* Your chance to tell the Board and the Committees what you want in the coming year.

* Our chance to inform you of the latest benefits available from the National ICCA.

PLUS a Bonus session on a Consultants Tools
!!-- FREE CD - SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS --!!

• Network With Other Consultants and Peers
• Create New Alliances
• Expand Your Offerings for Customers
• Find New Opportunities for Business
• Find Out More about the ICCA NYC-Metro Chapter
• Hear Business-Enhancing Advice/Suggestions
• Grow Your Business by Expanding Your Resources
• Learn Proven Techniques for Increasing Prospects

To help our chapter prosper, PLEASE speak up and volunteer to help now! Our local ICCA NYC-Metro chapter needs YOU! Please contact the board if you can help us out.

I have been collecting and analyzing out meeting evaluation forms over this past year. Let me tell you something about our chapter's meetings:

1. About 12 of us were at each meeting - about 1/2 were regular attendees, a third were first timers, and the rest attended occasionally.
2. You attended these meetings because:
      - You wanted to Network with your peers
      - The program attracted you
      - You wanted to form business relationships
3. You found out about our meeting from:
      - This email announcement
      - Another ICCA member
4. You have rated our programs between Very Good and Excellent.
5. In the last year, we have presented these topics:
   06/2003: The Best Business Practices for Consultants
   07/2003: How to survive and Thrive in the next six months
   08/2003: The Blackout - Where were you (and your clients)?
   09/2003: Business Planning: A Veterans Wisdom
   10/2003: Marketing: Getting the Word Out
   11/2003: Solving the Puzzle of Closing MORE Sales
   12/2003: No Meeting
   01/2006: Guide to Smarted Networking (* HIGHEST RATING *)
   02/2006: Managing Client Expectations
   03/2006: CEO Roundtable
   04/2006: Prospecting
   05/2006: No Meeting
   06/2006: Outsourcing

The Program Committee has created a list of topics that might be presented this coming year. We want your feedback on which of these topics you want to see. This will be a part of this month's meeting.

!!-- BONUS --!! Consultant's Tools CD-ROM
I have accumulated a disk full of tools that I regularly use.

Tools to:

• Manage disk space,
• Print two pages on one sheet of paper,
• Create PDF documents for FREE,
• Search Google while browsing another web site,
• Search out spyware on your computer,
• Capture (and Edit) images from your screen,
• And many more.

Most of these are shareware. To get the full benefit you will purchase a license from the developer. Some are totally free!

I will bring a FREE CD for each member who sends me a email at: giveaway@iccanyc.org
RSVP deadline for the CD GiveAway is 8 PM Monday (7/26) night.

Other Meeting Activities:
   - Member and Non-Member Networking
   - Planning for the upcoming year

Costs:

This meeting is open to the public. Reservations are not required -- just show up!

The cost covers both the networking and main presentationparts of the meeting.

If paying for dinner: dessert, assorted soda, coffee/tea and tax/tip are all included. You have your choice of 3 entrees and dessert from a special ICCA-NYC menu.

The meeting and dinner are held in a private room in the rear of the restaurant.

Food:
The menu will have the following offerings: beef, chicken and vegetarian (K*) (*Restaurant Certified Glatt Kosher by Chaf-K)

Contact:
ICCA NYC-Metro Chapter Phone/Fax: (212) 271-1978
Email: info@iccanyc.org
Web: www.iccanyc.org

Tell your friends about the ICCA-NYC!
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!