What You Missed …

MARCH

ADVANCED MICROSOFT EXCEL WORKSHOP

John Hallet is Controller at High Country Passage, a high end Group Tour Provider and an enthusiast Excel power user. Under John’s guidance, we performed many advanced excel functions. John is a member of www.excelmasters.org Bay Area Excel users Group run by users for the benefit of Excel users.

APRIL

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSA)

HSAs are becoming more popular all the time. Darrell Perkins, Senior Director of Sales, Northern California for Sterling HSA™ gave a great session involving an overview of HSAs.
For more information on Sterling HSA and health savings accounts, go to www.sterlinghsa.com.

MAY

After wine tasting, Bobbi Decker, of Bobbi Decker & Associates/Intero Real Estate treated us to a fabulous speech! Bobbi has interviewed successful women and distilled what she has heard over the years to five “nuggets”:

* LACK OF FEAR – write down your greatest fear, it will lose its power
* CAN-DO ATTITUDE
* NO MISTAKES – just learning experiences
* SELF-DEPRECATING SENSE OF HUMOR
* ABILITY TO NAVIGATE CHANGE – most important!

She also had many other pearls of wisdom, but two things resonated: Be True to Yourself and Support One Another. Both things we can do at ASWA!

JUNE

ANDREA MARQUIS, 2008 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT!

From Andrea:

On June 24th, I had the incredible opportunity to attend one of ASWA's meetings. Arriving at the hotel I was incredibly nervous; I was about to receive a scholarship from a recognized group of women, the likes of whom I aspire to be. My nerves vanished the moment I walked into the banquet room. From the first woman I met to the last as I walked out the door, everyone was exceptionally kind and welcoming, reaffirming the fact that this is a group that I want to be a part of. I enjoyed every moment of the evening, from dinner to the installation of the new officers to the keynote speaker's wisdom about being the CFO of a small company. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for honoring me with your scholarship. I hope that in the future I can contribute to the ASWA all that you have contributed to my life.

CONGRATULATIONS, ANDRES!

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What You Can Expect In October…

October 28, 2008 --

Location: The Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara, CA

Time: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Feature: Audits

Speakers: Marie Sternberger, former IRS auditor, Nicole Letellier, auditor with Berger/Lewis Accountant Corporation and Glenda Donate, consultant with Accretive Solutions, Inc.

Networking will begin at 6:00 P.M. with dinner beginning promptly at 7 P.M.

Tickets can be purchased by nonmembers fo $45 at the door. Members can purchase a ticket for $35.

Make a reservation by Friday, September 19th by calling 408 235-0828 to leave a message.

The mission of the American Society of Women Accountants is to enable women in all accounting and related fields to achieve their full personal, professional, and economic potential, and to contribute to the future development of their professions.

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Meet our 30th Anniversary Sponsors

Diamond sponsors: Deloitte Tax, Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, 10 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA 95110, www.pwc.com, Petrinovich & Pugh & Co., LLP, 333 W. Santa Clara St., Ste. 830, San Jose, CA 95113, 408 287-7911, www.ppandco.com, and Robert Half International, 10877 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025, 319 209-6800, Deloitte Tax LLP, deloitte.com

Gold Sponsors: Accretive Solutions, Inc. (formerly Horn Murdock Cole), 2331 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, C www.labhartmiles.com, and Volt Services Group, 25 Metro Drive, Suite 238, San Jose, CA 95110, 408 392-0506, www.volt.com,

Silver Sponsors: Abbott, Stringham & Lynch, 1550 Leigh Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125, 408 377-8700, www.aslcpa.com, ASWA - San Francisco Chapter.