Happy New Year to Delta Chamber members
All the best for 2008

In this issue:

• Membership renewals up from last year
• Advocating for our mailing industry members
• Retirement Legislation starts on January 16 as part of the BCIT business workshops designed to increase competitive edge
• Border crossing regulations issued by United States
• Password problems with new website log in

Membership renewals

Membership renewals are well ahead of last year. Thank you to all our member who have renewed and welcome to another year, which promises many new and interesting business networking events and advocacy on your behalf. The more members we have the better the networking and the stronger our voice. Please recommend the Delta Chamber to other prospective businesses and let us know or get them to contact us. Thanks. Tel. 604-946-4232 or admin@deltachamber com or >>registration form>> 

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Advocating for our mailing industry members

The Delta Chamber of Commerce has been advocating for the Canadian International Mail Industry Association, in particular for some of our local members, and that advocacy has reached the federal Cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office. Some recent national media coverage of this issue can be found in the Documents section of the Chamber website. >>more information>>

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BCIT business workshops

The highly acclaimed BCIT business workshop series will be starting January 16, 2008. Each workshop has been developed to add value to your business to help you become more competitive. Check out the full schedule. See what other Delta workshop participants have said about the value of the workshops. Sign up soon. >>more information>>

The first workshop, on January 16, is “Preparing for Changes to Mandatory Retirement Legislation” which can have an impact on you and your empolyees. >>to register>>

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Border Crossing Regulations

Effective January 31, 2008, all travelers entering the United States will be expected to present documents proving citizenship, such as a birth certificate, and government-issued documents proving identity. >>more information>>

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Password problems

Apologies to our members who have been having difficulty logging into the member section of the new website to change your directory listings and with retrieval of your password if forgotten. This problem should be finally resolved soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.