Corpus Christi Chapter / TSCPA

Corpus Christi Newsletter Archive | January 2006

Monday, Dec. 26, 2005

January 2006

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 46

Topics

Features

TSCPA Tip Sheet

In This Issue...

President's Letter

Join us for the January Luncheon

Leadership Slate Announced for 2006-2007

Let a Student Shadow You

Financial Literacy

Feature Articles

President's Letter

The Chapter will once again be sponsoring the “CPA’s On Call” program during the tax season. We are grateful for Leah Wiggins taking on the task of chairing this committee this year. If anyone would like to volunteer to participate in this event, please contact Chapter Executive Director, Darlene Young. We need as many volunteers for this event as we can get.

The Chapter Board has also begun planning the 2006 CPE Conference and we would like to have new committee members. We are currently discussing new and different ways to put on the conference and we welcome any and all input from Chapter members. The Chapter Board has also discussed the possibility of holding another Scholarship Golf Tournament in late April or May. If anyone has an interest in chairing or sitting on these committees, please contact Darlene.

The Chapter’s next scheduled luncheon will be held on Friday, January 20. As she’s done throughout the year, Diane DeCou has once again brought in a great speaker with an interesting topic, so please be sure to register early. I hope to see many of you there.

And again, good luck with your upcoming busy season!

Sincerely,

Lupe Valdez

Join us for the January Luncheon
Friday, January 20, 2006

Join us for the January Luncheon when our speaker will be Raj Raju with SmartBridge, LLC. The topic will be "Controlling IT Cost by Leveraging a Global Delivery Model”. Register early, you don't want to miss this one.

Leadership Slate Announced for 2006-2007
The Chapter Nominations Committee announces the proposed slate of Officers and Directors for the fiscal year 2006-2007. Members of the Nominations Committee are Patrick McVay, Leah Wiggins, Ron McGee, Donna Painshab, Penn Thomas. Ex-Officio members are Guadalupe Valdez and Diane DeCou.

Nominees to be presented for election at the January 20, 2006 Annual Chapter Lunch Meeting are:

Officers

President - Diane DeCou

President Elect - Jerry Spence

Vice-President – Andrew McMillan

Secretary/Treasurer – Neal VanZante

Chapter Directors
2 year term 06-2008 - Kathleen White
1 year term 06-2007 – Sharon Kollaja
1 year term 06-2007 – Kathryn Funk-Baxter

State Director
3 year term 06-2009 – Kathy Kirk

Nominating Committee
One public - Leah Medine
One nonpublic – Susie Infante

Current term of office:
Immediate Past President:
Guadalupe F. Valdez

Chapter Director
2 year term 05-2007 Cathy Franco

State Director
3 year term 04-2007 Tommy Strealy

TSCPA TIP SHEET

Let a Student Shadow You

For students, Job Shadowing can become the link between academics and careers. For employers, it offers both an introduction to the employees of tomorrow and the opportunity to help students explore career options – and to share what it will take to achieve their goals.

Members in industry are especially encouraged to participate, not only to benefit their employers, but also to expose students to the wide variety of job responsibilities available to them as CPAs in the world of business.

All it takes is a willingness to arrange for a few students to visit your work site so they can see how the real world works. Get all the info you need, click here www.jobshadow.org and find out how to sign up.

Financial Literacy
Money Management U. is TSCPA's new workplace financial literacy initiative. You can provide the program's free personal finance materials to your company employees or clients. Materials include articles for internal newsletters and company intranets, table tents for break rooms, flyers, paycheck inserts, and speeches and PowerPoint presentations for employee seminars. To download the free resources, visit www.tscpa.org and click on the Money Management U. logo.