The Chamber brought together hundreds of Members during the Traditional "Welcome Back" Networking Cocktail on January 15th which was dedicated to Smile Power Day and sponsored by Chamber Member Garboozon.com. This gathering of Members was the first in a series of targeted Networking events in 2009.

The first 100 Members to arrive received a complimentary Garboozon.com "Smiley Cocktail" proudly provided by the Official Chamber 2009 Networking Cocktail Sponsor Garboozon.com.

Attendance as usual was free of charge and open to all employees of Member companies. All attendees had a great opportunity to build their business and social Networks, share information about the latest political and economic issues impacting the internationally oriented business community and much of the buzz during the evening touched on issues surrounding the on-going gas conflict with Russia.

During the evening great prizes were given away during the Business Card lottery when all attendees had a chance to win free stuff!

We would like to congratulate the winners of Smiley cups presented by the Chamber:

• Victoria Usachova - Evolution Media LLC
• Yuliya Yakimova - Puma Ukraine
• Artem Ghavrish - Isover

Lucky winners of the prizes from Garboozon.com were:

• Cameron Hall - BEITEN BURKHARDT
• Sven Henniger - Ukraine Consulting
• Anastasiya Vladychynska, Staff Management Ukraine won the MAIN PRIZE of the evening which is a personalized beer glass which will allow her to drink free beer at all Chamber Networking Cocktails throughout 2009! If you did not win a ‘bottomless’ beer glass this time, don’t worry, there will be one beer glass given away at each Chamber Networking Cocktail throughout 2009 - proudly furnished by Garboozon.com - giving you plenty of chances to win!

A "Smiley" mood was the order of the evening with special discounts on festive beverages from the bar as well as a special menu with discounted items from the kitchen provided by the Chamber Gourmet Club member Arizona BBQ. Guest were also able to enjoy a game of pool which was provided free of charge to Chamber Members during the evening.

Please keep in mind that throughout 2009 the Chamber will continue to bring together the business community, uniting the most prominent strategic and institutional investors and the service providers around them, who are operating in Ukraine to provide value added Networking opportunities as well as targeted advocacy solution to help or Members succeed.

We would like to once again thank the Official Chamber 2009 Networking Cocktail Sponsor Garboozon.com for sponsoring the event.

Garboozon.com is the newly opened Ukrainian online store of designer and handmade gifts from all the world.