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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
Happy New
Year! I hope that all of you enjoyed the holidays and are now energized for
a brand new year. Hopefully we are on our way to better weather. I think we
deserve it after what we've been through recently!
I know that
many of us accountants are heading into some of our busiest months, whether
in private or public accounting, large company or small. Nevertheless, we
should also take time to set some goals (a.k.a. resolutions) to challenge us
in new ways this year. You might want to consider ASWA in your goal setting.
There are many roles you can take on within the organization that are very
rewarding and can also provide valuable experience that can be applied to
your career or personal lives. What better place to take on a challenge,
than in a friendly ☺ and supportive environment! This spring we will be
seeking nominations for next year's board and committee positions, so I
encourage you to give it some thought.
Our next
dinner meeting will be on January 16, and the speaker will provide us with a
tax update. I hope to see many of you there for that timely topic!
Your
President,
Laura Ohringer, CPA
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
Date:
Tuesday, January
16th, 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: White Cake
Reservations:
tinafar@microsoft.com
Phone:
425-703-5748
Deadline: 1:00pm., Thursday,
January 11th
Cancellations are due by 1 pm.,
Monday, January 15th
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.
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
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
November 21, 2006
The November 2006 dessert auction was called to
order at 6:40pm by Laura Ohringer, President.
Laura Ohringer officially announced that the
time line for the silent dessert auction will close at 7:30pm
Elizabeth Pray, Immediate Past President of the
Seattle Chapter was our official auctioneer for the evening.
Many members brought in home baked and purchased
dessert items for the silent auction, which filled 2 classroom size tables.
There were 7 cakes for the live auction. Many
of the live auction bids were over $300 for each cake.
The proceeds of the dessert auction will benefit
the Scholarship Fund and the Education Fund.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm.
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR
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Monday
Tacoma
Chapter |
January 8th - 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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January 16th-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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January 16th-
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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January 24th
- 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 |
February 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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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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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
Dale Green,
Director of Tax, WatchGuard Technologies, "Federal Income
Tax Update", 1 CPE
February 20
March 20
Victor E.
Overholt, Investigator, Office of the Insurance Commissioner, "Role of
the Insurance Commissioner, IMA/Bellevue
Joint Dinner Meeting
April 17
May 15
Student Night-Scholarship Awards
June 19
Lori J. Segale, Financial Advisor, Waddell and Reed, "Financial
Planning", 1 CPE
Submissions
for February
2007
Newsletter
Bellevue+
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
Sheila Hess
Sheila.hess@comcast.net
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