May 2003

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NEW THIS MONTH:
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- COMING EVENT: May 7 GBC Seminar: Learn "E-Speak" to Improve Your Business' E-Climate
- COMING EVENT: GBC's 2003 Annual Meeting Set for May 20
- SAVE THE DATE: GBC's 5th Annual Golf Classic is July 9 at Greystone
GBC NEWS:
1. General Assembly Avoids Major Taxes, But Enacts Health Tax, Closes "Loopholes"
2. GBC's Fry Takes Regional Message on the Road
3. GBC Membership Directory Offers Advertising Opportunities for 2003-2004
4. GBC's 25th Annual Lunch with the Orioles Welcomes New Baseball Season
5. Business-School Partnerships Depend on Close Communication, Measurable Goals
6. Business Mentors Teach Ex-Offenders Job Skills through Yes Network
7. May "Issues & Answers" Looks at Maryland Regulatory Authority
8. Harvest for the Hungry Food Collection Increases by 28 Percent

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MEMBER NEWS
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- P.W. Feats expands offices
- NIH's Fauci to deliver UMB commencement address
- Sheppard Pratt designated a Stanley Research Center
- Heery International selected to provide design services to Prince George's Community College
- Ballard Spahr's Laria named to Live Baltimore board
- UMBC chess team wins Presidents' Cup
- BDC assists in expansion of city supermarket
- Baltimore Waterfront Festival begins April 24; Farmers' Market opens May 4
- Fund for Educational Excellence holds Innovation High School Conference
- Evaluation of CCBC praises leadership of Chancellor McPhail
- UMB's U.S. News & World Report rankings rise
- Whiteford, Taylor & Preston's Chason elected to American College of Trial Lawyers
- College of Notre Dame launches accelerated college for nursing, business programs
- Colliers Pinkard selects David Gillece as president
- Ten GBC members appointed to Ehrlich tech commission
- Sheppard Pratt begins Drug Free Kids educational series
- Baltimore Business Journal's Heather Harlan receives journalism award
- Adelberg Rudow's Noren selected as "Top Lawyer of the Next Generation"
- Villa Julie professor honored for poetry collection

For details on these member news headlines and more, click here.

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UPCOMING GBC EVENT NOTES
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(See the GBC Calendar at www.gbc.org for more upcoming events.)

1. MAY 7 GBC SEMINAR: LEARN "E-SPEAK" TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS' E-CLIMATE
In today's world, crafting e-mails that accurately communicate your message is a must-have skill for any employee. On Wednesday, May 7, the GBC will present an interactive workshop with Maureen Sullivan, director of publishing at DBM, who will show you how to identify your own and others' "e-style" and teach you how to be a more effective electronic communicator. The event, sponsored by Thomson-DBM and Johns Hopkins Business, begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Johns Hopkins University Downtown Center. Each participant will receive a copy of the book, E-Speak: Everything You Need to Know Before You Hit the Send Button.

Click here for more information, or contact Alice Smith, 410-727-2820, x19.
Click here to REGISTER ONLINE.


2. GBC'S 2003 ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR MAY 20
At the GBC's Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 20, the GBC will welcome Constellation Energy Group's Christian H. Poindexter as its new chairman, honor outgoing chairman Francis B. Burch, Jr., and introduce new officers and members to the Greater Baltimore Committee Board of Directors. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, preview the GBC agenda to lead efforts to complete the west-side revitalization, develop the bioscience industry throughout the region, build a world-class regional transit system and accomplish other important initiatives to drive the economy of the city and the region.

The Annual Meeting's Platinum sponsor is Saul Ewing L.L.P. Gold sponsors are Piper Rudnick LLP, Sierra Military Health Services, Inc., Constellation Energy Group, The Daily Record and VPC, Inc.
Click here for more information, or contact Pat Kirkner, 410-727-2820, x11.
Click here to REGISTER ONLINE.


3. SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, July 9, 2003: 5th Annual GBC Golf Classic, 8:00 a.m. shotgun start, Greystone Golf Course, White Hall, MD.  Contact Chris Fabula, 410-727-2820, x36, for more information about the event or sponsorship opportunities.

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GBC CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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(See the GBC Calendar at www.gbc.org for more upcoming events.)

Friday, April 25
"Target Iraq: An Insider's View on the Current Military Action and its Aftermath", 7:45 a.m. - Registration, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Program; Wyndham Hotel, 101 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore. Special Guest Speakers: William S. Cohen, former Secretary of Defense and General Joseph W. Ralston, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. Cost: $25 for GBC members. Contact Chris Fabula, 410-727-2820, x36. Click here for more information, or click here to REGISTER ONLINE.
Online registration closes Thursday, April 24 at 1 p.m.

Monday, May 5
Hospitality/Tourism Industry Group, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency Baltimore. Contact Alice Smith, 410-727-2820, x19. Meeting open to all GBC members.

Tuesday, May 6
Education Committee, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., GBC Board Room. Contact Liz Pettengill, 410-727-2820, x41. Meeting open to all GBC members.

Wednesday, May 7
GBC Business Education Seminar, Topic: "E-Speak: Improving the E-Climate at Your Organization."
7:30 a.m. - Registration & Continental Breakfast, 8:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Program; Johns Hopkins University Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. Guest Speaker: Maureen Sullivan, director of publishing at DBM. Sponsored by: Thomson DBM and Johns Hopkins Busin. Cost: $50 per GBC member. Contact Alice Smith, 410-727-2820, x19.
Click here for more information, or click here to REGISTER ONLINE.

Wednesday, May 7
GBC Business Education Advisory Committee, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Johns Hopkins University Downtown Center. Contact Alice Smith, 410-727-2820, x19. Meeting open to all GBC members.

Tuesday, May 20
GBC Annual Meeting, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.
Sponsored by: Saul Ewing LLP, Piper Rudnick LLP, Sierra Military Health Services, Inc., Constellation Energy Group, The Daily Record, VPC, Inc., Johns Hopkins Medicine, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Munimae Midland, LLC, McDaniel College, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., Northrop Grumman, Villa Julie College, MedStar Health, W.R. Grace & Co., University of Maryland Medical System, Provident Bank, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Baltimore City Community College, Ferris Baker Watts, PHH Arval, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Verizon Maryland, Inc., Ryland Homes, Thomson - DBM, AXA Advisors LLC, Metro Networks
Cost: $110 for GBC members or $1,100 per table of ten. Contact Pat Kirkner, 410-727-2820, x11.
Click here for more information, or click here to REGISTER ONLINE.

Thursday, May 22
Public Safety Committee, Noon - 1:30 p.m. GBC Board Room. Contact Devon Dodson, 410-727-2820, x40. Meeting open to all GBC members.

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GBC NEWS
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1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AVOIDS MAJOR TAXES, BUT ENACTS HEALTH TAX, CLOSES "LOOPHOLES"
Though state lawmakers considered a number of proposals for significant tax increases, the 2003 Maryland General Assembly, which ended April 7, ultimately managed to avoid inflicting long-term damage to the state's business climate.

Meanwhile, lawmakers decided to preserve, but cap, a key historic preservation tax credit for commercial developers that is strongly supported by the GBC.

Click here for more on the General Assembly session.


2. GBC'S FRY TAKES REGIONAL MESSAGE ON THE ROAD
Greater Baltimore Committee President Don Fry continues to aggressively reach out to regional audiences. He was a speaker at the Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors Association's first annual membership breakfast on March 19, spoke to two key business audiences in Harford County during the past month, and discussed regional economic development with the GBC Leadership CEO program.

Click here for more on Fry's community appearances.


3. GBC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY OFFERS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2003-2004
Production of the GBC's 2003 Membership Directory and Business Guide is underway. This year's directory will again be published by Media Two, a leading supplier of custom publishing services in the mid-Atlantic region. Advertising space is available to GBC members only, along with an additional opportunity to be listed, to advertise and to link member websites to the GBC's online business guide at www.gbc.org.

Distributed to more than 1,200 CEOs and executives throughout Greater Baltimore, the GBC directory serves as the region's handbook of business leadership. For more information on advertising in the directory, contact Therese Bonander at 410-828-0120, x237.


4. GBC'S 25TH ANNUAL LUNCH WITH THE ORIOLES WELCOMES NEW BASEBALL SEASON
More than 450 business executives celebrated the new baseball season, greeted the 2003 Orioles and reminisced about the 1983 World Series Champion Orioles team at the GBC's 25th Annual Lunch with the Orioles event on April 2nd.

Click here for details and photos from the 2003 GBC Lunch with the Orioles event.


5. BUSINESS-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS DEPEND ON CLOSE COMMUNICATION, MEASURABLE GOALS
Business-school partnerships most often succeed through close communication and establishment of measurable goals, said schools volunteer Sally Michel at the April 1st meeting of the GBC Education Committee. Michel recruits business partners at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Martin O'Malley to improve the quality of schools in ways ranging from enhancing reading programs to painting stairwells.

Click here for more on business-school partnerships.


6. BUSINESS MENTORS TEACH EX-OFFENDERS JOB SKILLS THROUGH YES NETWORK
Sixty percent of Maryland's prisoners return to Baltimore City upon their release, according to Marcus Pollock, who works to help ex-offenders re-enter society. Few of those roughly 8,000 individuals receive in-prison job training that would help them obtain long-term employment after prison, he said at a March 20 meeting of the GBC's Public Safety Committee. Without intervention, two-thirds of those ex-offenders go back to their former ways of life and return to prison within two or three years.

Click here for details about the Yes Network.


7. MAY "ISSUES & ANSWERS" LOOKS AT MARYLAND REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Guests on this month's "Issues & Answers," the public affairs show produced by Comcast in partnership with the GBC, will focus on Maryland's regulatory authority. GBC President Donald C. Fry interviews four of the state's most prominent regulators, including Commissioner of Financial Regulations Mary Louise Preis, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen, and The Honorable Thomas Dewberry, chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings, and Robert Murray, executive director of the Health Services Cost Review Commission.

Click here for "Issues & Answers" times, channels and schedule of guests.


8. HARVEST FOR THE HUNGRY FOOD COLLECTION INCREASES BY 28 PERCENT
The spring 2003 campaign of Harvest for the Hungry, co-sponsored by the GBC, collected 182,513 pounds of food this year, 28 percent more than the amount collected last year. The Greater Baltimore Committee and its members were key participants in the campaign, a volunteer effort by various corporations and organizations to raise food, funds and awareness for the Maryland Food Bank and its counterparts throughout Maryland.

Click here for more on the GBC's involvement with Harvest for the Hungry.