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Upcoming
Events
December
16, 2009 -Tax Update
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,
Well,
I have been to my first national
convention. I wish you could have been
there. The speakers were wonderful and
 informative. Believe
it or not, several of the speakers I heard were
from Phoenix. I have several new contacts
for the programming committee. I learned a
lot about how the other affiliates provide value
to their members. I'll have several new
ideas to present to the board.
The
meeting yesterday at McMahon's was lightly
attended so we were not able to make the
contribution for Breast Cancer. There are
other topics, however, that are provided by
MassMutual, so we can try again. Please
plan to attend the November meeting and learn
about White Collar crime from an agent of the
local FBI office. It's always amazing to
hear the war stories from these
agents.
Sincerely,
Laura
Foley
AWSCPA
- Tucson Affiliate
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White-collar
crimes cost the United States more than $300
billion annually according to the FBI.
White-collar
crimes are synonymous with the full range of
frauds committed by business and government
professionals. It includes fraud,
bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading,
embezzlement, computer crime, forgery, identity
theft and many others.
Today's
con artists are more savvy and sophisticated
than ever, engineering everything from slick
online scams to complex stock and health care
frauds. The tools of the trade are often
paperwork or through the computer.
Jan Burris, an FBI agent in
Tucson office, will talk about the variety
of white-collar crimes the agency investigates,
how to identify and protect yourself from
common
scams.
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Date
& Time:
November 18, 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:
Acacia
at St. Phillips, 4340 N. Campbell
Avenue
(1)
Cobb
Salad - Oven roasted chicken,
crisp bacon, vine-ripened tomatoes, pt. Reyes
farmstead blue cheese, chopped egg and creamy
avocado served over crisp greens with fresh herb
vinaigrette
(2) Mahi
Mahi Tacos - fresh corn
torillas layered with cheese and filled with
flame broiled mahi mahi, chipotle crema, cabbage
and pico de gallo, served with black beans and
Spanish rice
(3) Prime
Rib Dip - lean prime rib shaved
thin, served warm on a toasted roll with roasted
chile, gruyere and natural
jus
(4) Cup of
Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
Sandwich
Reservations: Contact
Lisa Gundvaldson at lgundvaldson@cox.net
by noon Friday, November
13th.
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
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Scholarships
- This year we are offering four $750
scholarships to non-traditional female
accounting students. For an application,
please contact Debbie Hutchinson at Deborah.Hutchinson@cliftoncpa.com
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. |
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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