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We are a group of active small business owners and NFIB members which meet four times a year to hear from lawmakers, politicians, and each other regarding statewide and national issues facing small businesses in the Fox Valley area. In addition, we receive timely updates from Springfield and Washington to give us the opportunity to have our voices heard on behalf of small business.
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The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation's largest small-business advocacy group representing the consensus views of its 600,000 members in DC and all 50 state capitals.
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Meetings
Fox Valley AAC Kick-Off Event : Meetings : NFIB Fox Valley Area Action CouncilFox Valley AAC Kick-Off Event
| Tom Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
| 1/13/2005
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The inaugural event for the Fox Valley Area Action Council took place on January, 13, 2005 at Jason's at Gray's Mill in Montgomery. Special guests included Tom Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, at the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. and State Senator Chris Lauzen (IL-25).
NFIB/IL State Director, Kim Maisch opened the meeting with remarks pertaining to the concept of area action councils and why they are important to continuing the success of NFIB. Fox Valley AAC Chairman Keith Wheeler followed to explain why he got involved and founded the AAC for small business owners from St. Charles down through Yorkville.
State Senator Chris Lauzen took a few minutes to express his understanding of small business issues since he was once a small business person himself prior to being elected to the General Assembly.
Our featured speaker, Tom Sullivan, who was in the past worked for NFIB at the Legal Foundation, gave FVAAC members his point of view as to the need for activism from the small business community. As President Bush's right-hand man for small business, Tom knows the importance of business owners being involved in the process. With involvment in the political process, small businesses can affect change in Springfield and Washington.
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