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The following is an excerpt from a 10KSB SEC Filing, filed by INTERNATIONAL CARD ESTABL ... on 5/5/2004.

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ITEM 9. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.

The members of our board of directors serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders, or until their successors have been elected. The officers serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Information as to our directors and executive officers is as follows:

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Name                Age                      Position
___________________________________________________________________________

Jonathan Severn      33     Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
                            Financial Officer

William Lopshire     40     Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director

Charles Salyer       51     Director and President of GlobalTech Leasing
                            subsidiary

Michael Fisher       40     Director

The principal occupation and business experience during the last five years for each of our present directors and executive officers are as follows:

JONATHAN R. SEVERN, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Severn is a founder of both International Card Establishment, Inc. and GlobalTech Leasing, Inc. In 1991, he formed Cardservice Tri-Counties (Oxnard, CA), a credit card merchant acquiring business that he built into one of the largest agent offices in the U.S. serving Cardservice International Inc., a large privately held acquirer of Visa and MasterCard merchant accounts in the country at that time. Cardservice International was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2001. Mr. Severn was directly responsible for Cardservice Tri-Counties' growth from start-up to approximately 20,000 merchant accounts and monthly processing revenues in excess of $10 million. In 1996, he founded Lease Technologies International to provide merchants with lease financing for point-of-sale equipment. Lease Technologies International was incorporated and its name changed to GlobalTech Leasing, Inc. in 2001.

WILLIAM J. LOPSHIRE, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and a director, also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company's International Card Establishment, Inc. subsidiary. Mr. Lopshire co-founded International Card Establishment, Inc. with Mr. Severn in 2002, bringing 15 years of diversified experience in the fields of law, strategic planning, finance, securities, and technology. He was appointed to his present positions in January 2003. In 1989, Mr. Lopshire founded the law firm of Lopshire & Barkan (Woodland Hills, CA), specializing in corporate and securities law. Mr. Lopshire subsequently accepted a partnership in the law firm of Manning, Marder, Kass, Ellrod & Rameriz (Los

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Angeles, CA), where he specialized in corporate finance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and international business transactions. In 1999, Mr. Lopshire became a principal in a private equity group that invested in, and provided managerial support to, several developing companies in the U.S. and abroad with diverse interests ranging from automotive parts to software development. Mr. Lopshire was graduated from Michigan State University in 1985, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration/ Accounting; and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1988. He is admitted to practice law in California and before the United States Tax Court.

CHARLES W. SALYER, Director, also serves as President of the Company's GlobalTech Leasing, Inc. subsidiary. Mr. Salyer joined GlobalTech Leasing, Inc. in 2001, bringing over 27 years of management experience in the equipment leasing industry; most recently as Vice President, Sales & Strategic Initiatives for CIT Financial's Lease Finance Group, the largest leasing company in the point-of-sale equipment market. Mr. Salyer began his management career in 1982 at Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA), where he rose to the position of Director of Operations for that company's Customer Finance division. From 1990 to 1993, he served as a Director at Philip Morris Capital Corporation (White Plains, NY), where he managed a customer and supplier finance division. He left to accept a position as Vice President, Division Manager for Steelcase Corporation (Grand Rapids, MI), where he launched a new customer finance operation. In early 1998, Mr. Salyer became President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Finance & Leasing, Inc. (Grandville, MI), a micro-ticket point-of-sale leasing company. Although that company was losing market share at the time, he restructured the operation and built sales from $8 million to approximately $24 million in under two years. Global Finance & Leasing was acquired in 2000 by CIT Financial, and Mr. Salyer accepted the above noted position with their Lease Finance Group subsidiary. Mr. Salyer was graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975, and earned a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Northern Arizona University in 1976.

MICHAEL S. FISHER, Director. Mr. Fisher has over 15 years of sales and management experience in the electronic payment processing industry, including involvement in a variety of technology development initiatives and international sales programs. Mr. Fisher began working in the industry in 1987 as a Sales Manager for Peripheral Resources, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA), a distributor of point-of-sale equipment; and, rose to the position of President before leaving

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in 1995. From 1995 to 1998, he was a Regional Sales Manager for Cardservice International, Inc. (Moorpark, CA). While at Cardservice International he was responsible for management and sales training of more than 30 ISOs and more than doubled sales in a one-year period by establishing in excess of 18,000 new merchant accounts. In 1998, Mr. Fisher joined E-Commerce Exchange, Inc. (Irvine, CA), a provider of credit card processing services and e-commerce websites, where he rose to the position of Executive Vice President. While at E-Commerce Exchange sales increased from $8.8 million to $29.9 million in 18 months. Since 2001, he has been a General Partner at Acquiring Solutions (San Marino, CA), a credit card processing services and credit card risk management and compliance consulting company; and, since January 2002, Mr. Fisher was formally President of WorldWide Gift & Loyalty, Inc. (Oxnard, CA), the company that he co-founded that developed the smart-card based gift/incentive purchase card system licensed by International Card Establishment, Inc. Mr. Fisher was graduated from Harvard College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree; and, is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He is a member of several industry organizations, including the Electronic Transaction Association (ETA), and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI).

The officers and directors may be deemed parents and promoters of the Company as the Securities Act of 1933 defines those terms, as amended. All directors hold office until the next annual stockholders' meeting or until their death, resignation, retirement, removal, disqualification, or until their successors have been elected and qualified. Officers of the Company serve at the will of the board of directors.

There are no agreements or understandings for any of our officers or directors to resign at the request of another person and none of the officers or directors are acting on behalf of or will act at the direction of any other person.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Company does not currently have an Audit Committee or Financial Expert thereon.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.

Based upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, a Form 3 required as a result of the Plan and Agreement of Reorganization by and between iNetEvents, Inc. and International Card Establishment, Inc. was not filed on a timely basis by Jonathan Severn; William

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Lopshire; and Michael Fisher. A Form 3 required by Charles Salyer and Form 4 required by Jonathan Severn as a result of the Plan and Agreement of Reorganization by and between International Card Establishment, Inc. and GlobalTech Leasing,Inc. was not filed on a timely basis. All required forms referenced above have been filed as of April 30, 2004, with the exception of the Form 3 required by Michael Fisher.

Code of Ethics.

The Company has not currently adopted a Code of Ethics.