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Upcoming
Events
January
20, 2010 - Global Economic Update:
February
17, 2010 - Stress Management
April 21, 2010
- Identity Theft and How to Prevent It
May
19, 2010 - Arizona income tax
update
June 16, 2010 - To be
determined
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Special
Thanks
The
Tucson AWSCPA would like to thank the following
firms for their generous contributions to our
affiliate:
·
Beach Fleischman & Company for hosting
our TechCasts. Without their sponsorship, we may
not have won a Silver Star award at the 2007 and
2008 Joint National
Conference.
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Arizona Lithographers for preparation of
our member directory. Any member who has not
received their directory this year or has any
corrections can contact Chris
Elzy.
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Job
Forum - It's All About You
The
Tucson AWSCPA affiliate strives to develop more
networking opportunities for our members and
meeting attendees. As part of this networking, we
are providing the forum for employers with
positions available to match these opportunities
with individuals seeking employment. This will be
a confidential service if you are seeking
employment.
For those with
positions available, contact any Board member to
announce your opening at a monthly meeting or in
our newsletter. (NOTE: Newsletter postings must be
received by the 5th of the month for inclusion in
that month. Ads must be 200 words or less - no
logos or tables. All postings may be further
edited as needed for space
limitations.)
PLEASE communicate this
employment connection to your employers for future
employment opportunities for others. This is a
FREE service for those looking for great CPA's -
that's you!
If
you have any questions or need additional
information, contact Kelly
or Kristen.
Job
Openings
CPA
or CPA Candidate for real estate investment
company. Initial responsibilities include accounts
payable, to transition into cash management,
financial statement preparation and
analysis. Strong computer skills required, and
property management accounting experience a plus.
E-mail resumes to Katie.
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Welcome
to AWSCPA
AWSCPA
is dedicated to serving all women CPAs. As a
member of this national organization, you will
find yourself in a supportive environment with
valuable resources to help you achieve your
personal and professional goals. You will also
find rewarding opportunities for
leadership,networking,and
education.
Membership
in the AWSCPA is open to all individuals (male and
female) who are or who are aspiring to become
certified public accountants. If you would
like more information and a membership
application, please contact Nancy
Hall. You may also speak to any board
member at our monthly luncheons.
We
appreciate your support and attendance at our
programs! Please feel free to contact any board
member if you have questions, concerns or
suggestions! You may also visit the website of the
AWSCPA National Office at www.awscpa.org.
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AWSCPA
Mission
The
American Woman's Society of Certified Public
Accountants (AWSCPA) is a national organization
dedicated to serving all women CPAs. The AWSCPA
provides a supportive environment and valuable
resources for members to achieve their personal
and professional goals through various
opportunities including advocacy, networking,
leadership training, education, and public
awareness.
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We
Want Your Input
As
you can see, we're using a new format for our
newsletter. And we want it to be useful for all of
our readers. Please let us know if there is
anything you like or dislike about this new
format, and we'll work to improve
it!
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Dear
Kim,
We
had a really good time at the November monthly
meeting for CPE. Jan Burris from the FBI
was a very interesting and funny
speaker. We learned a lot about the FBI
and what they focus on. We also raised
money for the scholarship fund. The
owner of the Melting Pot contributed a $50 gift
certificate and some $10 discount cards to our
organization. Instead of giving away
half of the proceeds from the 50/50 raffle,
we raffled the gift certificates and the
cards. Therefore, all $62 raised went
to the scholarship fund. I would like to
thank Richard Abrahamson, owner of the Melting
Pot, for his generous contribution to our
organization. He will also graciously
contribute a $50 gift certificate for each of
our upcoming meetings. Don't miss out on
your chance to win.
Next month at
the tax update we will be collecting for the
YWCA Your Sister's Closet and the Community Food
Bank. Please read the section of the
newsletter on charitable endeavors to see how to
prepare your donation for Your Sister's
Closet. To try something new, we will have
a door prize. Everyone who comes to the
meeting will receive a ticket, and if you bring
any donation you will receive a second
ticket. The prize will be another $50 gift
certificate to the Melting Pot. So go
through your closet and your pantry and bring in
your donations. As was mentioned at the
meeting, cash is an acceptable
donation.
Sincerely,
Laura
Foley
AWSCPA
- Tucson Affiliate
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Presented
by: David Cohen, Beach Fleischman &
Co.
If
you would like to become acquainted with the new
developments in the tax arena, you should join
us for the Tax Update with David
Cohen.
David Cohen is the shareholder in
charge of the tax practice at BeachFleischman
PC. He was previously employed by the
international CPA firms Coopers &
Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), Peat
Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) and Laventhol &
Horwath. He has been in public accounting since
1981.
David specializes in tax planning,
business consulting, and retirement planning. He
has given numerous speeches to a variety of
groups and is frequently the lead speaker at
firm-sponsored client seminars. He has been a
panelist on KUAT-TV's tax tips program and
KNST-AM's "Money Matters." He has been featured
during news segments on the local NBC, CBS, and
ABC television affiliates, as well as the news
show "Arizona Illustrated." He was one of eight
CPAs chosen nationally to participate in USA
Today's on-line Tax Hotline program in
2002.
Don't miss this opportunity to
interact with a wonderful speaker, enjoy Italian
cuisine at cozy Luna Bella, and get up to date
information on tax
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Date
& Time:
December 16, 2009 11:30AM - 1:30PM
(Please
allow time for check-in, lunch served at
12PM)
Cost:
$30 members / $35 non-members / $10
students
CPE: Counts
as one (1) hour of CPE
Place:
Luna Bella, 2990 N. Swan Road Ste #145
(1)
Grilled
honey BBQ Chicken Salad, blue
cheese, apples, oranges, grapefruit, spiced
pecans, California field greens, honey mustard
vinaigrette
(2)
Sauteed
Shrimp Salad, feta cheese, vine
ripened tomatoes, kalamata olives, bell peppers,
California field greens, herb
vinaigrette
(3)
Grilled
Black Angus Burger, lettuce,
tomato, onion, Wisconsin cheddar cheese, served
with fries
(4)
Wild
Mushroom Risotto, assortment of
vegetables, white truffle oil,
parmigiano-reggiano
Reservations: Contact
Lisa Gundvaldson at lgundvaldson@cox.net
by noon Friday, December
11th.
Note:
Participants who sign up but are unable to
attend will be billed unless they notify Lisa of
the cancellation 24 hours in advance of
the luncheon.
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AWSCPA
Virtual Mall
- AWSCPA
has partnered with several companies, who will
donate a portion of each purchase made through
the AWSCPA Virtual Mall to the CPE Foundation,
which provides national scholarships and helps
affiliates with their scholarship programs. See
the Virtual Mall on www.awscpa.org
(from the home page click the "Useful Links"
button, then choose "AWSCPA Virtual Mall") for a
complete listing.
Kaplan
CPA Review,
a long-time affinity partner with AWSCPA,
is dedicated to helping CPA candidates pass the
exam. Student or professional members of
AWSCPA are entitled to a 25% discount on all of
Kaplan's Complete Learning Systems and live
classes. This discount alone will more than
pay for your annual AWSCPA membership
investment! To learn more about this discount,
contact AWSCPA at info@awscpa.org.
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In
an effort to give back to the community, the
AWSCPA Tucson affiliate has started a tradition
of collecting donations for select charities and
other charitable endeavors each year. We also
have our own scholarship fund through which we
have given scholarships to deserving college
students - we awarded three $750
scholarships last year and two $500
scholarships in each of the prior three years.
We have also collected clothing for the YWCA
Your Sister's Closet. This year we have plans to
help the community as
follows:
YWCA Your Sister's
Closet This worthy organization
provides unemployed women with clothing that is
appropriate for job interviews and to begin
employment. They need professional clothing that
is stylish, clean and preferably ON HANGERS.
Clean out a closet and bring your gently used
items to our next luncheon. You'll receive a
receipt for your contribution, and we'll take
care of delivering them to the YWCA. Find out
more about this organization by visiting their
website at www.ywcatucson.org/.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Tucson AWSCPA has a scholarship
program for female accounting students who have
taken a non-traditional path to their education.
We have increased our scholarships
from three to four $750
each.
There are several ways you
can help fund these
scholarships:
$$$ Give and
receive... participate in the 50/50 raffle at
each meeting - one ticket for $1 or six tickets
for $5. The proceeds are split - half to the
winner and half to benefit the scholarship fund.
OR you can purchase tickets for the next raffle
by sending your check (made out to AWSCPA) to:
Chris Elzy, AWSCPA Treasurer (fbo scholarship),
P.O. Box 41361, Tucson, Arizona 85717-1361.
Please indicate "Raffle tickets" and the number
of tickets on the memo line.
In
addition, you can help this cause through a
tax-deductible contribution directly to our
scholarship fund at The University of Arizona
Foundation. Please contact a board member for
information on how to contribute directly to the
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Past-President
/ Treasurer / Directory: Chris
Elzy
Director
Membership: Nancy Hall
Director
Programming: Svetlana Pitman
Co-Director
Hospitaltiy: Lisa Gundvaldson
Co-Director
Newsletter: Kristen Smith
Director
Outreach (Scholarship): Deb
Hutchinson
Member-at-large:
Lori Hoby
Committee
Members:
Programming: Sheri
Campbell
Hospitality: Larysa
Gamble
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