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AUGUST 17, 2005
Meeting
Minutes
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROFESSIONALS-NORTH
TEXAS
CHAPTER
Quarterly meeting was held on August 17, 2005 at the Info
Mart.
There were 65 attendees at this meeting.
Lunch and networking started at
11:00
.
Sandy Champion, President of the NTIAPP Chapter, called the
meeting to order at 11:00 and welcomed the attendees.
Sandy
thanked Dennis Fields of Business Imaging Systems for getting the place to hold
the meeting so quickly and thanked Bryan Szilagyi with PRG-Schultz for providing
lunch for our quarterly meeting.
Introductions were made and non-members were invited to fill
out membership applications.
Chapter business was discussed:
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Education Committee
Update –
Sandy
stated that recertification letters for CAPP had been sent out.
The test must be retaken if certification is not renewed.
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Doris Steffan with Maersk spoke to the group about the CAPA
(Certified Accounts Payable Associate) certification.
This certification is for the associate level individuals.
The cost for testing is $325 for non-members (handbook $63) and $150
for members (handbook $48). The
test can be taken at the remote testing locations.
The first testing window is from October 17th through November 19th.
The second testing window is from March 18th through April
13th. The test has
100 questions and will require 40 credits over a three year period.
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Website Update –
Sandy
stated that the national office was moving the email addresses to a new
server. She reminded everyone to
keep their email addresses updated through the national office.
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Membership Update – Kimberly Addison, Membership Officer,
stated that Resulté has established a scholarship that will provide IAPP
memberships to some of their placement clients, as a marketing effort to
advance the IAPP. She reported
that as of July 26, 2005, the North Texas Chapter of IAPP had 200 members
with 11 new members. The new
members are:
Kevin
Guy, Connolly Consulting Associates Inc
Elsa
Louis, Cash
America
International
Rosie
Nicholson, TDIndustries Ltd
Eric
Nickerson,
Dallas
Independent
School District
Dietra
Nickerson,
Dallas
Independent
School District
Donna
Rampone, PepsiCo/Frito-Lay
Felicia
Smith, Accor North America Corporation
Jean
White, Cash
America
International
Stephen
White, Gelco Information Network
Danielle
Wilborn,
Dallas
Independent
School District
Donna
Williams, Texas Instruments Inc
James
Wright, PBSG
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APA Meeting – July 30th –
Jan Wallace
with Freeman, stated that she and Sandy attended an APA sponsored seminar
featuring Jeff Crilley of FOX 4 News. Jeff
has written a book on how to get free publicity for professional and civic
organizations.
Sandy
asked Jeff Crilley if he would speak at one of our meeting in 2006 and he
agreed.
November 16, 2005 meeting will be hosted by and held at
Allstate Insurance Company. The
discussion topic will be OCR presented by Don Johnson with Allstate.
February
15, 2006 meeting will be hosted by Denise Stackhouse with KPMG and will be
held at KPMG. No topic of discussion has been set.
May 17, 2006 meeting still needs a host, location and topic
of discussion.
August 23, 2006 meeting still needs a host, location and
topic of discussion.
November
15, 2006 meeting still needs a host, location and topic of discussion.
Suggestions
from the group for topics for the 2006 meetings were escheatment, SOX update,
Jeff Crilley as a guest speaker, petty cash, and vendor information.
Sandy Champion, President
Don Johnson, Vice President
Jan Wallace, Secretary
Kim McGee, Historian
Kimberly Addison, Membership
Sandy
stated that Barbara Coakley, not present, is the Webmaster
1099 Outsourcing Presentation
Sandy
introduced Carrie Chambers with
Sabre Inc. Carrie gave an excellent
Power Point presentation on the benefits of outsourcing the annual 1099s.
Her Power Point presentation is attached.
Congratulations to the following people who won door prizes:
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Carrie Chambers, with Sabre-Holdings, won a “Dawn of the
Dead”
DVD
given by Blockbuster, a puzzle given by Sabre-Holdings, coasters given by
TXI
, a clock from Fujitsu, smiley face, pencils, pens, massager, and magnifying
card from IAPP, and a tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Marj Carrington, with Alliance Data Systems, won a baseball
cap given by Freeman, a coffee cup given by Sabre-Holdings, coasters given
by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a calculator given by Carter-Burgess, a note clip
given by Fujitsu, a pen given by DocuData, a smiley face, massager, and
magnifying card from IAPP, and a tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Amanda Dove
,
with Freeman, won a baseball cap given by Freeman, a copy of “Free
Publicity” given by Jeff Crilley-
FOX
4 News Reporter, a note pad and leather travel mug given by Perot Systems, a
pen from DocuData, a finger ball given by Concentra, a clock given by
Fujitsu, a magnifying card from IAPP, and a tote bag given by
Carter-Burgess.
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Charles Hillman, with DFW Hospital Council, won “The
Graduate” DVD given by Blockbuster, a CD holder given by First Choice
Power, a mouse pad with calculator given by DocuData Solutions, a pen given
by Perot Systems, a clock given by Fujitsu, and a magnifying card and tote
bag from IAPP.
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Doris
Steffan, with Maersk, won a shirt from Concentra, a
coffee mug from Resulté Universal, a mini-maglite from Freeman, a cup,
pencil, pen mouse pad, keychain, crocodile clip, badge holder, and note clip
from the City of Denton and Denton TV, a screwdriver, magnifying card, and
tote bag from IAPP.
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Tina Dobbs, with Nextep Inc, won a baseball cap, two manual
fans, two button-down shirts, pens, t-shirt, umbrella in a tote cube, and
other goodies given by Resulté Universal.
The chapter meeting adjourned at
1:00 p.m.
Regards,
Kim McGee
Historian-North
Texas
IAPP Chapter
List
of attendees
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