On Deck: Sports Night!

By Joelyn Carr-Fingerle, CPA

First, a big thank you to Tom Bret and the ABC Night Committee for their hard work, which resulted in a most successful event Sept. 29. And thank you to everyone who attended. You missed a great networking opportunity if you were not at this mixer for attorneys, bankers and CPAs. It was a sold-out, standing-room-only event with food, drink and many business cards changing hands. Our sponsors were marvelous this year and included some new players in addition to our usual firms. Thanks to: Archer Norris PLC; Armanino McKenna LLP; Bowles & Verna LLP; Bridge Bank; Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP; Community Bank of the Bay; Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP; Fremont Bank; GALLINA LLP; Heritage Bank; Johnston, Gremaux & Rossi LLP; Littler Mendelson PC; McNamara, Dodge, Ney, Beatty, Slattery, Pfalzer, Borges & Brothers LLP; Mechanics Bank; Morgan Miller Blair LC; Oto Bailey Fukumoto & Mishima, Inc; Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co. LLP; Wells Fargo Advisors and the San Francisco Business Times. We really appreciate your support of this networking event, the profits of which benefit our chapter’s scholarship fund.

October gives us a little break for a deep breath now that the individual tax filing season is (almost) over. Kids are back in school. Football has started. Hockey has started. Basketball is even gearing up, and it is closer to World Series time for baseball. That means it is Sports Night at our next chapter meeting.

Last year we had a sports broadcaster talk about the state of professional sports in the Bay Area. This year chapter members Brad Holsworth and Scott Haislet have honed in on baseball, and we are in for a treat. They have arranged for Paul Zuvella, a retired major league player and a minor league coach, to address our chapter. He will give us his insights about professional baseball and what his life was like as an infielder with the Braves, Yankees, Indians and Royals. You may have caught Paul on Comcast Sports, where he has been an analyst for some of the A’s games. Paul also will give us his take on the World Series, which starts the day after our meeting. What teams will we be watching? And why? What did it take to win and get there? What skills? Lucky breaks? Calculated risks? Paul will fill us in on the details.

Meanwhile, our chapter committees have been busy, and we have a full schedule of meetings and educational opportunities available for you. Check the website for opportunities of interest, whether they are regional or related to tax, A&A, or technology. Hope to see you very soon!

The Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. Please encourage any students to apply. The deadline is Oct. 31. Last year we had 45 applications to select from, and while it was not easy to select the final recipients, it was a most rewarding task, and we always want to encourage deserving students to apply. Scholarship applications are available online. Early application is encouraged.

Thanks for taking the time to read this Bulletin, and please feel free to send feedback at any time. I enjoy hearing your thoughts, suggestions and opinions and will do my best to respond to you.

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