The minutes of meeting of last Annual Meeting March 12, 2004 and the new Bylaws were unanimously approved.

2004 was an active year for our Chamber. One Annual, two Board and four Executive Committee meetings were held during the year. The various events ranged from committee meetings, networking and social events including Nordic Networking, Annual Dinner, Spring and Christmas parties, to meetings with members of The U.S. House of Representatives, the Ministry of Defense, the Norwegian Parliament's Standing Committee on Defense, Round table discussions with the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A summary of selected events and activities is presented below:

• Seafood & Aquaculture Committee Meeting
• Bank & Finance Committee Meeting
• Defense Technology Committee meeting
• Defense Technology Committee Meeting
• The Parliament's Standing Committee on Defense Meeting
• Round-Table - Defense Discussions
• Spring Party
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Meeting
• The Friends of Norway Caucus Meeting
• Young Professional - Calvert Meeting
• Nomination Committee Meeting
• IT & Communication Meeting
• Young Professional - Calvert Meeting
• Nordic Networking Event
• Travel & Tourism Committee Meeting
• Christmas Party

Corporate membership increased from 30 to 38 and total members listed increased from 112 to 152. Among the 152 individual members, 96 were company representatives and 56 were individual members. Of the 38 member companies 21 were American, 12 Norwegian subsidiaries and 5 Norwegian. The 8 new corporate members included: Certified Components Int'l, Inc (White), Raytheon (Blue), Jakob Hatteland Display (White), Fred Olsen Fly og Luftmateriell (Blue), ScanTravel International Inc. (White), HÅG Inc. (White), NAMMO Inc. (Blue), and Rooney Group International Inc. (Blue).

The Treasurer presented the 2004 Financial Summary and approved the Financial Statements presented.

The Annual Meeting unanimously approved the 2005 Board of Director candidates presented by the Nomination Committee. The new board will consist of the following individuals (in alphabetical order):

• Katharina Brekke, Vandeventer Black LLP
• Sarah Gordon, Ruesch International
• Britt Carina Horncastle, Telenor Satellite Services Holdings Inc.
• Erik Larsen, Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Inc.
• Thor Lassen, Nordic Ventures LLC
• Fridtjov Markussen, Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc.
• James van Merkensteijn, New York Life Insurance Company
• Donald Neese, Consultant/ Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Atle Nordvik, Environmental Marine Technology & Associates (EMT & A)
• Jorun Oberst, Consultant
• Knud Ross, Financial Networks
• Keith Smith, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• Luann Smith, Statoil Natural Gas LLC
• Gisle Sorli, McLean Asset Management Corporation
• Lasse Syversen, NorHouse by Bloksberg Inc
• Steve Williams, Lockheed Martin Corporation

The Members re-elected the 2004 Nominations Committee.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.

Please click here to read the 2004 Annual Report or go to About NACC MA.

The following attended the Annual Meeting:

• Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, Honorary Chairman
• Atle B. Nordvik, President NACC MA, EMT&A
• Lasse V. Syversen, Secretary, NACC MA, NorHouse by Bloksberg
• Inger Prebensen, Treasurer, NACC MA, International Monetary Fund
• Eivind Bjerke, Lucien Et Eivind
• John Durfee, Law Office of John T. Durfee
• Bob Elwell, (Ret)
• Anders Lekven, Commander, Royal Norwegian Navy
• Fridtjov Markussen, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
• James van Merkensteijn, New York Life Insurance Company
• Merethe Nergaard, The Royal Norwegian Embassy
• Don Neese, Consultant/Lockheed Martin
• Jorun Oberst, Consultant
• Terrell Otis, EDO Corporation
• Ole Pedersen, Long & Foster
• Knud Ross, Financial Networks
• Gisle Sorlie, Advisor, McLean Asset Management Corporation
• Solveig Spielmann, International Business-Gov. Councellors, Inc
• Williams, Steve, Lockheed Martin