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August
23, 2006
Meeting
Minutes
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROFESSIONALS-NORTH
TEXAS
CHAPTER
Quarterly meeting was held on August 23, 2006 at Sabre-Holdings, in
Southlake
,
Texas
.
Lunch and networking started at 11:00 a.m.
Sandy Champion, President of the NTIAPP Chapter, called the meeting to
order at 11:00 a.m.
Sandy
thanked Beverly Johnston with Sabre-Holdings for hosting and Don Johnson with
Allstate Insurance for providing lunch for our quarterly meeting.
Introductions were made and non-members were invited to fill out
membership applications.
Don Johnson, Vice President of the NTIAPP Chapter, reported that the
North Texas Chapter of IAPP currently has 217 members.
Mimi Braziel with Snelling Professional Services, Shannon Burgess with
Wall Homes Inc,
Gloria Ealy with Northrop Grumman Corporation and Steve Hamilton with
Sears Holdings Corporation.
Jan Wallace, Secretary of the NTIAPP Chapter, introduced our guest
speaker, Jeff Crilley with FOX 4 News, he gave an excellent presentation on
“How to Get Positive News Coverage”. Darlene
Waggoner with Allstate and Dennis Fields with Business Imaging Systems, received
a copy of Jeff Crilley’s book, Free Publicity.
Chapter Business:
Independent Contractor Reporting
Jan Wallace reported that
Texas
now wants an Independent Contractor report like the
California
to ensure that child support is being paid by Independent Contractors.
Jan stated that Freeman is trying to see if the company could piggyback
the payroll report that is currently being used or possibly outsource the
report. Jan handed out a list of
important information concerning the Texas
Independent Contractor Reporting.
Education Committee & CAPA Update
Melvina Floyd, member of the IAPP Education Committee, reported there
were currently 459 CAPPs and 42 CAPAs . The
Fall window for taking the certification test is October 30th through
November 24th. Melvina
also reported that the Department of Defense had chosen the CAPA as a pilot for
their accounting personnel. That possibly be 700 people that would be required
to pass the CAPA. Melvina also
reported that the new IAPP Magazine would be mailed on Monday.
Upcoming
Dallas
courses – www.goodmanassociates.net
Sandy
reported that Goodman had a Fraud seminar coming up that would be interesting.
Sandy
also stated to visit his website for other seminars.
2006 IAPP Forum – CD
Sandy
wanted to make sure that everyone that attended the 2006 Forum received their
CD.
2007 IAPP Workshop Registration
Sandy
stated that the deadline for doing a workshop at the 2007 IAPP Forum was August
26, 2006.
Sandy
stated that she and Amanda Dove with Freeman were going to do the TIN matching
workshop.
2007 IAPP Forum Committee Update
Sandy
stated that the 2007 Forum would be May 13-17, 2007 and that it should be the
biggest conference because of the location being in the middle of the country.
Dennis Field, Chairperson of the 2007 IAPP Forum Committee, reported that
we had a total of $334.34 in contributions from the members.
He stated that Dana Halter with Kofax was looking into contributing to
the open house. He stated that we
needed to get more companies to commit to contributing.
Jan Wallace stated that Freeman would probably donate the welcoming sign.
North Texas
IAPP Officers Election in November
Sandy
stated that the officer’s election would be in November to serve January 1,
2007 through December 31, 2008, start thinking if anyone would like to serve as
an officer. The list of officers and
duties were handed out.
Potential Speaker
Sandy
stated that Chris Doxey, CAPP, CCSA, VP of Account Management with APEX Analytix
has offered to come and give an hour presentation on various topics.
- SOX
404
- Internal
Controls
- Change
Management
- Financial
Architecture and Transformation
- Finance
Process Integration
- Procure
to Pay Metrics
- Finance
Supply Chain
- Controls
Self-Assessment Processes
- Project
Management
Consensus was to ask Chris to come and speak at the November 15th
meeting about Internal Controls and Controls Self-Assessment Processes.
2006
North Texas
Chapter Meeting
Next meeting will be November 15th hosted by and lunch
provided by Freeman Companies. With
Chris Doxey possibly speaking, the topics of petty cash and web invoicing were
put on hold.
2007
North Texas
Chapter Meetings(Tentative)
February 21, 2007
May 23, 2007
August 22, 2007
November 14, 2007
Sue Hoyer announced that Office Depot was hosting Frank Abagnale at the
Gaylord Texan in Grapevine
Texas
, September 7th. She gave
the website to sign up if anyone wanted to attend.
Congratulations to the following people who won door prizes:
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Jan Wallace, with Freeman, won a curling iron, hair dryer, WhiteLight
Tooth Whitening System, cape, apron and small zippered portfolio given by
Sally Beauty.
-
Colette Wong, with the City of
Denton
, won a Denton Stars cap,
Denton
bike racing cap and backpack,
Denton
yoyo,
Denton
coozie, DTV cup, pen pencil, keychain, Denton Water crocodile clip, note
holder, badge holder, and a mouse pad given by the City of
Denton
.
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Betty Atkins, with Hunt Oil, won an IAPP Polo shirt, large and small
notepads with pens, massager, smiley face, 3 pens, manicure set and tote bag
given by IAPP.
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Lorrie Ransom, with SPX Corporation, won a travel mug, tote bag and
keychain from Carter Burgess, a pen, large zipper portfolio, and solar
calculating ruler from PRG and a cap from Sabre Holdings.
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Elsa Louis, with Cash America, won a mouse pad with wrist pad, 2 pens,
squeeze ball, chocolate coins, coffee mug, circular sticky note pads,
calculator, and tote bag from Nextep.
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Sandy Champion, with Snelling, won a squeeze ball, long sleeved shirt,
small bag, medical kit, mouse pad, twisty thing, and post it paper from
Concentra, paper and pen from Perot Systems and a tote bag from Wyndham
International.
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Melvina Floyd, Twin Sisters Candies, won an IPOD from Kofax.
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Dennis Fields, with Business Imaging Systems, won a bag of candy from
Brittle Twins Candies.
-
Mona Botros, with Bowne, won a bag of candy from Brittle Twins Candies.
-
Melanie Beard, with the City of
Denton
, won a bag of candy from Brittle Twins Candies.
The chapter meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Regards,
Kim McGee
Historian-North
Texas
IAPP Chapter
List of
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