GBC NEWS

1. Roy Firestone to speak at Lunch with the Orioles
2. Four firms and research center garner GBC's 2007 bioscience awards
3. BACVA's Noonan pledges 'glass house' approach to growing convention business
4. GBC Fellowship program seeks applicants
5. GBC launches Emerging Business Council, dedicated to small business issues
6. Deputy Police Commissioner cites disconnect in city

GBC EVENTS

COMING EVENTS:
March 29: GBC Bridging the Gap: Expand Your Business Opportunities, 7:30 a.m., The Center Club
April 2: GPS for Your Organization: strategy and the balanced scorecard, 7:30 a.m., Greater Baltimore Committee
April 11: GBC 2007 Lunch with the Orioles, 11:30 a.m., Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel
April 24: GBC Breakfast Briefing - 4 Keys to Being a Great Motivator, 7:30 a.m., Greater Baltimore Committee
SAVE THE DATES:
May 10: GBC Bioscience Speaker Series - Philippe Jacon, President, BD Diagnostics, 8:30 a.m., UMB BioPark
May 17: GBC 2007 Annual Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency Baltimore
June 13: GBC 2007 Golf Classic, 8:00 a.m., Greystone Golf Course

UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS (See the GBC Calendar for details)
April 12: Bioscience Committee Meeting, 8:30 a.m., Miles Conference Room
April 19: Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee Meeting, noon, GBC Board Room
April 20: Health Care & Technology Policy Committees will meet jointly, 8:00 a.m, GBC Board Room, Speaker: Dr. Mark H. Snyder, Kaiser Permanente & Daniel Wilt, Erickson Retirement Committees, Topic: Health care informatics and electronic records
April 25: Built Environment and Regional Transportation Committee Meeting, 8:00 a.m., GBC Board Room

MEMBER NEWS HEADLINES

• PGA's Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship Set for Oct. at Baltimore Country Club
  
• AACC survey shows effects of BRAC on county
  
• M&T Bank Chesapeake Region President named Business Leader of the Year by Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce
• Four BCCC faculty members invited to lecture at Oxford University as 2007 Round Table Scholars
  
• College of Notre Dame of Maryland receives MHEC approval for school of pharmacy
  
• Congressman Ruppersberger to speak at Towson University Distinguished Speaker Series on Homeland Security
  
• Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler announces four new partners
  
• CSD promotes senior architect to vice president
  
• BOPA announces: Baltimore mural program call for artists
  

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NEW MEMBERS

• ADP (Automatic Data Processing)
  
• Daniels & Associates
  
• MGH Advertising
  
• Patterson Park Community Development Corporation
  

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