AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business

OCTOBER 27, 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

“ P A N A M C H A M , ” “ A m C h a m , ” o r “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 AmCham Elections, October 26 to Octo-ber 30. Tourism Committee, 1 2 : 0 0 n o o n , Wednesday, Octo-ber 28 at AmCham. Legislation & Taxa-tion Forum, 7:30 AM, Thursday, Octo-ber 29 at Le Me-ridien Hotel. AmCham Closed, November 3, 5 & 10. ICT Committee, 12:00 noon, Friday, November 6 at Am-Cham. Transportation & Lo-gistics Committee, 1 2 : 0 0 n o o n , Wednesday, Novem-ber 11 at AmCham.

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.

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.

On October 15, the ODHC and CSR Com-mittees had a special meeting. The members of both committees enjoyed the presentations of

Hector Riquezes and Nelson Olmedillo from Acierta Consul-tores, Venezuela, who talked about Ethics and Moral Val-ues in Organizations.

ODHC & CSR Committees

Photo: ODHC & CSR Committees. ODHC Chair: Maria Eugenia Fonseca. CSR Chair: Mercedes Morris.

HUMOR TIME

Some "lessons" about Halloween that you'll only learn from the movie theater. 1.When it appears

that you have killed t h e m o n s t e r , *never* check to see if it's really dead.

2.Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, E l m S t r e e t , T r a n s y l v a n i a , Nilbog (you're in trouble if you recognize this o n e ) , t h e Bermuda Triangle,

or any small town in Maine. 3.Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you are doing.

4.If you're searching for something which caused a noise and find out

that it's just the cat, *leave the room immediately if you value your life.*

5.If you find a town w h i c h l o o k s d e se r t e d , i t ' s probably for a reason. Take the hint and stay away!

AmCham 30th Anniversary On October 22nd, Am-Cham celebrated its 30th anniversary with all its members at the Miraflores Visitor Cen-ter. The evening began with introductory words from Annette Cárdenas and David Hunt, the moderators for the event. Next came Alexander Psy-choyos, who was Am-cham President in 1987, one of the 68 founding members and also on the first Board of Directors that was installed on October 30, 1979. Mr. Psychoyos gave an excellent talk on the reasons and chal-lenges of doing busi-ness in Panama at that time. The keynote speaker was Ambassador Bar-bara Stephenson, who congratulated us all for the momentous

occasion, and also called on AmCham Panama to continue supporting improve-ments in education, personal safety and the rule of law to make Panama an even better place to do busi-ness. The members en-joyed a delicious meal catered by the Panama Mar-riott Hotel and danced to the mu-sic of the Orquesta Café. AmCham is also grateful to our two sponsors Cerve-cería Nacional and Medimex, who provided the beer and wine, respec-tively. AmCham thanks Alejandro Felix de Souza of Cervecería Na-cional and Juan Carlos Cannavag-

gio of Medimex for helping make the evening a memorable one with their contri-bution.

Left Photo: David Hunt, AmCham Executive Director and Hon-orable Barbara Stephenson, US Ambassador. Right Photo: Alexander Psychoyos, AmCham President in 1987.

Photo: Paul Smith, AmCham Presi-dent in 2000; and Terence McCoy.

Photo: Jim Bangert, US Embassy Economic Affairs, Monica & Robert Baker, AmCham President in 2006.