Thu March 01 2007

NOTE FROM IBI FOUNDING DIRECTOR

I cannot think of a time in the world’s history when we need fresh ideas more than we do at the moment. Empowering women by opening positions of influence to them— as readily as those positions are available to men—will undoubtedly lead to a great well spring of new ideas and ways to approach problems. When acted upon, these new ideas will provide us the solutions and motivation to solve some of the most serious issues that face us all.

IBI is devoted to one goal and one goal only: To have institutions in Canada, the USA and the UK reflect the gender of their clientele on their boards of directors. IBI will manage this by organizing the most powerful consumer voice in each region, by harnessing women’s purchasing power, a force which accounts for over 80% of all consumer purchases.

• The economic leverage to accomplish IBI’s goal is already in place.
• Once the female consumer voice is organized it will not be ignored.
• IBI is an apolitical movement and it strikes to the heart of what is a most basic right, the freedom of expression of ideas and the ability to be able to act upon those ideas for one half of our population - women.

Please join IBI and ask all your friends to do the same. With your voices we can make the goal of IBI become a reality. It will be one of the most important small steps you can take to make a significant difference for yourself, your children, your friends and peers, and for generations to come.

Thank you for your support,

Alexander Strachan
Founding Director, In Balance International
March 1, 2007