This annual conference is become GOAL tradition which creating opportunity for everyone to meet and gathering together for an initiative and constructive friendship foundation as well as business expansion opportunity among parties. From the normal friendship gathering event became more and more demanding for the firm establishment of GOAL organization by all our good friends which resulted the committee had to be strategically laying an initiative and commitment in registering GOAL organization in Malaysia during the last conference in Kuala Lumpur last year. However, the registration process was not as easy as we expected under Malaysian Laws as non-profit organization as our primary registration objective. The committee had been taking several months last year working with complicated registration formality until finally we did GOAL registration completely in February 2011.
This year conference, the GOAL committee would like to update all delegates about the progress of GOAL Partners Worldwide Network development which will be further discussing in the 2nd half of today. It is imperative to discuss positive approaches towards through the views sharing and opinion exchanges on how to escalate this organization moving towards to the progressing level along with the other international global networks.
This conference, however, will not only be just another “working platform”. By the end of the event, we intend to formulate a set of recommendations to be crafted based on the discussion during the conference which will be focused on all valued recommendations aspects and integrity. In addition, our traditional one-on-one business meeting on the 2nd day of the conference will be especially important for all participants to create individual business development opportunity and getting more valued friends to work and live with after the conference.
In this junction, we would assure you all that the benefits and values from the participation of this conference will be entirely paid back in returns through the hard work and effort in planning and conducting this event most beneficial and meaningful by the GOAL’s working team and has been instrumental in putting the support by Vietfracht group management as one unified team work.
Last but not least, on behalf of GOAL, I would encourage all delegates to participate actively in the interesting discussion over the next 2 days and I do wish everyone a successful and fruitful conference under GOAL’s common motto “Global Connection, Total Commitment”.
Opening address to the 5th GOAL Partners Network Conference, recovered from the previous goalpartnerworldwide.com website (Internet Archive snapshot, 25 July 2016). Spelling and wording are reproduced as published.