Dear Valued FIABCI Members,

Welcome to the January/February FIABCI Electronics Newsletter.

This issue of the newsletter includes great information. You will find:

• The results of our FIABCI Business Meetings in Brussels (click here).
  • Our FIABCI leaders are working together as a team to support our membership:
    • Our Grievance Working Group and Statutes Working Group are already hard at work.
  • Our Gala Celebration for FIABCI’s 60th Birthday was a wonderfully attended event.  We were honored to have the Belgian Minister of State Herman De Croo and his wife as well as the US Ambassador Howard Gutman (nominated by President Barack Obama) and his wife join us.
• Our new FIABCI Technology and Social Media Platform which was introduced in Brussels is almost ready to be launched.  (click here)
• Our World Congress Organizing Committee is hard at work to make the FIABCI World Congress in Bali is a phenomenal success.  Click here to find out more and to make your reservation.
• A FIABCI Delegation is preparing to attend the FIABCI African Trade Mission.  Please click here to join us and for more information.
• FIABCI University will soon be offering online courses.   Please click here to find out how you can get the prestigious FIREC designation.
• Our relationship with the United Nations is growing.  To find out what the United Nations is working on, please click here.
• FIABCI Cares was created in response to the recent Haitian castrophe.  Click here to find out what you can do to help. 
  • You can also learn more about our efforts by listening to a recent interview on WFAN (click here)
• Some FIABCI members have reason to celebrate including our own Svein Erik Stolpe who is celebrating his 70th birthday (click here).

FIABCI is focused on providing great networking opportunities for our members to grow their business.  Please click here to find learn about upcoming events which provide lucrative business networking possibilities.  FIABCI also has several strategic relationships with MIPIM, FNAIM and CityScape.  Please click on each of the names to find out more.

FIABCI hopes everyone enjoys the electronic newsletter.   Please continue to send your information to FIABCI@nightingalepr.com and in subject line place FIABCI E-Newsletter. We want to share your great news throughout the world.  Developing strong communications vehicles for our FIABCI members is a major priority and will allow all of us to keep in touch and keep you informed about issues of importance to our members and to our industry in real time.

With My Very Best Regards,

Lisa Kurrass    , CIPS, FIPC, FIREC

FIABCI, World President 2009 - 2010