May 20, 2008 Chapter Meeting 

    4 HOURS OF ETHICS 

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ELECTION 

The Atlantic Chapter will have a meeting in the  month of  May 2008 with 4 hours of Ethics  presented by the FICPA.

MEETING SPONSORS

Regions Bank
Kaela Lerner, Business Banking-Palm Beach
(561) 616-1002
www.regions.com

UBS Financial Services
Donn Sanders AAMS
Financial Advisor & Brokerage Services
donn.sanders@ubs.com
(561) 624-6434
www.ubs.com

Robert Half
Christina Obin, Regional Marketing Manager
christina.obin@RHI.com
www.rhi.com or www.roberthalf.com

Compupay
Janet Torres, Marketing Manager
(954) 874-4800 ext 7625
www.Compupay.com

The MAY meeting will be held at Boca Country Club, 17751 Boca Club Drive,  Boca Raton. 

Directions:  West side of Congress Avenue,1/4 mile North of Clint Moore Road. For more details, click on meeting notice . To make a reservation, email rsvp@atlanticcpas.org.  

RESERVATION 

 TO RSVP IN ADVANCE:

• Pay $125.00 per person if reservation is made after 3/31/08 or No reservation.

Make checks payable to “FICPA Atlantic Chapter”.

                 UPCOMING MEETINGS 2008:
June 17, 2008

July 22, 2008

We welcome your suggestions on the topics and the speakers that are of interest to you and other chapter members. Please contact any of the chapter officers or board members with your ideas and comments.

CHAPTER OFFICER NOMINATIONS:

The Atlantic Chapter nominating Committee has nominated the following officers for the 2008-2009 year. Elections will be held at the May 20, 2008 monthly meeting.

OFFICERS:
President: Michael Bloom
President-Elect: M. Jonathan Gouthro
Secretary: Lynda Borsos
Treasurer: John Makris
CPE Liason: Lynn Fedoriw

DIRECTORS:
Barbara Stone
Jill Brickell
Jim Barnett
Nam Nguyen
Dr. Kay Means
Brett Burgan
Robbie Alekson
Noah Rubin
Tiffany Joswick
David Hexter

According to FICPA Chapter Bylaws, Article VI; Section 5; Any ten Public Practice or Not in Public Practice members of this Chapter may submit supplemental nominations, provided that such nominations be filed with the Secretary at least 20 days prior to the date of the election of officers. Notice of such supplemental nominations shall be mailed by the Secretary to all Public Practice and Not in Public Practice members at least ten days prior to the election of officers.

LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS
Please share with your members your professional achievements, you or your firm’s civic or charitable activities. Email us at news@atlanticcpas.org or call Nam Nguyen at 561-416-1391. We will publish the information based on availability of space and date of receipt.

GET OUT AND VOLUNTEER

All chapter members are encouraged to get involved and make a difference in the future of our profession.  Our area members can make a difference in volunteering to be a High School Coordinator through the FICPA's "Accounting for Success" program.  Many chapter members have already signed up to volunteer their time for this effort, but more coordinators and speakers are still needed at local area high schools.  Find out more information about this worthwhile and rewarding program at www.ficpa.org . Also checkout your fellow Atlantic Chapter members already volunteering listed on the website with the high school they are participating in.

For the latest news headlines, click on Accounting Headlines and it will take you to Electronic Accountant, which is a good news source.

 

SOLE PRACTITIONERS / MAP MEETING 

An informative and lively discussion regarding Management of an Accounting Practice for sole practitioners (or any small CPA firm) is held the First FRIDAY of each month at 8:00AM at the Nestor Bagel, 7050 Palmetto Park Road (in the SW shopping center of 7050 Palmetto Park Road and Powerline).  No reservations are required.  Contact Jeff Coleman is the newly installed director of MAP.  Contact information will be available at the Chapter meeting.

MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER

The Chapter has various costs associated with the monthly newsletter.  In an effort to curtail rising costs, your Board of Directors has decided that the monthly notices will be emailed to the Chapter members.  Please ensure that the FICPA (Tallahassee) has your updated email address.  If the FICPA does not have your email address, a hard copy of the newsletter will be emailed to you.  If you have a particular preference, please contact Member Services at 800-342-3197 (within Florida) of the FICPA or via email msc@ficpa.org.

FAU Student Affiliate Chapter Corner 

Chunyan Tian (Kara), a representative of the Accounting Students Association at F.A.U., invites all students to become more actively involved.   For more information about the organization, please contact Kara via e-mail at karatian@gmail.com

ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter members that would like to advertise on the chapter website may e-mail their advertisements to Ads@Atlanticcpas.org for inclusion.