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February 1, 2007
TO: INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 1-07 RE: PRELIMINARY AGENDA FOR IOAC MEETING - FEBRUARY 15, 2007
The next meeting of the International Operations Advisory Committee will take place on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Franklin Templeton, 100 Fountain Parkway, Building 140, St. Petersburg, Florida. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. with continental breakfast, lunch will be provided and the meeting is expected to conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. A tour of the Franklin Templeton facility will be available to the meeting attendees on Thursday following the meeting if there is sufficient interest. Attire for the meeting is business casual.
The Hilton St. Petersburg of Carillon Park, which is located at 950 Lake Carillon Drive, will provide shuttle buses to transport us to and from the meeting facility.
If you have not confirmed your attendance at the meeting, in person or via dial-in, please contact Agnes Thomas immediately at 202/326-5846 or agnes@ici.org.
We are making international dial-in access to the IOAC meeting available. To join the meeting, please dial the toll free number indicated for your country below. Then dial extension 27755, press 1 to attend the meeting and then enter meeting ID 614851 and press the # key. If you have trouble dialing-in, please call Pat Vincent at 800-632-2350 ext. 37693 or 727-299-7693.
Luxembourg 800-2-5957 United Kingdom/Scotland 0800-96-9974 U.S. 800-669-8956
The preliminary agenda for the International Operations Advisory Committee meeting is attached for your review. Please be prepared to share your views on the discussion topics.
Committee Dinner
There will be a Committee dinner on Thursday, February 15th at 6:30 p.m. at Bern’s Steak House, which is located at 1208 S. Howard Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33606. The restaurant’s phone number is 813-253-0358. Transportation will be provided from the hotel to the restaurant. Please meet in the hotel lobby at 5:30 p.m. Attire for the dinner is business casual. Please note that if you confirm attendance for the IOAC dinner and cancel within 48 hours of the scheduled event, you will still be charged for your portion of the pre-arranged dinner.
We look forward to seeing you in St. Petersburg!
Ghassan G. Hakim Diane M. Butler
Senior Vice President - Franklin Templeton Investments Director - Transfer Agency
Chairman – International Operations & International Operations
Advisory Committee