for Seattle residents ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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>> > >