Am Cham News, December 9, 2009.
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AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business DECEMBER 9, 2009 Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882 [email protected] www.panamcham.com Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor. AmCham Events and Committee Meetings Annual Holiday Buf- fet Dinner, 7:00 PM, Wednesday, De- cember 9 at Pa- nama Marriott Ho- tel. Reservation are required. Legislation & Taxa- tion Committee, 7:30 AM, Thursday, December 10 at AmCham. Environmental Committee, 12:00 noon, Thursday, December 10 at AmCham. Billingual Employee Candidates: AmCham member Mi Oportunidad is a subcontractor for a U.S. State Department- 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 successfully completed their USA work-study programs and have returned to Panama. They are bilingual and available for interviews at no cost to AmCham members. Their résumés are available a t amcham@panamcha m.com. All of the candidates are looking for permanent, full-time daytime positions. Those currently taking university courses in Panama City are in evening programs that will not affect a day job. Stefany Miguelena: B.S. in Industrial Engineering Administration from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. 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. Tourism Commitee On December 2 the Tourism Committee met at AmCham. Thirteen members came to hear to Fer- nando Machado, Di- rector of Playa Tor- tuga Hotel & Beach Resort, talk about the hotel. Playa Tortuga Hotel & Beach Resort is a five star hotel on Isla Co- lón, Bocas del Toro that was designed with first class ser- vice for its visitors in mind. Photo: Tourism Committee Chair: Nancy Hanna UNEE: University and Enterprise Cooper- ating for Sustainable Development Program Photo: AmCham and UNEE Members. On November 26 AmCham was visited by the UNEE group, a small group that is developing a project to create links be- tween universities, enterprises and the government with the purpose of increase the productivity, de- velopment and com- petitively of both the universities and Panamanian enter- prise. It is composed of several universities, including Universi- dad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP), Uni- versidad de Panamá (UP), Universidad Autónoma de Chiri- quí (UNACHI), Uni- versidad Especiali- zada de las Américas (UDELAS), Universi- dad Marítima Inter- nacional de Panamá (UMIP) and Universi- dad Latina de Panamá (ULAT), to- gether with the not- for-profit organiza- tions UNPYME, CO- SPAE AND CONEP. During their visit the members of Am- Cham heard presen- tations by Dr. Juana Ramos of UTP and Mr. Modaldo Tuñon, Rector of ULAT. HUMOR TIME A Mother's Dictionary Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too. Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert. Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster Feedback: The in- evitable result when the baby doesn't ap- preciate the strained carrots. Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him. Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say. At the regular meet- ing of the AmCham Board of Directors on November 23 rd , the members of the 2010 Board of Directors voted to elect Donald Elder, President of AmCham Panama for 2010. Don Elder is Project Manager for Caterpillar Latin America Support Services, S.de R.L., with responsibility for the design and con- struction of Caterpil- lar’s new Customer Demonstration and Learning Center be- ing established near Veracruz, Pa- nama. Don joined Caterpillar in 1999, and prior to this as- signment he was the Technical Training Manager for Caterpil- lar Latin America Commercial Division, operating from the Miami Skills Acquisi- tion Center in Miami Lakes, Florida. He has also served as Professional Develop- ment Consultant and 6 Sigma Deployment Champion for Cater- pillar Americas Com- pany. Don graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York in 1971, and served as an officer of Ar- mor/Cavalry until his retirement from ac- tive duty in 1999. He is a gradu- ate of the US Army Command and Gen- eral Staff College, US Army School of the Americas, and the Interamerican De- fense College in Washington, D.C. He holds a Master of Arts in Spanish Lan- guage from Middle- bury College. During his Army ca- reer, Don served in a wide variety of mili- tary and diplomatic assignments. He commanded the 3 rd Battalion, 70 th Armor from 1989-1991, and the 16 th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Training) from 1994 -1996. He served extended tours of duty in Germany, Spain, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico, with operational de- ployments to several other countries in the Western Hemisphere. Be sure to congratu- late Don when next you see him. New AmCham President “American Chamber of Commerce.” Please make checks out to “American Chamber of Commerce.” Most banks, inclu- ding ours, are now rejecting acronyms on checks. Conse- quently, they are not accepting checks made out to “PANAMCHAM,” “AmCham,” or “AmCham Panama.” Please let you ac- counting office make checks out to:
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Transcript of Am Cham News, December 9, 2009.
AMCHAM NEWS Networking is our business
DECEMBER 9, 2009
Phone: 301-3881 Fax: 301-3882
[email protected] www.panamcham.com
Aquilino de la Guardia Ave and 47 St, Ocean Business Plaza Bldg, 17 floor.
AmCham Events and Committee Meetings
Annual Holiday Buf-fet Dinner, 7:00 PM, Wednesday, De-cember 9 at Pa-nama Marriott Ho-tel. Reservation are required.
Legislation & Taxa-tion Committee, 7:30 AM, Thursday, December 10 at AmCham.
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Committee, 12:00 noon, Thursday, December 10 at AmCham.
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 [email protected]. 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.
Stefany Miguelena: B.S. in Industrial Engineering Administration from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua. 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.
Tourism Commitee
On December 2 the Tourism Committee met at AmCham. Thirteen members came to hear to Fer-nando Machado, Di-rector of Playa Tor-tuga Hotel & Beach Resort, talk about the hotel.
Playa Tortuga Hotel & Beach Resort is a five star hotel on Isla Co-lón, Bocas del Toro that was designed with first class ser-vice for its visitors in mind.
Photo: Tourism Committee Chair: Nancy Hanna
UNEE: University and Enterprise Cooper-ating for Sustainable Development Program
Photo: AmCham and UNEE Members.
On November 26 AmCham was visited by the UNEE group, a small group that is developing a project to create links be-tween universities, enterprises and the government with the purpose of increase the productivity, de-velopment and com-petitively of both the universities and Panamanian enter-prise. It is composed of several universities, including Universi-dad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP), Uni-versidad de Panamá
(UP), Universidad Autónoma de Chiri-quí (UNACHI), Uni-versidad Especiali-zada de las Américas (UDELAS), Universi-dad Marítima Inter-nacional de Panamá (UMIP) and Universi-dad Latina de Panamá (ULAT), to-gether with the not-for-profit organiza-tions UNPYME, CO-SPAE AND CONEP. During their visit the members of Am-Cham heard presen-tations by Dr. Juana Ramos of UTP and Mr. Modaldo Tuñon, Rector of ULAT.
HUMOR TIME
A Mother's Dictionary
Bottle feeding: An oppor tun i ty for Daddy to get up at 2 am too. Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert. Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster Feedback: The in-evitable result when the baby doesn't ap-preciate the strained carrots. Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him. Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.
At the regular meet-ing of the AmCham Board of Directors on November 23rd, the members of the 2010 Board of Directors voted to elect Donald Elder, President of AmCham Panama for 2010. Don Elder is Project Manager for Caterpillar Latin America Support Services, S.de R.L., with responsibility for the design and con-struction of Caterpil-lar’s new Customer Demonstration and Learning Center be-
ing established near Veracruz, Pa-nama. Don joined Caterpillar in 1999, and prior to this as-signment he was the Technical Training Manager for Caterpil-lar Latin America Commercial Division, operating from the Miami Skills Acquisi-tion Center in Miami Lakes, Florida. He has also served as Professional Develop-ment Consultant and 6 Sigma Deployment Champion for Cater-pillar Americas Com-
pany. Don graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York in 1971, and served as an officer of Ar-
mor/Cavalry until his retirement from ac-tive duty in 1999. He is a gradu-ate of the US Army Command and Gen-eral Staff College, US Army School of the Americas, and the Interamerican De-fense College in Washington, D.C. He holds a Master of Arts in Spanish Lan-guage from Middle-bury College. During his Army ca-reer, Don served in a wide variety of mili-tary and diplomatic
assignments. He commanded the 3rd Battalion, 70th Armor from 1989-1991, and the 16th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Training) from 1994-1996. He served extended tours of duty in Germany, Spain, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico, with operational de-ployments to several other countries in the Western Hemisphere. Be sure to congratu-late Don when next you see him.
New AmCham President
“American Chamber of Commerce.”
Please make checks out to “American Chamber of Commerce.”
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:
