The Multinational Liaison Club of Central New York

The Multinational Liaison Club is Central New York's premiere business networking exchange for business professionals from all cultures, both local and international. Started in November of 2005, we are on our way to becoming a respected organization within the CNY business community.

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PERU
The July 30th 2007 meeting of the Multinational Liaison Club focused on Peru. The meeting was held at Freeman Interiors in Fayetteville. This event was sponsored by Tim Connors of Coldwell Banker Prime Properites.

Peruvian music was provided by Fernando Luna and his guitar. Peruvian food was catered by Betty Luna and Beatriz Burbank.

Our Business speaker was Joe Anderson of Anderson Marketing, LLC. The presentation featured Small Business Purchase Preference with both the NYS and US Federal Governments. [Joe's bio ] Our Cultural speaker was Peruvian native, Fanny Villarreal.

UKRAINE
The May 10th 2007 meeting of the multinational Liaison Club focused on the Ukraine. The meeting was held at the Syracuse Ukrainian National Home in Syracuse, NY.

Our Cultural speaker was Dr. Patricia Burak, director of the Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International Services, and assistant professor of literature at Syracuse University. [more information] Dr. Burak's topic was "The World is Flat...and so We Dance." Laurel J. Eveleigh, Attorney at Law, was our Business speaker. The topic was legal business entities. Dance Performance: Odesa Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

GREECE
March - 2007 - Steak & Sundae Restaurant and Pastry Shop
1830 Teall Ave., Syracuse, NY 13206
March 29th, we celebrated Independence Day of Greece at the new location of Steak & Sundae restaurant on Teall Ave in Syracuse. The owner of the restaurant is Greek. He prepared an elaborate array of delicious meals from the beautiful country of Greece. Our business speaker was Tom Buckley of SCORE. Our cultural speaker was Michael Labatos of Alpha Realty. [bio] Download the March flyer here.

CHINA
February - 2007 - Hunan Empire
356 Northern Lights Plaza, Syracuse, NY 13212
This month our Business Speaker was Eric Kuersteiner, CPA with Arnold J. Hodes & Co. - "How to reap the rewards at tax time". Our Cultural Speaker was Dr. Ming-te Pan, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in History, Chairman of the history department at SUNY Oswego - specializing in Asian history. Our sponsor for this event was Jodi Carr, Syracuse Managing Director of Syracuse eWomenNetwork, Inc. Download our February flyer here. Meeting and Restaurant Review

ITALY

January - 2007 - Frankie's Italian Bistro
656 N Salina Street Syracuse, NY 13208

Our business speaker was Diane Chappell-Daly an Immigration Lawyer and our cultural speaker was Father Jim Cesta, Pastor at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Oswego, who gave a talk on "Why the World Loves All Things Italian."

LEBANON

November - 2006 - King David's (Restaurant)
Fayetteville Town Center, 317 Town Drive, Fayetteville, NY 13066
First Year Anniversary!
Lebanese cuisine was provided by King David's, and dessert, music and entertainment by May Morris. Our business speaker was George R. McGuire, attorney from Bond, Schoeneck & King, who gave a presentation on intellectual property. Our cultural speaker was Dr. Obeid. This event was sponsored by Joseph Kasis, owner of Kassis Superior Signs, Inc.

INDIA
October - 2006 - Sahota Palace (Indian restaurant)
668 Old Liverpool Rd., Liverpool, NY 13088. Our cultural speaker was Charulata Chawan, a librarian from Syracuse University. Our business speaker was a counselor from S.C.O.R.E.

LATIN
September 2006 - May Memorial,
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13214.
This month's event will feature a Latin theme, music, culture and cuisine provided by Las Delicias restaurant. Our cultural speaker was Hugo Acosta, owner and publisher of CNY Latino. Our business speaker was from S.C.O.R.E. and spoke on marketing.

June 2006 - World Lounge and Martini Bar
Hanover Square (315-424-1390)
FREE informal social gathering for members, friends and those interested in the club at World Lounge and Martiniti Bar. Free appetizers and a full cash bar were available. Hosted by member Wendhel Elias.

JAPAN

May 2006 - Ambrosia
Downtown in Armory Square
Japanese food was prepared by Ambrosia and we had a guest speaker on Japanese culture, Tomoko Walters from Syracuse University, Art Zimmer, the owner of the Syracuse NewTimes and exotic custom-made Zimmer cars (a true entrepreneur!), was our business speaker. D ownload our May flyer here

IRELAND
Colemans

April 2006 - Coleman’s Authenic Irish Pub
Irish food provided by Coleman's. Download our April Flyer here.

PERSIA
March 2006 - Hafner’s Red Barn Winery
Our third meeting was sponsored by Evan Walker of Daystar Mass Mutual Financial Group. Persian food was catered by our President, Mariam Atri and May Morris of May's Middle Eastern Pastries. Download our March flyer here.

KOREA
February 2006 - Kim's Seoul Buffet
Our second meeting was a winning success and many great connections were made. Korea and the Korean New Year were presented. We celebrated with food catered by Kim's Seoul Buffet and an informative lecture about Korean culture by Professor Joong Rok Kwon from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. We would like to thank our sponsor and guest lecturer for the evening, Deraux Branch from Branch's Driving School. The school is currently offering a discount for all MLC members for the defensive driving course.