In This Issue Democratic Republic of Congo Discuss Partnership Agreement with CRBCC CRBCC-DRC Public/Private Partnership Agreement Approved Domestic & International Capacity Building Global Sales & Marketing Easy Web Connectivity Easy On-Line Store for Your Products & Services FreedomVoice Connect to New Markets - Join The Chamber Associate Member-Greg L. Thorpe, Esq. CRBCC "eBiz Community" On-Line & Off-Line Trading Community

This newsletter will also highlight CRBCC resources immediately available designed to establish global presence and market integration among rural and urban businesses, local stakeholder and other NGO organizations domestically and internationally.

Democratic Republic of Congo Discuss Partnership Agreement with CRBCC

.. .. .. .. During an intensive four week tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Robert Burgess and Ron Dunson along with in-country partner, Joseph Nkonga, met with local and national stakeholders in a whirlwind of meetings and special presentations in preparation for the mobilization of the Chamber's human resource and workforce development programs aligned with sustainable infrastructure development across all major industry sectors. development programs in the DRC.Seated above left to right Pastor Milingi, Scretary General, ECC, Joseph Nkonga, Director of CRBCC In-Country Partner Network & Project Development, Ron Dunson, Chairman CRBCC, Bishop, Vice-President of Reconstruction & Development, Yerodia Abdulay Ndombasi.

At subsequent meetings, in-country partners and stakeholders arranged a continous flow of meetings with top officials in government for presentation and approval of the Chamber development initiatives for the Congo. The Chamber received board acceptance of the programs, which led a few base agreement signed prior to return to the US, though requiring some modifications after board review a strong framework was established that will lead to substantial development across broad industry sectors throughout the Congo.

	CRBCC-DRC Public/Private Partnership Agreement Approved
Over the past two years Joseph Nkonga, Director of CRBCC In-Country Partner Network and Project Development has efficiently organized and data mined the key grassroots organizations, businesses and other local and national stakeholders for participation in the Chamber's sustainable community and economic development programs. The information will be resident throughout the entire CRBCC domestic and international "eBiz Community" platform to facilitate micro-enterprise development, B2B commerce, joint ventures, partnering, technology transfer, skill & career development, distance learning and telemedicine at the local, national and international levels. Pictured with Vice-President Yerodia Abdulay Ndombasi center are staff and ECC Top Level leadership with CRBCC's Ron Dunson & Robert Burgess to Vice-President Yerodia's immediate left. While the Chamber is presently preparing for the mobilization of its core development initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, many new strategic alliances and synergistic support organizations have joined brining additional resources and services to enhance the Chamber's core deliverables. The key programs include the Chamber's core deliverables such as water purifications systems for urban and rural communities, hospitals, women training centers, waste to energy plants, smart housing and buildings that deliver global resources to core levels of local communities- urban & rural. Economic generators such Bio-Mass Power Parks, Paulownia Tree, Inter-cropping, Fish, Chicken, and Pig Farms. The system facilitates an integrated regional approach to education, training, telemedicine, skill and career development implemented through the Capitol Region Black Chamber of Commerce "eBiz Community" Platform. The Chamber's "eBiz Community" platform engages the core levels of society and other key stakeholders such as local education & financial institutions, non-profits, businesses, large and small, as participants not spectators to the development process. Through the CRBCC "eBiz Community" Business Resource & Technology Centers, local stakeholders are directly & dynamically linked to US and other businesses, organizations, and services providers worldwide as resource participants in the sustainable community and economic development initiatives. Click Here for CRBCC Resource Distribution System »

	Domestic & International Capacity Building
In Integrating African & American markets, CRBCC Advisory Board Membership Service will provide best practices research, decision support tools, and executive education to a DRC Government leadership as well as the CRBCC strategic partners membership of the world's leading governments, corporations, program initiatives (ie. The Medical Capacity Building Program, Global Water Program, etc..) and not-for-profit institutions. Our research will address issues related to the DRC development strategy, government strategy, corporate strategy, operations, and general management. We will focus on identifying management initiatives, processes, tools, and frameworks that will allow our members to avoid reinventing the wheel in addressing problems they share in common with their peers. Our mission will be to increase the effectiveness of the CRBCC Strategic Partner executives and their enterprises by discovering and teaching to this membership the best new thinking and strategies from across industry and around the world. The CRBCC Advisory Board will operate over 50 distinct membership programs that will provide it's membership with on-demand management consulting from across a number of practice areas such as a Healthcare Services practice, Financial Services practice, Human Resource practice, Strategy and R&D practice, Sales and Marketing practice, Information Technology practice, Corporate Finance practice, Legal and Administration practice, Operation & Procurement practice, Education Services practice, Government Services Practice and Business Incubator Practice. The chamber's key local/national stakeholder in the DRC is the ECC federation of Chruches, Church of Christ of Congo, a well organized network of Protestant Churches located throughout the whole of Congo led by Bishop Dr. Marini, its President pictured above with Ron Dunson at his office in Kinshasa, DRC, and Pastor Milingi, Secretary General to the right. The organization is the primary link to the local population serving the board needs of the underserved through a network of skilled staff service providers and other NGOs. Joseph Nkonga, the chamber's in-country partner can be credited with assembling the best teams to implement the chamber's programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two years. Bishop Dr. Marini is also President of Senate of the Congo transitional government looking forward to democratic elections in 2006. Visit Us On the Internet for More Information »

	Global Sales & Marketing Easy Web Connectivity
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	Easy On-Line Store for Your Products & Services
In just six easy steps, you can build and publish a stand-alone store or add one to an existing Web site - no matter where it's hosted. We even make it easy to reach millions of eBay and Froogle shoppers and integrate with QuickBooks No technical expertise required. Use the Wizard to build an attractive, online store in just minutes...choose from a number of professionally designed templates and layouts! Build your product catalog. Add photos and graphics, multiple purchase options, special pricing, and more to each product listing. Offer shipping services like USPS and UPS Select from a variety of payment choices for your shoppers. Accept credit cards online-using either a merchant account or PayPal-or offline through your own credit card swipe machine. Quick Shopping Cart includes full support for PayPal wallet and credit card transactions. Publish and manage your online business. Simple one- click publishing lets you take your Web site Live on the Internet. You can even monitor changes to your Web site in real-time and manage your growing business with a customer database, order fulfillment and sales reporting tools. Set up eBay auctions and include your products in the Froogle search engine! List your products on eBay using the new and easy-to-use eBay listing tool and automatically submit your products to the new Froogle search engine! Seamlessly synchronize critical business data between your store and QuickBooks. Quick Shopping Cart integrates your sales and order information saving you time and reducing errors. It's easy! Quick Shopping Cart makes it easy to create your own online store in just minutes! Build your store with the easy-to-use Wizard; customize it with your own product photos and images; increase sales by accepting all major credit cards, as well as PayPal; launch your store in a snap with one-click publishing and MUCH MORE! Click Here for more information on Easy Shopping Cart »

	FreedomVoice
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	Connect to New Markets - Join The Chamber
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	Associate Member-Greg L. Thorpe, Esq.
With a French speaking background, the G. Lynn Thorpe firm holds a key position in the Chamber's domestic and international development intiatives. The firm will interface with businesses in the US & Africa across a wide array of industry sectors in additional to being an integrated service provider in the Chamber's business development and loan program currently directed by the CRBCC Executive Team. The firm provides legal services to a variety of businesses including, media, technology, real estate and entertainment related entities. We also serve as counsel and co-counsel on public/private enterprise financings as well as public entity debt financings for state and local governments. With over twenty-five years experience, the firm has worked on major financings totaling in the billions of dollars. Special emphasis in the private sector has been on start-up and developing companies. Legal services are also provided to high net worth individuals seeking preservation of assets and asset protection counseling. Our network of attorneys from New York to California enables us to provide high quality services for corporate clients in most states. Mr. Thorpe, the principal attorney of the firm, has been counsel on such diverse projects as the refinancing of Qualcom Stadium in San Diego to the start up of the nation's leading African American owned cable television network, the Black Family Channel. Working closely with business owners and municipal authorities, Mr. Thorpe has been instrumental in the success of the entities he has represented. Emphasis is not only placed on the strict legal aspects of each matter but also the need to expedite the client's needs and objectives through creative thinking within the parameters of the law. From private placement capital to initial public offerings to debt financing, the firm is able to deliver quality legal advice and documents to cover each situation. Visit Our Website for More Information »

CRBCC "eBiz Community" On-Line & Off-Line Trading Community

The CRBCC "eBiz Community" platform is the culmination of 12 years of development to overcome barriers in establishing a digital technology base delivery system that can effectively integrate local stakeholders in sustainable community and economic development activities as planned participants at the outset with or with out computers.The uniqueness of the CRBCC "eBiz Community" platform is further evidenced by its design and integration to Internet and E-Commerce facilities. This connection enables small businesses, faith and community based organizations, presently without computers, to effectively participate in community development initiatives and the propagation of the Chamber's process among businesses, organizations, and institutions domes