AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882

amcham@panamcham.com www.panamcham.com

Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor.

Most banks, inclu-ding ours, are now rejecting acronyms on checks. Conse-quently, they are not accepting checks made o u t t o

“PANAMCHAM,” “AmCham,” or “AmCham Panama.” Please let you ac-counting office make checks out to:

Please make checks out to “American Chamber of Commerce.”

“American Chamber of Commerce.”

AmCham Events and Committee Meetings

Transportation Com-mittee, 12:00 noon, Wednesday, Novem-ber 11 at AmCham. ODHC Committee, 12:00 noon, Thurs-day, November 12 at AmCham. Hydrocarbons Com-mittee, 8:00 AM, Fri-day, November 13 at AmCham. ICT Commit tee, 12:00 noon, Friday, November 13 at Am-Cham. Real Estate Commit-tee, 7:30 AM, Tues-day, November 17 at AmCham. Environmental Com-mittee, 12:00 noon, November 17 at Am-Cham.

AmCham Office Rental

The Chamber has a 74 square meter of-fice available for rent right beside its facility on the 17th floor of the Ocean Business Plaza. It consists of three rooms plus the reception area, all telephone/ computer/ internet ready, private bathroom and two parking places. The office will be available on October 1st. For further information, contact David Hunt or Jilma Batista at 301-3881 or: amcham@panamcham.com

Billingual Employee Candidates:

AmCham member Mi Oportunidad is a subcontractor for a U . S . S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t -approved cultural program that sends young Panamanians to the US for up to two years to work and study while living with an American family. The following candidates have s u c c e s s f u l l y completed their USA work-study programs and have returned to Panama. They are

b i l i n g u a l a n d a v a i l a b l e f o r interviews at no cost t o A m C h a m members. The i r résumés are available a t amcham@panamcham.com. All of the candidates are looking for permanent, full-time daytime positions. Those current ly taking university courses in Panama City are in evening programs that will not affect a day job.

Evelyn McNulty Guerra: B.A. in Law and Political Science, Universidad de Panamá. Rafaela Sánchez Mendieta: B.A. in Journalism, University of Panama. Ana Luzcando: B.A. in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Panama. Nitzia Pena: B.A. in Tourism Administration, University of Panama. Grethel Matute Sánchez: Sixth quarter in Hotel and Tourism Administration, Universidad Interamericana. Selibeth Domínguez Ramírez: Third year of Accounting at Universidad de Panamá and first quarter of Tourism Administration at Universidad del Istmo. Yahila Cárdenas Rodriguez: B.S. in Law and Political Science, Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. Sunny Cerceño Beitia: B.A. in Business Administration(Banking and Finance) from the Universidad de Panama.

HUMOR TIME

Announcement

Delaware USA-based Speakman Company is looking for an Inde-pendent Manufac-turer’s Representative in Panama for their showering, plumbing and safety products. Target market sectors include the hospitality, commercial-industrial and safety-industrial markets. Additional information on the company and its prod-ucts is available at www.speakmancompany.com. Interested parties should contact Mary Ann Juliano-Summers, Speakman’s International Accounts Manager, at telephone +1-302-765-0204 or email msum-mers@speakmancompany.com

Environmental Committee Meeting

The Environmental Committee met on October 20 at Am-

Cham.

Eleven members came to hear pres-entations by Peter Mackrill, who talked about the Clayton Master Plan; and Ivan Hoyos, who

talked about the Challenge of recy-cling using Clayton as a study case.

The Environmental Committee is re-sponsible for any

subject related to

the Environment. A main objective is to cooperate with the National Environ-mental Consulting Commission of the National Environ-

mental Authority (Autoridad Nacional del Medio Ambiente - ANAM).

Photo: Environmental Committee Chair: Jennifer Simpson.

Elections for 6 mem-bers of the 2010-2011 Board of Direc-tors were held from 26 to 30 October. On October 30th the three judges, John-son Spratt (Panama Business Services), Elibardo Mantilla (Expetia Consulting Group) and Marco Royer (CSI Leasing de Centroamerica) met in the AmCham office to count the 226 votes cast in the election. The top six vote-getters were

elected to the Board. They are: Brenda McCullough (The Bank of Nova Sco-tia), Juan Carlos Arias (Corporacion Continental), Sandra Miró (DHL Panama S.A.), Marcelo Gorrini (Citibank, N.A.), María Eugenia Fonseca (DBM Pa-nama, S.A.) and Gerald Gómez (Procter & Gamble). Be sure to Congratu-late them when next you see them.

AmCham Elections Results

Above: Sandra Miró (General Manager DHL Panamá, S.A.); Juan Carlos Arias (Managing Director, Corporación Continen-tal)

Marcelo Gorrini (General Manager & CEO, Citibank, N.A.); María Eugenia Fonseca (Executive Director, DBM Panama, S.A.)

Brenda McCullough (Asistant General Manager Commercial and Corporate Banking, The Bank of Nova Scotia); Gerald Gómez (General Manager, Procter & Gamble).