Meeting Notes

August 30, 2014 (Saturday) @ Professor Bavieras Office 1:30 PM.

1.) APEC
a. Member Countries in APEC (21 countries)
b. 2014 APEC in China Themes
1. Shaping the Future Through Asia-Pacific Partnership
1. Advancing regional economic integration
2. Promoting innovative development, economic reform and growth
3. Strengthening comprehensive connectivity and infrastructure development
2. Events Calendar-- http://www.apec.org/Events-Calendar.aspx
2.) Subscriptions
a. ChinaBusiness (http://chinabusinessphilippines.com/)
1. Metro Manila: 12 months at P1,150 (20% off the newsstand price)
2. Metro Manila: 24 months at P2,000 (30% off the newsstand price)
3. Seems like articles are updated on its website too, though maybe with a timelag.
b. AsiaDragon (http://www.asiandragonmagazine.com)
1. a prestige business and lifestyle publication that caters to the respected elite in
our society today. Presenting the efforts and achievements of the Filipino-
Chinese community and also the mainstream business community in the
development of our nation.
2. P1,200 per year (6 issues)
3. Articles are not available online.
3.) Start building National List for APPFI Database (International to be forthcoming)
a. Embassies of AP
b. Foundations
c. Government offices
d. Businesses
e. University programs
f. NGOs
g. Federations
h. Forbes list i.e. Gokongwei, Tantiongco, Panda Travel, Yuchengco.
i. Phil Embassy in China
4.) Assignments
a. Conceptualized Townhall meeting of experts
b. Prepare APPFI introduction letter.
c. Conceptualized bulletin.
d. Encode calling cards.

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