It is a great pleasure to introduce to you the President's Council, a group of top IPCs who will work with the board of directors to help guide TNI's future development. The council is made up of 15 IPC leaders who will meet periodically with the board to discuss TNI's plans and goals.

President's Council members have been selected because of their leadership, vision, and dedication. All those IPCs who were invited to join the council have enthusiastically accepted. They are:

Ia’Orana, Everyone –

I am in a very familiar spot right now. I’m on a United Airlines 747, ready to take off from Shanghai, China bound for San Francisco, California, and then on to Salt Lake City and home. Looking out the window I can see all the ground personnel hurrying about getting everything ready for our flight, and I can imagine the pilots are doing their checklist and going through the flight plan.

In a few minutes, we will be flying at over 35,000 feet and more than 600 miles per hour as we cross the Pacific Ocean heading eastward. I have made this flight many, many times before. The cabin is full of people anxious for the flight.  Some, like me, are heading home; others are at the beginning of a new adventure away from their home in China. As many times as this scene is replayed in my life, it never ceases to impress me. I’ll be home in a few hours leaving this temporary world behind.

On May 12, I was in Beijing, China visiting with Liang Qin, one of our Chinese Black Pearls. For those of you who do not know, due to the strict laws regarding direct sales in China, our business is done in a very unique way in China, unlike any other market in the world. Liang Qin had just opened a small shop in Beijing for the purpose of showcasing Tahitian Noni® products. We had just taken a tour of this beautiful new facility and were posing for some photographs just after 2:00 p.m. when we felt a tremor—a small earthquake. We didn’t pay any attention to it and continued our business for the day, but later heard that this small tremor we felt in Beijing was actually a devastating earthquake centered in southwest China, in Szechuan Province near the major city of Chengdu. We were 800 miles from the epicenter of the quake.

Ia’Orana,

Some big new support is coming to the U.S. Latino market! This market represents a huge segment of the network marketing business in the U.S. and is one of the key opportunities for TNI IPCs, regardless of background. So TNI wants to make sure we have our best people available to support our IPCs.

Effective immediately, David Garcia—TNI’s current regional general manager of Latin America—will add to his duties the oversight of the U.S. Latino market. Jose Oramas will be working with David to support this key market.

The April/May issue of Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine features HIRO™ Thermo! The article, entitled "Eating Right Never Tasted So Good", lauds HIRO Thermo’s ingredients and effectiveness:

“Spark the hero within with just a sip of HIRO Thermo…by enhancing your metabolism with the heat-releasing combination of EGCG and caffeine, and supporting your immune system with powerful antioxidants, wave goodbye to crash-and-burn energy sodas."
 
This placement alone will generate nearly 180,000 media impressions! Remember, you can always check out TNI’s latest press appearances in the Press Room at TahitianNoni.com.