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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

2008 Election of AmCham South China Officers and Governors

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:

NOVEMBER 14^th, 2008

Fellow Members,

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 KPMG has once again agreed to act as the Official Auditor of our 2008 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 14, 2008 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 23^rd 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 21. Ballots listing the names and qualifications of each candidate (and pictures if available) will be sent to all voting members before November 21, 2008. The final vote count will be handled by KPMG at the Annual General Meeting on December 4, 2008.

The following outstanding members make up the Nominating Committee.

Mr. Charles Hubbs, President, Fortunique Corporation

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

Mr. John Norris, President, Sportsman

Mr. Steve Smith, General Manager, Measurement Specialties

Ms. Vicky Wong, Managing Director, EPC Consulting

Mr. Clark Friedman, President, Eastern American

Mr. Brian Ma, Managing Director, Shenzhen Pacific Investment

Official Auditors

For more information, please contact

AmCham South China at (86-20) 8335-1476

or email rwong@amcham-southchina.org

Please complete the below form and return it to electionchairman@amcham-southchina.org.

My name:__________________________

Company:___________________________

I wish to nominate the following person:

Name of person being nominated:_____________________________________________

Company of person being nominated:__________________________________________

I am nominating the above person for the position of (Please check only one position):

President ____     Vice President ____    Secretary ____       Treasurer ____   Governor ____

- - -

I wish to nominate the following person:

Name of person being nominated:_____________________________________________

Company of person being nominated:__________________________________________

I am nominating the above person for the position of (Please check only one position):

President ____     Vice President ____    Secretary ____       Treasurer ____   Governor ____

- - -

I wish to nominate the following person:

Name of person being nominated:_____________________________________________

Company of person being nominated:__________________________________________

I am nominating the above person for the position of (Please check only one position):

President ____     Vice President ____    Secretary ____       Treasurer ____   Governor ____

The American Chamber of Commerce in South China, 2008