U.S. UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING 
Wed, Dec 17, 2008, Wash, D.C. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The annual meeting of the members of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) will be held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. followed by the annual meeting luncheon and a presentation on the current financial, business and political situation in Ukraine.  The USUBC annual meeting will be held at Washington, 1700 H. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Each USUBC member has one vote at the annual meeting.  Members who are not able to have their official representative (their USUBC board member) or another representative at the meeting will be able to vote by absentee ballot and provide a proxy.  Members are encouraged to be represented at the annual meeting. Members can have more than one person attend the annual meeting. 

SPECIAL IMF PRESENTATION

Yuriy Yakusha, Alternative Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ceyla Pazarbasiouglu, the new IMF mission Chief on Ukraine, both from Washington, will make a presentation on the details and implementation of the critical $16.4 billion IMF financial support package for Ukraine.  Yuriy Yakusha and Ceyla Pazarbasiouglu have both been in Ukraine very recently working on the IMF-Ukraine agreement and program.

The IMF presentation will be followed by comments from Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., about the financial, economic and business situation in Ukraine.  Anders has served for several years as a senior advisor to the USUBC.  Ukraine Ambassador to the United States, Oleh Shamshur, has also been invited to bring remarks.  If you will attend the annual meeting please register today.

100TH USUBC MEMBER TO BE ANNOUNCED

USUBC will be announcing its 100th member at the Annual Meeting Luncheon.  In January of 2007 the USUBC board of directors implemented a two-year membership development program. USUBC has grown from 22 members in January of 2007 to now 100 members in December of 2008.   USUBC was able to increase its membership by one new member per week in year 2008. 

USUBC is now by far the strongest and largest Ukraine related business trade association anywhere in the world outside of Ukraine. This rapid growth has promoted and strengthened U.S.-Ukraine relations and improved the climate for increased cooperation, business, trade and investment in the future.

PLEASE RSVP ABOUT THE FOLLOWING to mwilliams@usubc.org:

1. YES, I will attend the USUBC annual meeting on Wednesday, December 17,
2008, Washington, D.C. from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
(For USUBC members only)

2.  YES, I will attend the USUBC annual meeting luncheon and program on
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, Washington, D.C. from noon to 1:30 p.m. 
(For USUBC members and invited guests only)

REGISTER NOW FOR THE USUBC ANNUAL MEETING, 
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008, Washington, D.C., 10:00 A.M.
1700 H. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.