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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
I
enjoyed attending the ASWA National Conference in Las Vegas last month. The
National Conference is always exciting, educational, and inspirational as
well, with so many accomplished women in attendance. It is a great
opportunity for networking and exchanging ideas, in addition to earning lots
of CPE. Five of us from the Bellevue chapter were in attendance, and a few
of us attended the Annual Business Meeting, which is always an interesting
experience. While there were no new By-Law Amendments to be passed, there
was still a great deal of material to cover - for example, electing members
of next year's National Nominating Committee, reviewing the ASWA Annual
Report, recognizing chapters and individuals for member recruitment and
retention achievements, and recognizing long-time members, as well as
first-time attendees. Next year's National Conference will be held in
Orlando, Florida in October, 2007, and I encourage all members to start
thinking about it now. It is truly a worthwhile experience!
Start working up a sweet tooth! ☺
The ASWA Bellevue Dessert Auction is
November 21st. This is an all-important meeting to raise money for our
Scholarship Fund and our Member Education Fund. Unless otherwise
designated, the proceeds are split half and half between the Scholarship
Fund, which helps students pursuing an accounting degree and also the Member
Education Fund, which helps lower the costs of regional and national
conferences for any member who wishes to attend. This meeting is lots of
fun, and family members and friends are welcome to attend this event. If
they haven't attended before, the cost is only $12 as a first time
guest. There will be many irresistible desserts to choose from! Start
thinking now about who you would like to invite.
Our next
dinner meeting will be held on October 17th, and it will be a
joint meeting with the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants). Hope to
see you all there!
Your
President,
Laura Ohringer, CPA
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
Date:
Tuesday, October
17th, 2006
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:
Broiled Chicken with seasonal
veggie and baby reds
Vegetarian option:
Pasta Primavera
Both served with tossed green salad, fresh rolls, and coffee or tea.
Dessert: Carrot Cake
Reservations:
tinafar@microsoft.com
Phone:
425-703-5748
Deadline: 1:00pm., Thursday,
October 12th
Cancellations are due by 1 pm.,
Monday, October 16th
Standing
reservations do apply
Reminder:
We are charged for all dinners we reserve and will BILL for
non-cancellations.
This Month's Speaker
Mariam Reiss, Master Certified Coach, President, Wisdom at
Work
"Communications Makeover:
5 Jumpstart Strategies for
Getting Bigger, Better Results with Clients, Vendors and Office Staff"
Miriam Reiss is the President of
Spirited Marketing, a marketing and career coach who helps professional
women get past their "niceness" and work more effectively, so they get the
salary, perks and other goodies that life's banquet has to offer. Miriam's
clients have ranged from Microsoft and the Washington Society of CPA's to
CEO's, cartoonists, and culinary experts. Former Board Advisor to the
Women's Business Exchange and Past President of the International Coach
Federation's local chapter, Miriam holds a bachelors degree from Cornell
University, and masters degrees from Columbia University and Peace
Theological Seminary, where she is completing her doctorate.
Miriam's female CPA clients say
that inside their hearts lurks the capacity to have serious fun -- and the
ability to think with more imagination and intuition than their bosses might
appreciate.
.
September
Dinner Highlights
Debbie Allen Overbillig, Allen
Partners
"Washington Women's Employment & Education"
The mission of WWEE is to assist low-income individuals to gain the skills,
the knowledge, and the courage to be self-supporting. One of the many ways
we assist our clients towards self-sufficiency and employment is through our
clothing boutique. Dressing our clients for success helps build their
confidence so they can get that job! See below for information on clothing
donations to the Washington Women's Employment and Education.
For the latest and most detailed info, check out
www.wwee.org.
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 !!!
MARK
YOUR CALENDAR
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Monday
Tacoma
Chapter |
October 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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October 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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October 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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October 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 |
November 13th - 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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November 21st-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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November 21st-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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November 29th-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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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
Seattle/Bellevue Joint Dinner Meeting-Seattle Hosting,
1 CPE
January 16
"Federal Income
Tax Update", 1 CPE
February 20
March 20
IMA/Bellevue
Joint Dinner Meeting
April 17
May 15
Student Night-Scholarship Awards
June 19
Submissions
for November
2006
Newsletter
Bellevue+
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Sheila Hess
Sheila.hess@comcast.net
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