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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
Spring is
in the air, and this is a very exciting time at ASWA with many things
happening (besides busy season!) The Nominating Committee will soon be
recruiting new Board and Committee members for the upcoming fiscal year
(July, 2007-June, 2008). You should be receiving a description of all of the
positions, so you can get an idea of the many areas in which you can help. I
hope that you can see the great potential for you to be able to shape the
future of our chapter. It is a great learning experience and truly
rewarding!
On June 1
and 2, the Spokane chapter will be hosting the Northwest Regional Conference
at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park in Spokane. I hope many of you will
consider attending. This conference is always very educational and fun, and
is a good opportunity to meet and network with other accountants from our
own region.
By the way,
next year, in Spring of 2008, it will be the Bellevue chapter's turn to host
this conference. We really need to start working on this right now, since
planning an event of this caliber takes a great deal of time and advance
preparation. We are currently putting together a committee of people to work
specifically on this project. There are many tasks which will need to be
accomplished - reserving a venue, scheduling various speakers and topics for
the event, planning social events and lunches, recruiting members to work
during the event, etc. This project opens up many opportunities, even for
people with limited free time.
I'll see
you on March 20th for our next dinner meeting.
Your
President,
Laura Ohringer, CPA
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
Date:
Tuesday, March
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
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WA
98004
, telephone
#425-455-9444
Menu:
Meat Option:
Roasted
Pork Loin with Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Veggies
Vegetarian
Option:
Vegetable
Fettuccine with Garlic Bread and Grated Parmesan
Dessert: Lemonberry Zinger
Reservations:
tinafar@microsoft.com
Phone:
425-703-5748
Deadline: 1:00pm., Thursday,
March 15th
Cancellations are due by 1 pm.,
Monday, March 19th
Standing
reservations do apply
Reminder:
We are charged for all dinners we reserve and will BILL for
non-cancellations.
This Month's Program
Victor E Overholt,
Investigator, Office of Insurance Commissioner
"Role of Insurance Commissioner"
Please join us at our March meeting when we will have Victor Overholt address
the issues of insurance. Mr. Overholt will explain the ethics and
the role of the Insurance Commissioner. He will also reveal
important knowledge to have when looking for an insurance agent.
December
Dinner Highlights
Dale Green, Director of Tax, WatchGuard
Technologies
"Federal Tax Update"
At our February meeting, Dale presented the
changes to the 2006 personal tax returns as well as mentioning the big items
that effect business taxes for the 2006 year. He explained the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 and the Pension Protection Act of
2006. He spoke about fringe benefit rules,
Section 409A, inflation adjustments for deductions and exemptions, and the
telecom excise tax.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW
CPA'S
Congratulations to the following Bellevue Chapter members
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who recently
passed all sections of the CPA exam:
Julienne Bollerud
Helen Yu
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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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- Women In Transition
- Women In Need
- Laurels Fund
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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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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 |
March 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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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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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 |
April 9th - 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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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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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 April
2007
Newsletter
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Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Sheila Hess
Sheila.hess@comcast.net
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