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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Happy Fall Everyone!
What a wonderful topic we had at our August meeting, regarding the importance of sleep. With the wonderful long days that are still holding on as we approach the beginning of September, I must confess, I haven’t been diligent enough to put Dr. Darley’s suggestions into practice. I hope each of you that attend, found the presentation helpful in your own lives and were able to share this knowledge with you loved ones.
A few quick reminders:
- October 19-21 National Conference in LAS VEGAS
- The Chapter encourages its members to attend and sets money aside to help pay for part of our members’ conference fees and airfare.
- There are many CPE classes to choose from each day (4 accounting tracks: Accounting & Auditing, Controllership, Personal & Professional Development and Tax).
- Scholarship deadlines and student night are coming up (please see scholarship link for deadlines and current speaker link for upcoming meeting agendas).
I look forward to seeing you all in September.
Sincerely,
Holly Smith
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
| Date: | September 15th, 2009 |
| Time: | 6:00-6:30 Social Hour 6:30-7:15 Dinner 7:15-8:15 Speaker Session |
| Cost: | $24 members, $28 non-members, $15 first time guests, $15 Students, $5 program only Cash or check only, please. |
| Place: | Coast Bellevue Hotel 625 116th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 Hotel telephone 425-455-9444 Corner of NE 8th St & 116th Ave. NE in Bellevue. Next to the Denny's Restaurant. |
| Menu: | Regular Meal: London Broil - Marinated and grilled Flank Steak with a Mushroom Sauce, served with Swedish Potatoes and fresh seasonal Vegetables Vegetarian Option: Ravioli or Tortellini - Cheese Ravioli or Cheese Tortellini with Sun Dried Tomato Basil Cream, served with fresh seasonal Vegetables and Garlic Bread Dessert: Lemonberry Zinger - Vanilla cake garnished with a delicious lemon mousse, decorated with a lemon glaze and blueberries; all wrapped in a decorative almond cake OR: Fresh Seasonal Fruit - Served in Champagne Glass with whipped Cream |
| Reservations: | Jessica Dreier jessorca@gmail.com 425-248-3494 Deadline: 1:00 pm, Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Cancellations are due by 5:00pm, Friday, September 11th, 2009 Standing Reservations Apply |
| Reminder: | We are charged for all dinners we reserve and must bill for non-cancellations |
SEPTEMBER SPEAKER: : Becky Pendleton Reid
Topic: The current stock market and banking industry
BECKY PENDLETON REID, Vice President, has provided strategic IR counsel to over 30 client companies. She has written and produced numerous presentations for IPO roadshows and for presentation to the New York Society of Security Analysts. Ms. Reid has 15 years of securities industry experience, including 6 years with Shearson Lehman and Merrill Lynch. Prior to her work as a stockbroker, she was Asst. Manager of Public Relations for Baskin Robbins Intl. where she was responsible for national publicity, media events, new product promotion and consumer relations. Ms. Reid holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Washington and Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.
AUGUST SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS
Catherine Darley, ND is a licensed naturopathic physician in Washington state and was our guest speaker. If we do not get enough sleep then performance suffers, so a good nights sleep is essential. She explained the different stages of 3 stages of sleep and the sleep patterns during the REM (rapid eye movement) stages.
The three consciousness of non-REM sleep is 1) light sleep is first where you drift in and out, then 2) eye movement slows down, then 3) deep sleep, where brain waves are very slow and this is the repairing stage. REM sleep is towards the end, where most dreams take place.
Dr Darley, mentioned the 3 most common sleep disorders....sleep apnea, insomnia and sleep deprivation. Performance suffers when you do not sleep well. Driving, cognitive thinking, physical and emotional performance is affected. Hormones also affect sleep patterns for women.
She gave us tips on how to prepare to get a good night sleep:
- First, turn your mind off before you go to bed. Write down those ‘to do’ list.
- Take 15 minutes before bed to go over how your day went or journalize them before going to bed.
- Set a sleep schedule that allows adequate sleep time. Adults need 8-9 hours.
- If you are not spending enough time in bed, move your bedtime earlier in 15 minute intervals every 5 days or so until you wake up on your own.
- Go to bed and get up at the same time each day including weekends. This allows your body rhythm to be “entrained” to those times.
- Create a quiet dark, cool bedroom. Temperatures below 65 degrees is best.
- Do not watch TV in the bedroom and ideally have the computer in another room.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are no announcements at this time.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
| Monday Tacoma Chapter |
September 14th- Second Monday of the Month | 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. |
Social Hour Dinner |
La Quinta Inn 1425 E. 27 St. Tacoma, WA Before 5pm Thursday Jonna Mertens 253-942-3550 reservations@aswatacoma.org |
| Tuesday Bellevue Chapter |
September 15th- Third Tuesday of the Month | 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m. |
Social Hour Dinner Speaker |
Coast Bellevue Hotel 625 116th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 425-455-9444 |
| Wednesday Seattle Chapter |
September 23rd- Fourth Wednesday of the Month | 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. |
Social Time Dinner Speaker |
Rainier Golf & Country Club 11133 Des Moines Memorial Dr S Seattle, WA 98168 206-467-8645 |
2009-2010 SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Tentative
July 21, 2009-Planning Meeting
August 18, 2009- Dr. Catherine Darley from the Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine” Improving your job performance by optimizing sleep.
September 15, 2009- Becky Pendleton Reid, VP The Cereghino Group – The current stock market and banking industry
October 20, 2009- Student Night, Next-Level Leadership – Debrenna Gandy Jackson
November 17, 2009- Dessert Auction
December 15, 2009- Joint meeting with Seattle, award scholarship winners-In Seattle
January 19, 2010- Tax Update
February 16, 2010- FBI, Internet Security
March 16, 2010- Wayne Borkowski: FASB codifications (Joint meeting with IMA- at Coast Bellevue Hotel)
April 20, 2010- The Mortgage Industry-Choice Lending
May 18, 2010- Email etiquette - Dr. Julie Miller
June 15, 2010- IRA vs Roth
POSTING INFORMATION
Submissions for the October 2009 Newsletter
Bellevue+ Addition must be received by
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Lindsey Miller
lindseyb414@hotmail.com
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