As you know, Haiti was struck with a powerful earthquake. There are more than 100,000 dead and more than 600,000 homeless. It is the poorest country in western hemisphere. We all remember disastrous earthquake in Pakistan. The world came to our help. It is our time now to help. Please donate generously to Red Cross at http://www.redcross.org/, to Hidaya at http://www.hidaya.org/  or to any other reputable organization you feel comfortable.

We have started posting job openings in the Bay area on the website and our. We are requesting all businesses to provide current Job openings at their companies. Please send us a descriptive job title and link to get more details. We will post it on our website  and in our Newsletter with links to more details and contact info. This will be a free service. Help your company and the community at large. Current job openings are in the right sidebar.

PACC is compiling a directory of C-Level Pakistani executives in the Bay Area, which is published on our website, organized by industry group (semiconductor, software, internet, financial services, etc). Click here to see first directory.  We’d like to include CEOs, COOs, CFOs, VPs, and any similar executives on this list. Our plan is to have networking events for C-level executives, as well as other mutually beneficial programs. If you are willing to have your name in this directory, please reply via reply email and provide the following information:

a.        Name

b.        Title:

c.        Company:

d.        Company website:

e.        Industry group:

f.         Email (optional) will not be published

      Telephone (optional)

Also, if you know of any other Pakistanis who are executives as outlined above, please forward this invitation to them and ask them to send the requested information to admin@pacc-ca.org.

Are your Assets Protected?, Does Estate Planning make sense for you?

Learn advance strategies of Asset Protection through various tools of Estate Planning, like wills, trusts, annuities and more. Imran Jaffer, a local financial planning expert, will give tips and answer questions. Imran is CEO of Total Wealth Solutions. The seminar will be held at PACC on Sunday, February 21^st from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM.

 PACC is planning an art exhibition for March 14th, 2010, featuring local artists. The exhibit will showcase various visual art forms such as painting, calligraphy, photography, handicraft, Graphic Design etc. The entry fee is $40 for one table and $60 for two tables for each artist. Tables cannot be shared. All local artists interested in participating in the exhibition are invited to send a check for desired number of tables to PACC at address above. Include with it some a good description and photos of sample of work which we will post on our website and newsletter. For more information, email isbsalam@hotmail.com.

We have started a new project on the PACC website to catalog and display interesting and rare photos of Pakistan. Currently, we have the following categories: History, Culture, Geography, Urban life, Rural life. Visit www.pacc-ca.org/pakistan.htm to see the photos that are already on display.