The meeting on 25 September with Laurenz Melchers in the chair was attended by 80 members and invited guests. Executive Director Jim Dwyer announced BCM's Renewal dinner for 31 October. The evening will feature food, drinks and entertainment as well as awards to outstanding businesses, government organizations, and working groups.  Membership now stands at 193 members from 162 members one year ago. Those recently joined are:
1. Global Minespec LLC is a Mongolian-Australian joint venture welding and safety equipment supplier to operations in Mongolia. It provides to the mining and fabrication industries in Mongolia a much needed supply of high quality items. Established in 2010, Global Minespec has worked with companies such as Major Drilling and Boroo Gold.
2. Mongolia Growth Group is a financial group focused on acquiring investments in real estate and building the country's insurance industry. Its goal is to leverage the tremendous growth currently found in Mongolia. Attracted to Mongolia for its rich mineral wealth, on-going development of world class mines, high gross domestic product (GDP) growth, and ambitious society; the group wishes to capitalize on the development opportunities available. Planning to focus its energies on real estate, insurance, and asset management, the group plans to help direct policy and development.

The meeting on August 22 with Laurenz Melchers in the chair, was attended by 65 members and invited guests who overcame severe traffic caused by visits of U.S. VP Biden and S. Korean President Lee. Executive Director Jim Dwyer introduced the BCM NewsWire's new editor-in-chief, Terrence Edwards. Membership now stands at 188 members, up from 160 last August. Those recently joined are:
1. CGBEM is jointly-owned by Mongolia Minerals Corp., a Canadian company based out of Calgary and its Mongolian partner. The company is focused exclusively on the exploration and development of coal and other mineral resources in Mongolia.
2. Mongolia's Opportunities Fund provides growth capital to companies that exhibit established profitable business models, have strong management teams and demonstrate potential to become market leaders. It invests in businesses for agribusiness, infrastructure, and mining services and supply chains.
3. Allworld Exhibitions is an exhibition organizer currently organizing 150 international exhibitions in 11 countries. It was called one of the top organizers by revenue in the Asian Exhibition Market. The company assists in global exporters to penetrate emerging markets, especially in Asia and the Middle East. Allworld Exhibitions delivers industry specialized exhibitors.
4. Allens Arthur Robinson is a leading international law firm in 12 offices across Asia. The firm works with 55 of the world's top 100 companies, eight of Australia's top 10 public companies, and 77 of Australia's top 100 public companies.
5. Oxford Business Group is a global publishing and consultancy company which produces original economic and business intelligence on markets in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Through its print and online publications, OBG offers comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic and sector developments. It publishes annual reports on more than 30 countries and territories, as well as monthly sector updates. Each Report is the product of many months of on-the-ground research.

The monthly meeting on June 27, with Mr. Peter Morrow in the chair, was attended by 78 members. Vice Director Ser-Od Ichinkhorloo reported that membership now stood at 184, as against 147 in the corresponding period last year.

Five new members have joined since the last meeting. They are:
1. United Management Corporation (UMC), which specializes in retail financial services, investment management and co-investment, private equity, and real estate portfolio management.
2. Credit Suisse, which provides companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients worldwide with advisory services, comprehensive solutions, and excellent products in areas such as private banking, investment banking and asset management. It employs 50,100 people in 405 offices in 55 countries.
3. Mongolian Economy Magazine, which aims to provide accurate news of and informed insight into what happens in the  Mongolian economic, financial and business sectors. Apart from raising public awareness, the bilingual magazine hopes its contents will help strengthen interaction between domestic and foreign business institutions, and public-private partnerships.
4. CIS Mongolia,  the local unit of the international organization which, since its founding in 1992, has specialized in providing catering services in challenging environments to some of the world's leading petroleum, mining, civil engineering and engineering companies, as well as to the armed forces of many different nations.
5. Allens Arthur Robinson, an international law firm with offices throughout Australia and Asia. Seventy-seven of Australia's, and 55 of the world's, top 100 companies choose Allens Arthur Robinson as their legal adviser. With more than 30 years' experience on the ground in Asia across a broad range of industries, the firm offers clients technical excellence combined with business and cultural insights.