95th Annual Meeting - Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- The Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce is holding its 95th Annual Meeting Luncheon at The Signature Grand in Davie. The Luncheon, sponsored by Regions Bank, will take place on February 17, 2005 from 11:30 AM -1:30 PM. "This year, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce will focus its efforts on serving as a voice of both small and medium-sized businesses in Broward County," said Evan Rees, president of Regions Bank in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and incoming chairman of the Chamber. "The Chamber has many exciting initiatives on the horizon. We will concentrate on marketing the Chamber to increase membership and have forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. a new partnership with the Weston Council of Business. We will also be assisting businesses with web-based marketing initiatives through the use of the Chamber's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the portal," Rees said. Michael Yormark, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, Center, will speak at the luncheon. Michael Yormark has brought an extraordinary amount of new business and interest to the Office Depot Center and the Florida Panthers For the animal species by this name, see . The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida suburb of Sunrise. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). organization during 2004. "Building Broward Business" is the theme for this year's luncheon. The Chamber's plan for 2005 will be launched. All luncheon attendees receive free admission to BizBroward, an interactive networking tradeshow with business professionals. For more information call 954-462-6000 or visit http://eventsftlchamber.com. For more information on BizBroward please call 954-563-0714 or visit http://www.mybizexpo.com/broward. Members of the media may attend the Expo and included activities at no charge, and other scheduled events at a reduced rate with advance registration. Please contact Stacey Greifinger (954-563-0714 or stacey@amievents.com) to confirm attendance. |
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