I am pleased to report the opportunity to serve the Chamber in my appointed position of Chairman of the Nominating Committee. I am hereby putting the nomination process in motion.

I am also very pleased to announce that Ernst and Young has agreed to act as the Official Auditor of our 2014 election.

The Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China consists of four officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and five Governors. According to the Chamber Bylaws, members of the Board are elected by vote of the body of voting members of our Chamber, and will serve a term of one year.

Please note that the President must be a citizen of the United States and must previously have served as a member of the Board of Governors or on at least one Chamber Committee. The Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Governors need not be a United States Citizen if he or she is a Corporate Member representative of a U.S. company.

If you are a qualified voting Member of the Chamber and would like to run, or nominate someone to run, in competitive election against other candidates for any of these positions, please notify me by email no later than November 7th, 2014 at electionchairman@amcham-southchina.org.

Please indicate the position for which you are nominating yourself or another person. Please note that you may not nominate yourself or anyone else for multiple positions, although you may nominate multiple individuals for any given position, so please indicate the exact position you are nominating yourself or someone else to run for. Finally, individuals may only run for one position per election.

Schedule

The Nominating Committee will send a brief introduction of each qualified candidate to the entire membership by email on November 14th, 2014 so that members will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with each candidate.

The Nominating Committee must submit its report to the Board of Governors by November 18th, 2014. Ballots listing the names and qualifications of each candidate (and pictures if available) will be sent to all voting members before November 18th, 2014. The final vote count will be handled by Ernst and Young at the Annual General Meeting on Dec 4th, 2014.

The following outstanding members make up the Nominating Committee.

Mr. David Buxbaum, Senior Counsel, Anderson & Anderson LLP

Ms. Alice Chen, General Manager Asia, Measurement Specialties (China) Ltd.
Mr. Robert Chu, Managing Director, Southern & Northern China Region, Federal Express (China) Company Ltd

Mr. Clark Friedman, President, Eastern American

Mr. Charles Hubbs, President, Fortunique Corporation

Mr. Brian Ma, Managing Director, Shenzhen Pacific Investment

Mr. John Norris, President, Sportsman

Mr. Richard Ren, Vice President, Vitasoy China

Ms. Alice Wang, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Heinz(China) Investment Company Ltd

Ms. Vicky Wong, Managing Director, EPC Consulting

Ms. Anne Yao, Government Programs Manager, IBM China

Most Sincerely,

David Buxbaum
Chair, Nominating Committee
The American Chamber of Commerce in Southchina