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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:05:23 -0800
From: Sandra Chait <[log in to unmask]>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@u.washington.edu;>
Subject: Fw: Meeting with African Delegation (fwd)

I anyone interested in meeting with this group?

Sandra


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> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:44:26 -0800
> From: Jodi E. Roy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: ivpintern <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Meeting with African Delegation
>
>
> Dear Board Members,
>
> My name is Nathalie Royston and I am an intern here at the World Affairs
> Council. From Thursday March 23 to Tuesday March 28 a 15-member delegation
> representing 11 African nations will visit Seattle to examine fair
business
> practices and anti-corruption. At present I am in the process of arranging
> several meetings for this group.
>
> In cooperation with Tiffany West, Publicist at the Better Business Bureau,
a
> discussion session is being arranged to provide the delegates an
opportunity
> to examine ethical business practices and government reforms and to
present
> information regarding government reforms in their respective countries.
The
> Better Business Bureau has agreed to participate and discuss the role it
> plays in promoting honest and ethical business practices, how it operates
> and why they are important. Ms. West is contacting the State of Washington
> Attorney General's Office to discuss the role the state government plays
in
> regulating business practices, how they operate and why they are
important.
> The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to discuss the role the federal
> government plays in regulating business practices, how they operate and
why
> they are important. Finally, a representative from the Seattle Bureau of
> Consumer Affairs has agreed to discuss the role it plays in regulating
> business practices, how it operates and why they are important.
>
> We are currently in the process of searching for a member of the business
> community to discuss honest and ethical business practices from a business
> perspective. Would any of you be interested and available to participate
in
> this role or have knowledge of someone who could? The discussion will be
> held from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the World Trade Center boardroom on
> Monday, March 27.
>
> Attached is the summary of the delegation's mission as well as the
> participant list.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> Nathalie Royston
>
>  <<Africa_Summary.doc>>
>
>