Registration�now open for 17th Annual General Meeting

at Mid-America Club in Chicago, April 17-18-19, 2007

Click here to download registration form

Registration is now open for our 17th annual meeting in Chicago, April 17-19, 2007, home of the world�s largest commodity exchange. The program begins with an opening reception on the evening of April 17 at a special location TBA. Business sessions will run all day on Wednesday, April 18, at the Mid-America Club. A variety of field trip options will be offered for Thursday, April 19. �Program updates will be sent to Members and posted here on our website.

Click on the link above for a registration form. This form cannot be returned to the NAMBC via this website. Please see the form for instructions for registering and remittance of registration fees. For NAMBC Members only, second and other additional representatives from the same company or organization receive a 30% discount on registration fees.

The Mid-America Club is located on the 80th floor of the landmark AON Center on

East Randolph Street

, offering panoramic views of Lake Michigan, the Gold Coast, Grant Park and the Chicago skyline. We are limited by the size of the facility so if you plan to be with us, please do not procrastinate. If you need a US visa to attend, apply for it now.

Our headquarters will be the Hotel Allegro, a short walk from the Mid-America Club. The deadline for making discounted room reservations at the discounted NAMBC group rate is Tuesday, March 27, 2007. For further information on the hotel, go to �http://www.allegrochicago.com/

The special NAMBC group rate is US$169.00 per night for a standard room with single or double occupancy plus the Chicago Hotel Tax of 15.39%. A premier room type (corner room with king size bed) is US$189.00 for single or double occupancy plus tax.

To make your reservations at the Hotel Allegro, send an email or fax mentioning the NAMBC with your name, address, arrival and departure dates, as well as bedding and smoking/non-smoking preferences. Your contact is Ms. Tracy S. Hunter, Hotel Allegro Chicago, direct telephone: 312-325-7192; direct fax: 866-315-7662, email address:

http://us.f317.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=tracy.hunter@allegrochicago.com

The Chairman of our 2007 AGM is G. Michael Kenny, Chief Operating Officer of NAMBC Member Chambers Gasket & Manufacturing Company. He has served as Honorary Consul of Mongolia for Illinois since 2004. A founding partner of Tall Corn Music, Michael is also one of the principals of Palladian Development, a Chicago-based real estate development company. He is former executive director of the North America-Mongolia Business Council. �

[Posted 01/15/2007]