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.

• 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.

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.

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.

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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