September 2003

First meeting of the 2003/2004 season

Our September meeting featured Howard Silverstone with Kroll Inc., Financial Risk Consultants.  Howard’s insight into the forensic accounting profession was very informative as well as entertaining. 

Second meeting of the season

NACHA related topics ranked very high on our recent membership survey.  Our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, October 15^th will feature an update on the latest issues surrounding check conversion and truncation.  Rob Hayden and Christine Adkins with KeyBank will present “Changes in the Payment Industry - What it Means to Me”.

December meeting

Due to the AFP annual conference held November 2-5 in New Orleans , we will not hold a November session.  December’s meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 3^rd and will again feature Ann Marie Sabath.  Ann Marie’s presentation at least year’s December meeting received rave reviews.  This year, her presentation is entitled “Avoiding The Most Commonly-Made Faux Pas When Facilitating Meetings And Interviews”  We will be sending you more information on the December meeting in the coming weeks.

Continuing education credits

As we reported last month, the national AFP recently changed the CCM designation to the CTP (Certified Treasury Professional) designation.  We will present more on this change at the beginning of the October meeting.

Continuation of the “Reel In” Membership Drive

We hope to continue expanding our membership base in 2004 and ask that our current members help us to spread the word.  If you refer a qualified referral to become a member of the SWOAFP, you will receive tickets for two and refreshments to the movies (National Amusements).   You can direct interested parties to our membership chairpersons, Rob Brooks or David Miller, or direct them to the website at www.swoafp.org for a membership application and association details.

Proposed by-law changes

We will be asking the membership to approve a number of minor by-law changes relating primarily to member information delivery (e-mail vs. U.S. mail), guest registration, and board indemnification.  Details regarding the change will be presented at the next meeting and can be found at www.swoafp.org.