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Upcoming
Events
October
19-21, 2009 - AWSCPA/ASWA Joint National
Conference in Las Vegas
Nevada
November 18, 2009 - White
Collar Crime
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.
·
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
Tucson
Pima Arts Council Seeking Board Members with
Accounting Expertise
The Tucson Pima
Arts Council, which is the designated arts
development agency of the City of Tucson and Pima
County, is looking for professionals with
expertise in accounting and interest in the arts
for possible nomination to the TPAC Board of
Directors. The Arts Council is celebrating
its 25th anniversary and is planning more great
years of arts and cultural development for Tucson
and Pima County.
For information
about the Arts Council, go to the Web site,
www.TucsonPimaArtsCouncil.org. To be
considered for nomination to the TPAC Board, send
a brief statement of interest and qualification to
David Hoyt Johnson, dhjohnson@tucsonpimaartscouncil.org. |
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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,
 This
is really becoming a great year for me. We had a
good crowd and great food for our September
meeting while learning about what to do when
someone dies. The information provided by our
speaker was very informative and useful. Now we
have our October meeting to look forward to.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and
MassMutual will be making a contribution
to a worthy charity in our name based on
the number of attendees at the meeting. If more
than 20 attend, the contribution will be $500.
If, however, 40 or more attend, the contribution
will be $1,000. Hope to see everyone there, so
we hit the 40 mark.
Also hope to
see you in Las Vegas at the Joint National
Conference on October 19-21. I just found out a
few days ago that there is a reception on Sunday
at 5pm before the conference for all 1st time
attendees. Since I'm one of those, I will be
there with bells on. Look for me during the
conference. I'll be the really short one in
sneakers.
Sincerely,
Laura
Foley
AWSCPA
- Tucson
Affiliate
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Disability
Income Planning
Presented
by: Mary Budzien - Dollarhide Financial
Group, LLC
The
next topic for our upcoming CPE is "Disability
Income Planning". If business owners bring up
the topic of disability, often there is a lot of
misunderstanding about different types of
disability income. CPAs should be able to
consult the business owners and have a
discussion on a variety of insurance information
that is important to the clients, and at the
same time, very frequently misunderstood. Our
speaker Mary Budzien will equip you with
knowledge necessary to handle these discussions
with confidence.
Mary
Budzien has been in practice as a Financial
Advisor since 2001. For the last five
years she has practiced as an associate with the
The Dollarhide Financial Group, LLC, a
MassMutual agency in Scottsdale.
Currently, as a Certified Financial Planner,
Mary works primarily with
entrepreneurially-minded business owners and
professionals. She presents concepts to
her clients that enable them to accumulate,
preserve and distribute assets on a
tax-advantaged basis.
Since the
mid-'80's Mary has supported the Maguire
Entrepreneurship Program at the University of
Arizona with scholarships from her family's
Foundation. For her long-time enthusiasm
and support of this program, she was inducted
into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame
for Entrepreneurship Education. In 2009,
the Financial Times of London ranked the U. of
A. Program #9 in the world for the third year in
a
row. |
Disability
Income Planning
Date
& Time: October 28, 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: McMahon's
Prime Steakhouse, 2959 N Swan
Rd.
(1) Steak
Valdez - Tequila and lime basted steak with
green chile salsa, corn off the cob and flour
tortilla
(2) Shrimp and
Avocado Salad, with mixed greens, yellow
peppers, fresh jalapeno lime
vinaigrette
(3)
The Tucsonan Chicken Sandwich
- Southwestern marinated chicken breast
with green chiles, Monterey jack cheese,
chipotle aioli, lettuce and pico de gallo,
served with fresh fruit
(4)
Grilled Vegetable
Platter
Reservations: Contact
Lisa Gundvaldson at lgundvaldson@cox.net by noon
Friday, October
23rd.
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. |
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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