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March 5, 2019

Vol. 2- Ed.9

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Message from the Board

Upcoming Election

Our annual elections will take place this month(March). Ballots have been sent out to all members and we kindly request that members take a moment from their busy schedule to fill them out according to the instructions provided and return them in a sealed envelope to the club by no later than March 14, 2019.

This year the entire executive Board are all up for re-election and are running unopposed. There are three ( 3) spots open in the lower Board of Directors.

Following Candidates are running unopposed

for the Executive Board:

Moshe Salem (M.S Diamonds, Inc)-President

Kalpesh Jhaveri (K.R. Gems & Diamonds, Intl) -Co-Vice President

Antranig'Tony' Ayvazian (Ayvazian & Co)-

Co-Vice President

Rahul Parikh (K.R. Gems & Diamonds, Intl)-Treasurer

Vatche Shirikjian (Gems West Inc)-Secretary

Following are the eight nominees for

the Board of Directors(Alphabetical order):

Asi Amar (Amare Diamond)

Asi comes from a diamond dealer family. His uncle is a diamond dealer in Israel and his first work in the industry was with H Dayan. In 2004 he went on his own and started Amare Diamonds.

He is dedicated, responsible and honest and looks forward to bringing those qualities to the Board of Directors. Asi is married with two kids and enjoys spending time with his family.

Doron Auslander (Adler Trading Inc)

Doron has been a member of the club for over 27 years and is on the Board of Directors for the last two. He is also currently part of the Membership and Floor Committees.

He lives by the philosophy that the most important attribute is having respect for each other. Doron appreciates working

Vineet Gupta (BG International)

Vineet started his career in 1983 as an office peon working for his father, who opened a gemstone business three years prior.

Vineet has been in the industry for 37 years and has enjoyed his time in the diamond community and looks forward to share his experiences with the board. Read More

Mervyn Hahn (LA Diamond Factory)

I am truly privileged and honored to be considered as a board member of DCWC. The last two years I have proudly filled the office of co.Vice President alongside my good friend Kalpesh Jhaveri.

Unfortunately, this year I have other obligations to attend to which won’t allow me the necessary time to properly fulfill the position of VP. I look forward to continuing supporting the Board in a different role.

Johnny Kalo (Gold Empire Jewelry)

Johnny Kalo is a second generation retail/wholesale jeweler with 27 years of experience in the jewelry industry as a diamond buyer and jewelry manufacturer.

Johnny has been a member of DCWC for 10 years now and was actively involved with the GIA Alumni board...

Johnny wants to bring more energy, excitement, and inspiration Read More

Itay Shpitz (Sam Diam USA)

Itay Shpitz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. Before entering the family diamond business, he served in the Israeli Army for 3 years.

He has been a member of the club for about 2 years and has recently served as an arbitrator. He feels Read More

Vipul Udani (Earth Star Imports Inc)

Vipul Udani joined DCWC in 2001 and has been serving on the BOD as a chairman of the Membership Committee for the last two years.

He also served six years as an IDCA BOD and a Treasurer for Jain Temple of Southern California.

He is happy and proud that his committee’s hard work is paying off and the club is growing and has grown over 70 members in less than a year.

Ran Warcel(Diamify)

Ran Warcel is a third generation Diamond Dealer from Belgium. In 2014, Ran started his own company Diamify . Ran’s niche is in layouts of fancy shapes and has made a name for himself in that category here in LA.

Ran has found value and reward being affiliated with the club. It's much more effective working together in unity than competing against one another. Ran feels that the club has Read More

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Member of the Week

Jary Siegel is originally from Iowa. He lived in San Diego for 5 years and went to high school there. In 1945 his grandfather and father started a pawn shop business, Siegel’s Jewelry . His father was the one who taught him the trade and convinced him to join the family business in 1979.

Jary gained most of his knowledge through GIA courses and supplemented that knowledge reading various jewelers magazines. The pawn shop business gradually transitioned to wholesale when Jary joined the business.

Jary became a member of DCWC while attending a special trading event at the club. The connections and networking he established at that event allowed him to see the huge benefits of becoming a member and signed up that day. After becoming a member of DCWC, he was able to

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Wednesday Morning Mingle

The members have spoken and the Morning Mingle has been moved back to Wednesdays.

See you tomorrow,

Wednesday, March 6, 2019,

at 10:30 am

for our breakfast and round-table discussion this week about: “How to bring the Jewelry shopping Consumer back Downtown?"

When a Diamond or Colored Stone is immediately needed, local dealers are the first people to get the call. So it's in OUR interest to encourage the consumer back to the largest retail center in the country.

We ask that all retailers (and wholesalers) make an effort to attend this breakfast.

For more information call the club:

213-623-1162.

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Hong Kong Show Review from the members

“We did the diamond show at the expo near the airport. First day traffic show opened strong however customers were price shopping and seeing what people had. Second day offers were coming in . By third and fourth day sales and business was occuring. We were quite happy with the show and want to expand our booth next year.” - A.S

"Show was very busy. Many people said it was more then they expected." - I.S

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Inspiring quote of the Day

" What you think you become. What you fell you attract. What you imagine you create."- Buddha

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