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Letter from the President

John Hathaway-Bates
President & Executive Director

Please Note: The "Letter from the President" evolved in 2001 from "Tomorrow's News" that we had previously published in The Business Forum Calendar & Report since 1984.  It started out as a simple way for me to convey the benefits from conversations I have with leaders in Government, Academia and Business and potential problems that I learn about during my occupation as a Moderator of Think Groups for The Business Forum.   However, since we began publishing on-line it has over the years become a personal "Bantering" from someone (me) surrounded day by day in the endeavor of Change. Usually it is whimsical in nature, and nothing more than my viewpoints on what I see happening around me on a daily basis.  The "Letter from the President" therefore, has little to do anymore with The Business Forum, it is just me sharing my thoughts and ideas with anyone who cares to read them.  Please feel free to publish it, in part or in total, or to pass it on.

This is just another simple Thank You Note to all of you who have supported me in my obsession to make The Business Forum an unaffiliated and independent organization, dedicated to being an unbiased source of information for decision makers in the Pacific States of America and, through this web site, to provide similar access to unbiased information to many other decision makers throughout the World. 

Just as important, and maybe more so, we have been able to provide a simple source of facts about every country in the world for students and teachers alike across the world at no charge.  (You cannot begin to understand, or even believe, the gratification I get when I receive an email from some third world country from a teacher, or a college student, thanking us for what we are providing in our free World Information section).  Last month we had hits from 163 countries, this month it was 165!

World Information

Last month (July 2006) we actually received 1,742,263 Hits from 165 Countries and the credit is entirely yours my friends! 

Two months ago I asked you if you would forward the http://www.bizforum.org/world.htm link to every teacher, school or college that you were associated with - and obviously many of you did exactly that, judging by the results, for which I am very grateful.

In May 2006 I sent out an email asking you to help me spread what we were doing by sending it on to your friends and associates who you thought might benefit from what we provide on our web site - and many of you obviously did just that also, as the numbers show!  What can I say, except Thank You?  I would be very grateful today if you would just forward our site http://www.bizforum.org to everyone of your email contacts.  Then maybe next month we shall have more than two million (2,000,000) hits!

It is said that a man can be judged by the company he keeps and the friends that support him in his life's endeavors - and therefore I must be a very lucky man indeed.

The fact that we were able to deliver unbiased information to people in more than a hundred and fifty countries last month still amazes me every time I think about it, and makes my ego begin to grow, until I remember that without all of the people out there supporting me and promoting what I am trying to do, none of it could have ever happened.

Thank you all!

President & Executive Director

You can email me at   john@bizforum.org
You can telephone me at        310-550-1984 
or Fax me at                                    310-550-6121

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President & Executive Director

On February 14th, 1982, John Hathaway-Bates founded The Business Forum in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of establishing The Business Forum John was recognized as a Commercial Tactician with wide experience on four continents having served as President, or Corporate Vice President, for several multi-national Corporations. He was elected a Fellow of the British Society of Commerce, the Institute of Buyers, the British Institute of Directors, the British Institute of Administrative Accountants, the Institute of Purchasing and Supply; and was elected to be a member of the Institute of Marketing, the Institute of Management and the Institute of Journalists. He has written many articles and several books, including :"Tactics". "How to Promote Your Business", "How to Organize Your Marketing" and "Fast Track Marketing in a Global Economy", he also wrote the "Contract Procedure and Specification Advice" sections of the Architect's and Specifier's Guide Series for A4 Publications, Ltd. and innovated and wrote for The Office Planner published by Benn Brothers of London; he has also had published several articles on "Color, Texture & Design", and he wrote the "Executive Guide to Office Space Planning & Design" for the American Management Association. He has had published many other works in Europe and America and has lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, at Universities and to professional audiences on subjects that have ranged from multi-national accounting practices, to business development, to office management, industrial, interior, product and commercial design to tactical and strategic international marketing and management. He has also written and lectured on etiquette and business ethics.

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Previous Letters from the President

April 2001
May 2001
June 2001
July  2001
August 2001
September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
   December 2001   
The Etiquette of Formal & Business Dining

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January 2002
February 2002
April 2002
May 2002
June 2002
July 2002
August 2002
September 2002
October 2002
November 2002

December 2002
The Viking Effect upon World Freedom

 A tongue-in-cheek treatise on the many benefits that a country gains simply by being founded by the descendants of populations who were most often raped, pillaged and looted by the Vikings.

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January 2003
February 2003
March 2003
April 2003
May 2003
June 2003
July 2003

September 2003
    National Identity Cards  

October 2003
November 2003
December 2003

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January 2004
March 2004
May 2004
September 2004
November 2004
December 2004
I am Expecting another Multi-Ethnic & Multi-Religious Christmas

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February 2005
September 2005

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May 2006
June 2006

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