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The American Society of Women Accountants Bellevue Chapter
gratefully appreciates Robert Half International's sponsorship of this
newsletter.
 
PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
Now that we
are in the final stretch of busy season, and our schedules will hopefully
soon be more reasonable, it is the perfect time to become more involved in
ASWA. At our March 20th dinner meeting, we elected the members of
the Nominating Committee. Our immediate past president, Tina Farmer is the
chair of the committee, and Susan Nelson and Sheila Hess were elected as
committee members. A big thank you to all three of them for accepting this
important role. They will be calling upon members to consider taking on a
Board or committee position for the upcoming fiscal year. There are a
variety of positions available, so I hope you will give it some thought and
find something of interest to you. We will be voting on the new officers and
board members at our May meeting, and the official installation will occur
at our June meeting.
Please feel
free to ask me or any Board member any questions you might have about a
particular position and what is involved. There are also a couple of things
that you need to keep in mind. First of all, any member is a
candidate for the Board, even if you are brand new to the organization. We
always appreciate a fresh perspective and new ideas to keep the chapter
vibrant! Also, our chapter is a very supportive group. We realize and
understand that everyone has competing priorities. Taking on a role requires
some commitment, but keep in mind that you have support from other members
to step up to the plate when necessary and work as a team.
I'll see
you on April 17th for our next dinner meeting.
Your
President,
Laura Ohringer, CPA
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
Date:
Tuesday, April
17th, 2007
Time:
6:00 p.m.
Social Time
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m. Speaker
Cost: $21 members, $25 non members,
$12 Students, $12 First-time Guests
Place: Coast Hotel
Corner of NE 8th St & 116th Ave. NE in Bellevue. Next to the Denny's
Restaurant.
The address is
625 116th Ave. NE,
Bellevue
,
WA
98004
, telephone
#425-455-9444
Menu:
- Meat Option:
Breast of Chicken Dijon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal
Veggies
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Vegetarian
Option:
Veggie
Wrap with Fries or Fresh Fruit
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Dessert: Mango Smoothie
Reservations:
tinafar@microsoft.com
Phone:
425-703-5748
Deadline: 1:00pm., Thursday,
April 12th
Cancellations are due by 1 pm.,
Monday, April 16th
Standing
reservations do apply
Reminder:
We are charged for all dinners we reserve and will BILL for
non-cancellations.
This Month's Program
Linda
Miller-Baldwin, Tax Information Specialist, WA Dept of Revenue
"Business and
Occupation Taxes"
The presentation will cover
the application of business and occupation (B&O) tax as it applies to
businesses engaged in business activities in the state of Washington. The
discussion will cover the general B&O tax classifications and provide more
in depth information relating to the most common B&O tax classifications
(i.e., retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing, service and other
activities). Also discussed will be the application of use tax as it
applies to businesses consumable items and/or supplies. To conclude the
presentation we will cover the Department of Revenues most frequently used
resources available to taxpayer's, accountants, and CPA's covering the use
of the Departments web site.
March
Dinner Highlights
Victor E Overholt,
Investigator, Office of Insurance Commissioner
"Role of Insurance Commissioner"
At our March meeting, we had Victor Overholt address
the issues of insurance. Mr. Overholt explained the ethics and
the role of the Insurance Commissioner. He revealed
important knowledge to have when looking for an insurance agent
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Educational
Foundation for Women in Accounting
is introducing several additional
scholarships this year
for women who are pursuing a degree in
accounting.
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In addition to our ongoing
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- Women In Transition
- Women In Need
- Laurels Fund
we also have several new
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- 2 two-year scholarships
sponsored by KPMG, LLP
- a two-year award to a
student in the State of
Washington,
funded by the Seattle ASWA
Chapter
- a one-year scholarship
provided by a donation from the
Albuquerque ASWA Chapter in
memory of one of their members
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DETAILS AND APPLICATIONS ARE
POSTED ON OUR WEB SITE
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Dinner On US
Have you made a habit of reading our Newsletter?
It keeps you informed of what's new in our chapter.
We've got new members, listing of local, regional and national events.
What's for dinner, guest speakers and member achievements.
Now's your chance to be rewarded for being informed.
The first person who
locates ☺ in this newsletter and emails
me with the correct paragraph/section will receive a
free dinner when attending the
Bellevue Chapter dinner meeting.
(Preceding smiley face in the above phrase is for illustration purposes
only. The 'real' smiley face exist somewhere else in this newsletter)
Yes, there are rules though....
1) The free dinner must be redeemed within 2 dinner meetings from the month
of the newsletter. For example: you saw it in this June Newsletter...you
must redeem it during the June or July dinner meeting.
2) One winner per year, please.
3) Not redeemable for cash and not to exceed the monthly cost of our dinner.
4) Cannot be transferred.
5) Alcohol not included.
6) Have fun !!!
American Society of Women Accountants
Bellevue Chapter No. 159
Monthly Dinner Meeting Minutes
February 20, 2007
CALL TO ORDER: The February 2007 Bellevue
dinner meeting was called to order at 6:36pm by Laura Ohringer, President.
Acting Secretary: Eleanor Siverts-Akerman.
Laura started the meeting announcing the
following events:
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Tacoma Chapter will be celebrating their 50th
anniversary as a chapter on April 16, 2007.
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Spokane Chapter will host the NW Conference
during June 1-2, 2007 in Spokane.
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Tricia (Patricia) Faughnan was presented
with her ASWA membership certificate.
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Bellevue will host the 2008 NW Conference.
Committees will be forming soon.
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The Nominating Committee will be forming
next years Slate of Officers.
Julienne Bollerud announced that she passed the
final session of the CPA exam this past December, sitting only once for each
session. She thanked the membership for the support and guidance while she
studied for the exam. She was our scholarship recipient for the Becker CPA
Review course a couple of years ago.
Each member and guest went around and introduced
themselves. At this time, it was announced that our member, Helen Yu also
passed the CPA exam recently.
Mellany Winters, our program chair introduce our
guest speaker, Dale Green, Director of Tax at WatchGuard Technologies.
Our session for the evening was “Federal Tax Update”. The main topic of
discussion was the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and Tax Relief and Health Care
Act of 2006.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:36pm
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR
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Monday
Tacoma
Chapter |
April 9th - second Monday of the month |
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. |
Social Hour
Dinner |
La Quinta Inn
1425
E.27St.,
Tacoma, WA
Michele Springsteen
before 5 pm Thursday
mspringsteen@brantleyjanson.com
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Tuesday
Bellevue Chapter
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April 17th-third Tuesday of the month |
5:00 p.m. |
Board Meeting
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Coast Bellevue Hotel
625 116th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA
425-455-9444 |
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Tuesday
Bellevue Chapter
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April 17th-
third Tuesday of the
month
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6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Social Time
Dinner
Speaker
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Coast Bellevue Hotel
625 116th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA
425-455-9444 |
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Wednesday
Seattle Chapter
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April 25th
- Fourth Wednesday of the month
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5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Social Time
Dinner
Speaker
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College Club of Seattle
505 Madison
Seattle, WA
206-467-8645
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Monday
Tacoma
Chapter |
May 14th - second Monday of the month
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5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. |
Social Hour
Dinner |
La Quinta Inn
1425
E.27St.,
Tacoma, WA
Michele Springsteen
before 5 pm Thursday
mspringsteen@brantleyjanson.com |
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Tuesday
Bellevue Chapter
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May 15th-third Tuesday of the month |
5:00 p.m. |
Board Meeting
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Coast Bellevue Hotel
625 116th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA
425-455-9444 |
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Tuesday
Bellevue Chapter
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May 15th-third Tuesday of the month
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6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Social Time
Dinner
Speaker
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Coast Bellevue Hotel
625 116th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA
425-455-9444 |
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Wednesday
Seattle Chapter
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May 23rd-Fourth Wednesday of the
month
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6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Social Time
Dinner
Speaker
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College Club of Seattle
505 Madison
Seattle, WA
206-467-8645
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2006-2007
Program Calendar
July
18
Judy Easterbrooks, "Fun
Getaways in Washington State"
August
15
Tassie
Medlin, CMA, CFM, MBA, "QuickBooks: Accounting Software", 1 CPE
September 26
Debbie Allen Oberbillig,
Allen Partners, "Washington Women's Employment and Education", 1 CPE
October 17
Miriam Reiss, President,
"Wisdom at Work", 1 CPE
November 21
Annual Dessert Auction
December 19
Sandra
Wright, "Three Habits of Healthy Women"
Seattle/Bellevue Joint Dinner Meeting-Seattle Hosting,
1 CPE
January 16
Cancelled due to weather
February 20
Dale Green,
Director of Tax, WatchGuard Technologies, "Federal Income
Tax Update", 1 CPE
March 20
Victor E.
Overholt, Investigator, Office of the Insurance Commissioner, "Role of
the Insurance Commissioner, IMA/Bellevue
Joint Dinner Meeting
April 17
Linda
Miller-Baldwin, Tax Information Specialist, Washington State Department
of Revenue, "B&O Taxes", 1 CPE
May 15
Student Night-Scholarship Awards
June 19
Lori J. Segale, Financial Advisor, Waddell and Reed, "Financial
Planning", 1 CPE
Submissions
for May
2007
Newsletter
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Sheila Hess
Sheila.hess@comcast.net
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