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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
What an unbelievable winter this has been in terms of the weather! I am
sorry we had to cancel our January meeting, but we wanted to make sure that
everyone was safe. Luckily we will be able to have our tax update
presentation in February instead of January. It is still timely enough, with
plenty of tax season yet ahead of us. Even if we aren't all directly
involved in tax return preparation, our colleagues and clients may expect us
to keep up to date on the latest changes. Also, our friends and family
members may occasionally ask us for advice!
I
hope that busy season is off to a good start for all of you, and I wish you
much success throughout!
I'll see
you on February 20th for our next dinner meeting.
Your
President,
Laura Ohringer, CPA
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
Date:
Tuesday, February
20th, 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:
Chicken Parmesan with Pasta
Vegetarian
Option:
Cheese Ravioli
with Seasonal Veggies
Dessert: Cheesecake
Reservations:
tinafar@microsoft.com
Phone:
425-703-5748
Deadline: 1:00pm., Thursday,
February 15th
Cancellations are due by 1 pm.,
Monday, February 19th
Standing
reservations do apply
Reminder:
We are charged for all dinners we reserve and will BILL for
non-cancellations.
This Month's Program
Dale Green, Director of Tax, WatchGuard
Technologies
"Federal Tax Update"
Dale will be presenting the
changes to the 2006 personal tax returns as well as mentioning the big items
that will be effecting business taxes for the 2006 year. He will explain the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 and the Pension Protection Act of
2006. He will also speak about fringe benefit rules regarding smart cards,
Section 409A, inflation adjustments for deductions and exemptions, and the
telecom excise tax.
December
Dinner Highlights
Sandra Wright, Personal Coach
"Three Habits of Healthy Women"
Sandra had some life altering experiences that helped
her make significant changes in her personal and professional
life. Over the years, she has successfully transitioned into
several different and fulfilling careers, maintained a
weight loss of nearly 100 pounds for over 10 years, became
financially secure, been married to her best friend for 35
years and raised two remarkable daughters. Sandra focused on
the habits of emotionally healthy women. She suggested taking time each
month, perhaps on the same day in the month as your birthday, and spend time
rejuvenating. She also suggested writing a letter to yourself dated 12
months from now detailing your goals for 2007 as if they already happened.
This type of goal setting and actually seeing your accomplishments in print
are helpful to completing your goals.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HAPPY RETIREMENT TO
SANDRA KITTO
Yes,
Sandy Kitto retired this past September! Sandy most recently was a
partner with Norman & Kitto, PLLC in Bellevue.
Prior to that, she was a principal with Wick Kitto & Company, PS, Touche
Ross (now Deloitte), Melang & Company (now Melang
Hopps & Co).
Sandy received an Associates of Arts Degree from Brevard
Community College in Cocoa, FL and a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration-University of
Washington, She received her CPA designation in 1979 and then received
her CFP designation in 1983.
Sandy has been an ASWA member since 1975 as a student
member of the Seattle Chapter and held various offices and served on
committees.
She was a chartering member of the
Bellevue Chapter and served as the Bellevue Chapter President in 1995.
She helped
start the Shoebox Investors Club and the Eastside Tax Roundtable. The
Bellevue Chapter is fortunate to have her as a member and
her
leadership skills. It's no wonder she was awarded Bellevue's
☺Women of
Achievement in 1998!
Since her retirement she and her husband, Richard has been on the move
visiting Africa and Florida. Sandy...what's on the travel agenda
after Florida??? Those of us that know Sandy...she always has something
going on.
We
wish the best for Sandy and Dick and hope to see Sandy from time to time
at the meetings in between her travels.
Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting
EFWA
Have you checked out the EFWA website lately? We have made some exciting
changes, and there are more in the works. Check us out at:
www.efwa.org.
Here's a simple, easy and free way for you to support EFWA -
give us your e-mail address! We would like to send you our
semi-annual newsletter and other updates electronically. This would
allow more funding to go to our scholarship, leadership training, and other
programs. New donors can provide us their e-mail address right on the donor
envelope. The EFWA will not sell or otherwise distribute your contact
information; it is exclusively for us to contact you.
Please take a couple of minutes to visit us at
www.efwa.org or send us an e-mail at:
info@efwa.org. We would love to hear from you!
Shirley Laird
President
EFWA
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
December 19, 2006
The December 2006 dinner meeting was called to
order at 6:30pm by Past President, Paula Bishop.
Paula Bishop announced the November dessert
auction drew in $3,569 towards the Scholarship and Education Fund.
Liz Pray was acknowledged for arranging and
conducting the Seattle Chapter’s Fall Seminar held on December 8, 2006.
There are two Master Tax Guides available for
purchase.
Kristina Rusnak is looking for two members to
help with the Scholarship committee.
Paula introduced Jana Helmuth, President of the
Seattle Chapter. She announced that their chapter was able to sponsor 25 needy
children for the holidays. There still is a board meeting in January and they
are forming their nominating committee.
Following the announcements, each person in
attendance introduced themselves.
At 7:15pm guest speaker, Sandra Wright spoke on
"Three Habits of Healthy Women".
She is an executive and personal coach, giving
tips on how on to bring out the best in people in whatever they choose to do.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR
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Monday
Tacoma
Chapter |
February 12th - 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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February 20th-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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February 20th-
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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February 28th
- 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 |
March 12th - 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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March 20th-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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March 20th-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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March 28th-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 March
2007
Newsletter
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Sheila Hess
Sheila.hess@comcast.net
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