Yes, it is official, our merger to become a public company on the Toronto Stock Exchange - Venture, has closed.

The formal press release was sent announcing the merger completion Wednesday, December 30th, 2009.

Here is a link to the press release.

My sincere thanks to all of you for your efforts on this 24 month journey to the public markets. We're very excited to see what the markets value us in the days and weeks to come, and are quite excited at what access to capital will do for expanding the level of support we can provide to our clients in 2010 and beyond.

I know that the extra personnel for operations and marketing support will be well-received by all.

We will trade starting Monday, January 4th, at 6:30am PST under the symbol AIM on the TSX-Venture Exchange, be sure to tell all your friends and associates. (Oh, and we're not the AIM on Nasdaq, that's a missile guidance company.)

Best Regards, and here's to a Happy and Prosperous 2010 for us all.

That said, while the economy has melted down, we've been busier than ever at Parmasters.

Typically when the markets are down, franchising goes up, and when real estate is down, franchising goes up. But only twice in the last twenty years have both real estate and the market been down at the same time.

In both instances franchising has exploded as people realize that owning their own business, or investing in others that own their own business is the only way to make significant financials gains right now.

We've see great growth, in fact our year to date in 2009 is up 372% over last year.

Let us tell you more.

First, congrats to John, Derek & Jen for formally applying for their franchises since their Discovery Day in July. See their smiling faces below.

Next, congrats to Frank from Hartford, CT on applying for his franchise, since his Discovery Day below, and welcome to new Board of Advisor, Brett Ewing attending his Discovery Day below.

Congrats to David and Charlie, new Area Developers for Orlando, Florida. You can see them and their smiling wives from their Discovery Days in the photo below.

We've also awarded an Area Development Agreement to Marcellus and Jennifer for Oklahoma City, see their smiling photo below:

We're also very excited to have expanded our team at Parmasters THQ. Welcome Robert Rudman, our new CFO, and pro golfer Chip Beck, our new Board Member.

Robert is currently a Managing Director of Aspen Capital Partners, LLC, a private business consulting company located in Tampa, Florida, specializing in capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, strategic planning and new business start-ups.

He is also serving as the Chief Financial Officer for two clients of Aspen Capital Partners, LLC, Diatect International Corporation (OTCBB: DTCT) since March 2008 and Innovative Software Technologies, Incorporated (OTCBB: INIV) since June 2008.

From June 2005 to November 2007, Robert was the Director of Finance of D.P. Martin and Associates, Inc., a private company engaged in the business of financial consulting located in West Palm Beach, Florida. From July 2006 to August 2007, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and as a director of Medical Makeover Corp. Of America, a client of D.P. Martin & Associates, Inc.

Robert joined SmarTire Systems Inc. (OTCBB: SMTR) a high technology development company based in Richmond, British Columbia in March 1993 as the Chief Financial Officer. In January 1996, he was appointed as its President and Chief Executive Officer and served in that capacity until June 2005. He was also a director of SmarTire Systems Inc. from September 1993 until May 2007. In addition, Robert was appointed Chairman of the Board in June 1999 and served in that position until May 2007.

Robert is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a member of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants.

As Chief Financial Officer, Robert will develop, launch, and coordinate financing programs and coordinate public market compliance for Parmasters.

At the Pro-Am at our Ryder Cup festivities, we met Chip Beck, and as it turns out that day we shot a scramble 59. Little did we think that we'd soon be welcoming Mr 59 himself to our team.

Here we are at the golf course that day:

And here some information on Chip and his superb background in golf:

A three time All-American in college, Chip went on to earn four victories on the PGA Tour and twenty runner-up finishes in more than 600 PGA Tour events.

During the 1986 and 1989 US Open Championships, he tied for runner-up. In 1988, Chip won the Vardon Trophy for the PGA Tour leader in scoring average, one of only eleven golfers to earn that title since 1988.

There has been a Chip Beck appearance three times on the Ryder Cup, with his 1991 Ryder Cup performance being the best. In 1993, he was the runner-up at the Masters Tournament.

During the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise Golf Club, Beck shot a round of 59 with 5 pars and 13 birdies including a three footer on the 18th hole, landing him in a tie for third in the tournament.

Chip has spent 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

In 2006, he became eligible for the Champions Tour and returned to his golf career, where he continues to golf today.

Chip joins Parmasters as a Board Member, and will use his incredible golf experience, dynamic personality, and wide circle of contacts to assist the company in meeting and exceeding it’s goals.

We mentioned that we've expanded our brands, we're so excited to formally launch Quantum Business Golf as it's own franchise  in January, 2010.

More details on this exciting program to come soon.

One last important business update. Our Links Golf Cafe franchise has been very well received. We now have awarded some 120 franchises for Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Rochester and Buffalo. Watch out everyone, here we come. For more details, visit www.linksgolfcafefranchise.com

Meanwhile, hit 'em straight, but not too often.

Best Regards,