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

The Canadian Space Commerce Association is looking for a communications officer to:

• Write on average one press release per month conveying official CSCA views on current events in space commerce news.
• Manage public outreach through social networks, mailing lists, etc.
• Manage the monthly PR budget paying for distribution of press releases.
• Posting news to the CSCA website.

The position will require a volunteer experienced in using social networks and updating web pages (wordpress), well organized, attentive to detail, with great written communication skills, and residing in the Greater Toronto Area.

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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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At the November 2008 meeting, Rocky Persaud, Arny Sokoloff, Marc Boucher and Brian Feeney were re-elected to the Board of Directors for the 2009-2011 term. CSCA Treasurer Chuck Black was elected Director for the first time.

Retiring board director Richard Graf will continue to pursue his commercial space activities while advising the CSCA on issues related to launch services in Canada.

Best wishes for the new year from the Canadian Space Commerce Association.

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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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The CSCA is a sponsor of the 2008 annual Canadian Space Summit. Please visit that page to learn more about the Summit, including about registration fees, schedules, speakers, and download the information package.

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Greetings space entrepreneurs,

Those of you who are paid up Members of the Canadian Space Commerce Association may nominate and/or be nominated 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.  I will mail out ballots to all eligible members with instructions.

Elections will be conducted by ballot which may be sent in by fax 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 nomination period allows 5 business days in which members can nominate another member or themselves.  The nominated member has a 48-hour period of opportunity to accept the nomination.

Currently 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)

who have all accepted nomination.

Ballots will be emailed out by 8pm November 5th, and at that time the voting period will begin, which will conclude at the November 13th meeting by 8pm.

Email me at chair@spacecommerce.ca with your nominations.  The nomination period ends November 3rd at 8pm EDT.

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A copy of the 2008 edition of The Space Report was purchased on behalf of CSCA members. Please go to the files section and log in with your member password to download the PDF copy of this invaluable resource.

Produced by the Space Foundation’s Research & Analysis division, The Space Report 2008: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity is a publication that thoroughly examines and analyzes the state of the space industry. The flagship product of the Space Foundation, The Space Report 2008 covers primarily 2007 data, contains information on global space budgets and revenues, a yearly summary and analysis of the Space Foundation Index, and for the first time, addresses United States labor and workforce issues. The original edition, The Space Report 2006 looked at the global space industry in its entirety for the first time and established a value for the industry in terms of budgets and revenues, as well as creating a market index for space.

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