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Dear Members:
Please join your fellow Akron Chapter Members for the
first meeting of the year. Shirley Calvin
Fellow Akron IMA Members: Summer is at an end, and once again, we will be assembling in order to share information. One of the Directives you have given this Board is to provide interesting and current topics for your education sessions. In our pre-tech session, Danielle Kimmell will be reviewing some of the current changes with FASB, and the FASB Codification. Currently, in manufacturing, there has been an initiative following the Toyota management philosophy of the "Lean Environment". The Lean Enterprise seeks to drive waste from the total enterprise. In September, we will be covering the topic of the Lean Enterprise; Dustin Hostetler of Rea & Associates will be giving us detailed information on Lean Manufacturing and Lean Accounting in the Lean Enterprise. Please join me in September to gain the knowledge of both the current changes with the FASB and the Lean Environment.
It is an honor, and a privilege,
Pre-Technical Session
Danielle Kimmell Her specializations include employee benefit plans, middle-market business services, and agreed-upon procedures/SAS 70. Danielle received a BS in Accounting from the University of Akron. Among her many professional and civic memberships and activities are the following: AICPA, Ohio Society of CPAs, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, American Society of Women Accountants, Leadership Akron Class XXV, Young Professionals of Akron, Chair of Project GRAD Akron 2009-10, Torchbearers, West Hill Neighborhood Organization, Habitat for Humanity, United Way Day of Action, and Keep Akron Beautiful. Danielle was United Way of Summit County Young Philanthropist of the Year for 2009, and won the Greater Akron Chamber's "30 for the Future" 2007 award.
Tangier Restaurant
Dustin Hostetler Dustin Hostetler is a business consultant and Lean Six Master Black Belt for Lean CPA, LLC, a division of Rea & Associates, Inc., a top 100 accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Ohio. He helps clients implement lean and Six Sigma concepts in their office and service functions. Industries where he's applied his talents include manufacturing, retail, food service, and professional services. In addition, he is a pioneer in helping accounting firms apply lean concepts to their unique functions, like tax return and payroll preparation, pension administration, bookkeeping and auditing. Dustin holds a bachelor's degree in finance from The Ohio State University, graduating magna cum laude. He also received his Black Belt and Master Black Belt certificates from Kent State University.
September 16, 2009 All regularly scheduled Wednesday monthly meetings will be held at Tangiers Restaurant except for February 17, 2010 which will be held at The University of Akron Martin Center. Dinner cost for the regular meetings is $25 (or $23 using the Pay Pal option) and $10 per Pre-Tech Session.
There are still two Board positions that need to be filled -- Director, Corporate & Academic Development and Director, Member Attendance & Member Relations. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact any current Board member for information.
IMA Akron Chapter The CMA Review course will return again this fall at the University of Akron through the Continuing Education Department. Please contact the University CED at (330) 972-7577 or Steve Law, IMA Akron Chapter Director of CMA Education (330) 666-8395
Part 3 Strategic Management - September 12 &
19 ; October 3 & 10
Please contact Roy Howarter if you have a job available or are looking for an employment opportunity. Roy Howarter - Akron IMA Employment Director, 1- 800-321-5583
For a complete record of CPE earned at Akron chapter pre-tech, tech session and PD Seminar meetings (from September 2000 through May 2009), go to the chapter website, www.akron.imanet.org, and click on "Events", and then on "CPE History" (bottom of page). The link shows date of meeting, name of speaker, title of presentation, CPE categorization, and number of hours of CPE credit earned.
Annual Program Books for the 2009-10 IMA year should be delivered via bulk mail to chapter members prior to the September 16 tech session meeting. If there is a snag in the production process, copies of the book will be available at the September meeting with other chapter members receiving their books via bulk mail later in September.
IMA Members Save $300 Discount on Registration
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In it's fifth year, the Lean Accounting Summit will come
to Orlando, FL, September 22-23, 2009, helping
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fees.
Best Regards,
President -----------------------------Douglas
Rinearson
The 90th Annual Conference & Expo for the IMA was held this year at a beautiful location: the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel (June 6 - 10). Over the past four years, I attended three IMA Conferences and can honestly say that this was the best of the lot! My perspective may be a bit different from the norm because I am an accounting professor. What I found, similar to the Annual Student Leadership Conference hosted by the IMA, is that the program is jammed- packed with value-added events, interesting presentations, and wonderful opportunities to network with colleagues from literally all over the world.
Highlights of this year's meeting included the
following:
The program itself included the following main
events:
A glance at the program indicates a central theme for
this year's Conference: increasing the personal "ROI"
of each member. As you can see from the above
listing, many of the sessions and presentations
focused on "soft skills," although there were able
sessions that dealt with technical topics (IFRS, Excel,
SOX Section 404, Measuring Risk, etc.) My own sense
is that the IMA delivered on its promise to attendees by
putting together a program that would "advance your
accounting and finance career and (that will)
immediately affect your job performance as well as
your long-term prospects."
Also of personal interest to me was the Saturday
evening event titled IMA Woman's Leadership Forum,
which was organized and delivered by Dr. Sandra
Richtermeyer, CMA, CPA, Xavier University (and IMA
Chair-Elect). This session addressed an important
issue: how to develop the next generation of leaders
for the IMA organization. More specifically, the purpose
of this event was "to encourage increased
engagement of women in IMA programs and
initiatives, through networking, leadership-
development activities, research, advocacy, education,
and more." As a side benefit, by attending this event, I
was able to meet several former IMA chairs and other
executives within the organization. Kudos to Sandy for
organizing this event! Also of special interest to me was the finalist competition for the Student Case Competition. For the past two years, I've served as a "Round One" and a "Round Two" judge in the IMA's Student Case Competition. During these two rounds, selected faculty receive and rate a number of case reports, submitted in DVD format. This year, however, I was able to serve as a judge of the finalist competition. This year's finalist teams were from North Carolina State University, University of Southern Indiana, and Wright State University. Awards for the top two cases as well as a number of other education awards were presented at a separate luncheon held the day of the case competition. If you haven't yet attended the finalist round for the student case competition, I would encourage you to attend next year. I think you will agree with me that the presentations are of superior quality, reflecting a significant time commitment by students and their faculty advisors. I am excited about participating in the 10th Annual Student Leadership Conference (November 5-7, St. Louis, MO) and in the IMA's 91st Annual Conference & Exposition, June 5-9, 2010 (to be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel). In fact, I have been invited by President and CEO Jeff Thomson to be a member of the planning committee for the 2010 Conference. For further information, please visit: www.imaconference.org. I hope to see many of you next year in Baltimore!
David E. Stout
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