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Meeting
Minutes
INTERNATIONAL
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROFESSIONALS-NORTH
TEXAS
CHAPTER
Quarterly
meeting held on
May 18, 2005
. There were 40 attendees at this
meeting.
Lunch
and networking started at
11:00
.
Don
Johnson, Vice President of the NTIAPP Chapter, called the meeting to order at
11:00
. Don stated that Sandy Champion,
President, was out of town on business. Don
welcomed the attendees. Don thanked
Melanie Beard of the City of
Denton
and staff for facilitating the meeting and Mike
Gillen with Kelly Financial Resources for providing lunch for our quarterly
meeting.
Kathy
DeBose, Assistant City Manager of
the City of
Denton
, welcomed us to their city. She
stated that the Accounts Payable department is a very important department in an
organization. An Accounts Payable
Department holds the role of mediators, private investigators, counselors,
helping vendors, etc. She stated
that she takes her hat off to Accounts Payable professionals!
Don
reported that as of
April 18, 2005
, the North Texas Chapter of IAPP had 191 members with 8 new members.
The new members are Melanie Beard, City of Denton, Phil Berkebile,
Austin-Tertra, Jay Goldstein, Stellent Inc., Kathleen Hodges, Martin Sprocket
& Gear Inc, Veta Holt, Brinker International, Jamie Hyatt, Raytheon Company,
Ken Slaughter, Sally Beauty Company, Inc, and
Amy Way, Martin Sprocket & Gear Inc.
Introductions
were made and non-members were invited to fill out membership applications. Virginia
Doyle and Jeanette Arrington both from Douglass Distributing stated that they
were members but were not on our list yet.
Mike
Gillen, with Kelly Financials, thanked the Local Chapter of IAPP for allowing
Kelly Financials host the meeting. He
introduced Brandon Newsom with Kelly Financials also a member of our local
chapter. Mike stated that Kelly
recognizes the changes in the AP world and continue look for ways to enhance the
workforce. He stated that Kelly
Financials has partnered with AARP leveraging for retired individuals to stay in
the workforce on a temporary status.
Don
Johnson introduced Deborah Carter to discuss Offshoring Accounts Payable.
Deborah stated that she enjoyed being involved with the local chapter of
IAPP and the members, going to the conferences and seeing everyone.
Deborah stated that she was no longer with
TXU
and the reason she was at the meeting was to discuss Offshoring Accounts
Payable to Krakow
Poland
. Timeline of Events is attached.
Deborah stated that she didn’t hate it as much for her, but for her
people. She stated that the
Krakow
people caught on very quickly and it seemed to be working.
She stated that she had spoken to one of
TXU
’s vendors and he stated that the invoices were being paid, but there wasn’t
the personal feeling and contact like it use to be.
She felt like a major factor in the decision was that people in
Krakow
starting salary is $18,000 a year. Deborah
stated that she didn’t hold any hard feelings, that it was business.
Click here for a copy of the presentation.
Chapter
business was discussed:
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Education Committee Update - Melvina
Floyd, member of the Education Committee, reported that in the Spring CAPP
window 57 candidate took the test 38 passed.
She said it has been an approximate 73% passing ratio as in the past.
The Fall window for taking the CAPP exam was October 17th
through November 19th and there were 200 sites throughout the
US
. Melvina also stated that Pat
Bowton, IAPP Education Manager, was organizing an item writing team to be
conducted on-line if anyone was interested.
She also stated that hopefully the handbooks for the CAPA would be
ready in the fall of this year.
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Website
Update - Don stated that Barbara Coakley, Webmaster, was traveling on
business and could not attend the meeting.
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Membership
Update – Don stated that Kimberly Addison, Membership Officer, could not
attend the meeting. He restated
that the current membership was at 191 not counting the two new members in
attendance that were not on the list.
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2005 IAPP
Forum –
San Diego
–
April 24-28, 2005
– Don asked for a show of hands that attended the forum.
As usual, the North Texas Chapter was well represented.
Betty Atkins, with Hunt Oil, stated that the handbook of the vendors
that was received at the forum was very useful.
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2006 IAPP
Forum –
Orlando
May 7 through 11, 2006 – Don stated to make sure everyone marked their
calendars for next year’s forum.
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A/P
Recognition Week – October 17 – 21, 2005 – Don stated the National
office has different items for sale for the recognition week.
Go to their website for information.
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2005
Meeting
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August
17, 2005 meeting will be hosted by PRG-Schultz, to be held at Allstate.
Don Johnson and staff will discuss OCR.
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November
16, 2005 meeting will be hosted by Sally Beauty Supply, to be held at
KPMG. No topic or discussion has been set.
Congratulations
to the following people who won door prizes:
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Kelly
Financials gave everyone a basketball.
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Denise
Stackhouse, with KPMG, won a $50 gift certificate on QuickGifts.com &
T-shirt from Resulte Universal, and a tote bag given by Wyndham
International.
-
Tina
Ben-Meir, with the City of
Grapevine
, won a backpack from KPMG, a travel mug from Trammell Crow Company and a
tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Darlene
Myers, with Perot Systems, won a mousepad and coasters from DocuData,
T-shirt from Resulte Universal, pen and bag clip from PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
a key chain from Carter-Burgess, a hairbrush from Sally’s Beauty and a
tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Yolanda
Quevedo, with Alliance Data Systems, won a $10 On the Border gift
certificate from Brinker, a clock from Fujitsu, a T-shirt from Travelocity,
a CD Holder from First Choice and a tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Louise
Costa, with Concentra, won a travel mug from Carter Burgess, a
DVD
“Secret Agent” Alfred Hitchcock Collection from Blockbuster, a T-shirt
from Resulte Universal, a pen from Kofax, a magnetic clip from Fujitsu and a
tote bag given by Wyndham International.
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Jeanette Arrington, with Douglass Distributing, won peanut brittle and
pralines from Brittle Twin Candies.
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Virginia
Doyle, with Lone Star/Douglass, won peanut brittle and pralines from Brittle
Twin Candies.
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Bev
Johnston, with Sabre, won a City of
Denton
goodie cup full of pens, mouse pad, key chain and other items, from the City
of
Denton
.
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Darlene
Waggoner, with Allstate Insurance, won a City of
Denton
goodie cup full of pens, mouse pad, key chain and other items, from the City
of
Denton
.
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Amanda
Roberts, with Carter & Burgess, won a City of
Denton
goodie cup full of pens, mouse pad, key chain and other items, from the City
of
Denton
.
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Sue
Hoyer, with Oxy Inc, won a City of
Denton
goodie cup full of pens, mouse pad, key chain and other items, from the City
of
Denton
.
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Marj
Carrington, with Alliance Data Systems, won a City of
Denton
goodie cup full of pens, mouse pad, key chain and other items, from the City
of
Denton
.
The
chapter meeting adjourned at
12:58 p.m.
Regards,
Kim McGee
Historian-North
Texas
IAPP Chapter
Click
here for a list of attendees
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