A Message from the President

Welcome to the Canadian Netherlands Business and Professional Association (CNBPA).

The CNBPA has enjoyed a long history as one of the most vibrant and active European business chambers in Toronto. In addition to leading-edge business speakers, we provide a strong networking forum for both Dutch expatriates and Canadian business people with Dutch interests.

Our goals for 2010 are:
(1) continue to build community, membership and our online presence;
(2) host at least 6 diverse networking events;
(3) continue to ensure the CNBPA is self-sustaining through our long-term sponsorship strategy.

We always welcome new corporate and individual members and invite you to get involved through both our business and social events. We also invite you to join our LinkedIn and Facebook groups, and to follow us on Twitter.

We look forward to meeting you at our next event, and thank all the members and the Toronto Dutch business community for their ongoing support of the CNBPA.

Lisa Stam, President

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Visit Dutch Treat, a social and cultural club for the Dutch-Canadian community in Toronto and the GTA: www.dutchtreat.ca

Visit the Dutch Canadian Business club in Calgary:
www.dcbc.ca

Listen to Dutch Touch Radio:
www.dutchtouchradio.com

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OUR PURPOSE STATEMENT
The purpose of the CNBPA is to assist you in exploring your Dutch connection in the GTA by offering progressive events around learning and connecting in a professional and entrepreneurial business context. - July 2009

Welcome to the CNBPA in 2010

The Canadian Netherlands Business and Professional Association has started a new challenge and era. After 30 years of active and passionate presence in the Toronto community, the CNBPA is ready to start working on the next 30 years. So what do we have in mind for you?

Summer has arrived and the CNBPA is in full swing to make this another successful year. Recently, our MAY MEETUP 2010 event: Biking & the Economy Meetup: How biking is gaining share in Toronto and helping to boost economic development, was a great success. Keynote speaker was Gil Penalosa, Executive Director of the Canadian non-profit 8 - 80 Cities as well as a successful international speaker and consultant. Mr. Penalosa was very engaging and successfully tied together biking, urban development, building effective community, and how all of that ties into economic development.

Our last event, Thursday, July 15, we held our annual summer party at Toronto's National Yacht Club, SUMMER ORANGE FEEST where a good time was had by all and 4 youth bicycles were donated to the Toronto Charity Frontlines - courtesy of KPMG.

In August: Networking opportunity - EUCOCIT presents: Multicultural Mega Networking: NETWORKING WITH THE WORLD IN TORONTO on Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto | more |

Coming this Fall: On October 28, 2010 we will be hosting a Networking Event jointly with the German Chamber, and in November our AGM and Sinterklaas Social will be held. (more details on these events to follow).

As you can see lots of exciting stuff is coming up and the CNBPA would like to ask you to think about membership as well or recommend your friends or family to become a member. Members are the foundation of our association and as a member you receive a number of benefits including:

Individual membership ($50.00 per year):

Advance notice of our events
Reduced price to CNBPA events, which generally include speakers and networking opportunities
Voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, eligibility for Board positions, and volunteer opportunities at events
Pre-information about and reduced member prices to certain events organized by other European Chambers and by EUCOCIT (The European Chamber of Commerce in Toronto) and
Inclusion in Dutch Community Events

Corporate membership ($200.00 per year):

All the benefits of an individual membership for three employees of your company
A profile of your company on our website with a descriptive paragraph and a link to your website
Your company's logo included a rotating banner ad on the CNBPA website and
Your company's logo and a brief description of your company included in an email newsletter to the CNBPA's distribution list

Membership is easy, just follow this link to the membership page of our website: membership. Stay tuned for more news CNBPA.

You can also refer your friends and family to check us out and have them sign up for our email newsletter. It's free and a great way to become familiar with the CNBPA.

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