered for doing so have deep problems: unknown technical feasibility, production of other toxic by-products, inability to produce power on demand. A potential solution that side-steps those problems is well-known inside the space development community, but has not yet come to the attention of the IPCC and world leaders.

Harvesting solar power in space and wirelessly transmitting it to Earth is known to be technically feasible, and can provide very large amounts of clean power to most locations on Earth 24 hours a day. In September 2009 SPACE Canada will welcome representatives from the international community of science and technology, members of the academic community,
experts in space and international law, leaders in the fight against global warming and climate change, representatives of provincial/state and national governments, NGOs, economists and journalists and leaders in the business community to a three-day symposium on the viability of
space-based solar power as an alternative source of clean energy for the world.

Agenda:
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7pm: Meeting Begins – Light Informal Conversation
8pm: Election of Board of Directors for 2009-2011 term
8:15pm: Talk by Jeff Kehoe about the recent Space Solar Power symposium
9:00pm: Discussion of the upcoming Canadian Space Summit
9:30pm: Official Business

We will also be taking membership fees for 2009. Please check registration page for rates.

The meeting is once again in the 2nd Floor private room at Scallywags in Toronto. Location information here.

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Paid up 2007 Members of the Canadian Space Commerce Association may now vote in the election for the CSCA’s Board of Directors for the 2009-2011 term. If you attended the Accelerating Space Conference in January and purchase the regular attendance rate (not the student rate) or where a sponsor then you are eligible for vote. Please contact me at chair@spacecommerce.ca to confirm whether you are a member in good standing.

Ballots are here: [PDF][Word Doc]

Elections will be conducted by the above ballot which may be sent in by fax [1-800-613-7332] or email, or delivered in person by 8pm at our final meeting of this year, on Thursday, November 13th, 2008. (At Scallywags’ private room on the second floor).

The voting period allows for at least 5 business days in which members can vote.

Nominated members are:

• Rocky Persaud (2007-2009 Director, Chair and Secretary)
• Arny Sokoloff (2007-2009 Director and President)
• Brian Feeney (2007-2009 Director)
• Marc Boucher (2007-2009 Director)
• Richard Graf (2007-2009 Director)
• Chuck Black (2007-2009 Treasurer)

Email the Elections Officer at vote@spacecommerce.ca with your ballot, or send by fax to 1-800-613-7332, or deliver in person before 8pm November 13th, 2008.

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