AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business

JULY 21, 2009

Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882

amcham@panamcham.com

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

Welcome New Members

Photo: Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Chair: Mercedes Morris

Last week the Corporate

Social Responsibility

Committee met at Am-

Cham.

Nine people came to listen

to Carlos Forlenza about

Work-life Balance Busi-

ness Certification and he

gave details about the two

companies that were re-

cently awarded this prize,

Coca Cola and Norvatis.

Carlos Forlenza has a

Ph.D. in Politics Science,

Sociology and Internatio-

nal Law and he works for

the European Institute of

Social Capital and Enter-

prises Systems GmbH.

The CSR Committee is

responsible for encoura-

ging members to develop

social programs and also

organize the annual Am-

Cham CSR award.

Remember that all your

staff members are invited

to attend all committee

meetings so please circu-

late this Amcham News-

letter within your organi-

zation.

Most banks, including

ours, are now rejecting

acronyms on checks.

Consequently, they are

not accepting checks

m a d e o u t t o

“ P A N A M C H A M , ”

“ A m C h a m , ” o r

“AmCham Panama.”

Please let you accoun-

ting office make checks

out to:

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

“American Chamber of Commerce.”

AmCham Events and Committee Meetings

Reactivation of Trade &

Investment Committee,

7:30 AM, Wednesday,

July 22 at AmCham.

Hydrocarbons Commit-

tee, 8:00 AM, Friday,

July 24 at AmCham.

Tourism Committee,

12:00 noon, Wednesday,

July 29 at AmCham.

Reactivation of Informa-

tion & Technology Com-

mittee, ***, Friday, July

31 at AmCham.

Legislation & Taxation

Committee, 7:30 AM,

Thursday, August 6 at

AmCham.

AMCHAM PERSONALITY

Carlos Urriola is a member

of the AmCham Board of

Directors.

Urriola is General Mana-

ger of Manzanillo Interna-

tional Terminal. He gra-

duated with a degree in

Industrial and Systems

Engineering from the Insti-

tuto Tecnológico y de Es-

tudios Superiores de Mon-

terrey, Nuevo León, Mexi-

co, after which he held

various positions in the

National Port Authority of

Panama. From 1993 to

1995, Mr. Urriola worked

as a private consultant in

port projects and was in-

volved in the MIT project

from the early stages. In

1995 He joined MIT as an

Assistant Vice President of

Marketing.

Mr. Urriola was President

of AmCham in 2007.

Member Discount Program

There have been several

new additions and a few

updates (with increased

discounts) to the Members

Discount Program.

Check out the new offers

at www.panamcham.com/

members/discount.asp

Billingual Employee Candidates:

AmCham member Mi

Op o r t un id ad i s a

subcontractor for a

U.S.State Department-

a p p r o v e d c u l t u r a l

program that send young

Panamanians to the US

for up to two years to

work and study while

living with an American

family. The following

c a n d i d a t e s h a v e

successfully completed

their USA work-study

programs and have

returned to Panama. They

a re b i l ingua l and

available for interviews at

no cost to AmCham

members. Their résumés

a r e a v a i l a b l e a t amcham@panamcham.com.

All of the candidates are

looking for permanent,

f u l l - t i m e d a y t i m e

positions. Those currently

taking university courses

in Panama City are in

evening programs that

will not affect a day job.

Melissa Pineda: Currently studying International

Business at Universidad de Panamá.

Gina Robletto, B.A. in Law and politics Science from

Universidad de Panamá.

Antonio Hector Guelfi Sánchez: Second Trimester of

Procedural Law (Master’s), Universidad

Interamericana; B.S. in Law and Political Science,

ULACIT.

Evelyn E. Mcnulty Guerra: B.S. in Law and political

Science, University of Panama.

Rosseline Morales: Courses in Medicine and Maritime

at Universidad in Chiriqui.

Karla Him Petroccelli: B.S. in Tourism (Hotels),

Univerisdad Latina de Panamá; working on a Degree

in Public Relations at the University of Panamá.

HUMOR TIME

Buy machine factory

A n A m e r i c a n

manufacturer is showing

his machine factory to a

potential customer from

Albania. At noon, when

the lunch whistle blows,

two thousand men and

women immediately stop

work and leave the

building.

"Your workers, they're

escaping!" cries the

visitor. "You've got to

stop them."

"Don't worry, they'll be

back," says the American.

And indeed, at exactly

one o'clock the whistle

blows again, and all the

workers return from their

break.

When the tour is over, the

manufacturer turns to his

guest and says, "Well,

now, which of these

machines would you like

to order?"

"Forget the machines,"

says the visitor. "How

much do you want for

that whistle?"

Board of Directors

AmCham is announcing

the reactivation of the

Trade & Investment

Committee with Marleni

Paolo as a chair. Marleni

is a lawyer with Patton,

Moreno & Asvat, which

specializes in the areas of

administration and com-

mercial laws, investment

and general contracting.

Serving as vice-chair is

Johnson Spratt, President

of Panama Business Ser-

vices.

Its first meeting will be

on the 22th of July at

AmCham office at 7:30

AM. Anyone interested

in participating in this

committee, please con-

tact the AmCham office

at:301-3881 or

amcham@panamcham.com.

Real Estate

Photo: Thomas Kenna, AmCham President;Patricia Andrade, General

Manager of American Airlines (Sponsor); C.E. Maurice Belanger,

AmCham Treasurer.

Every four months

A m C h a m h ol d s a

Newcomer’s Breakfast to

welcome its newest

members, where they

learn about AmCham and

its committees, meet the

Board of Directors, and

receive their respective

membership certificates.

The last Newcomers

Breakfast was held at the

Sheraton Panama Hotel &

Convection Center, where

19 new members were

extended a hear ty

welcome.

AmCham also recognizes

those companies that have

reached milestones in

continuous membership

and the following member

companies were awarded

certificates and plaques:

Five Year Certificates:

Regus Business Center

Panama, S.A. and Summit

Golf & Resort. Ten Year

Certificates: Suez Energy

Central America and AES

Panamá, S.A. Fifteen

Year Plaques: Promoción

Médica , S .A. and

Coronado Golf & Beach

Resort. And 25 year

plaques: Bienes Raíces y

Seguros Carles, S.A.,

Grupo Melo, S.A.,

Sociedad Internacional de

Servicios, S.A. and Pan

American Life Insurance

Co.

Congratulations!