With the assistance of GLAAACC's Corporate Advisory Board and its Board of Directors, the Business Evolution Program Committee will select a business that will become the recipient of all of the business development resources at our disposal. The selected business will be mentored, guided, encouraged and placed in beneficial networking situations by selected members of GLAAACC's family to make sure that the business has an exceptionally high probability of successfully reaching the next level within their business line.

It is important to note that though the collective resources of GLAAACC and its Corporate Advisory Board will be available to help the selected business, no money or physical assets will be provided to your business. We will however provide the tools to aid the company to find what it needs (e.g. access to valuable funding, training and educational resources). You must be willing and able to exploit the tools that will be offered to your business to help you grow.

For those of you who believe you may qualify for this program, please follow our user-friendly application process. First read the BEP brochure that explains the objectives of the BEP. Next fill out the enclosed application and include the appropriate documents. Finally you develop then provide the "vision" of where your organization is headed and how you propose to get it there. This vision statement is your opportunity to communicate with the selection committee your goals and objectives.
The Business Evolution Program Committee will review all of the applications and compile a "short list" of no more than three companies by Thursday, January 31, 2008. A selection panel will interview the finalist and make a recommendation to the board not later than Tuesday, February 12, 2008. At our annual dinner on Thursday, March 20, 2008, we will announce the selectee. From that day on for twelve months the selectee will be afforded access to valuable contacts, information and resources to assist the company's rise to the next level of performance. At the end of the twelve-month period the Business Evolution Program Committee will evaluate the progress of the company.

We are proud that we can offer this new service to our membership and are confident that we will have a challenge selecting our first candidate from the pool of outstanding GLAAACC members.