A Successful Month

By Evan R. Strano, CPA

November was an eventful month for CalCPA and the chapter. The month began with the CalCPA Council meeting, which is always a great time to meet with our peers and CalCPA staff to discuss important issues related to CalCPA and our profession.

During the meeting we were privileged to hear from Dr. Esmael Adibi from Chapman University, who led us through his economic forecast. Adibi’s presentation was enlightening, and, dare I say, cautiously hopeful? We also received a legislative update and were pleased to hear—and celebrate—that the governor signed the bills related to accounting issues. This council meeting also had an emphasis on our organization’s young and emerging professionals, many of whom were in attendance, and featured a round table discussion about issues revolving around that part of our membership.

The chapter celebrated CalCPA’s 100th anniversary Nov. 6. CalCPA Chair Andrea Cope was in attendance and spoke to those assembled. Our chapter was also pleased to recognize our 40-year members, as well as present our Public Service and Distinguished Service awards to Paul Sundeen and Richard Teaman, respectively. We enjoyed a great evening, and I would like to offer a personal word of thanks to all those who made the evening such a success.

November featured a successful YEP networking event Nov. 11. Thanks to YEP co-chairs Miel Rey and Alex Lemos for their tireless work in planning and executing programs for our YEPs this year. Our chapter’s A&A event also was a great success. Mark Dauberman came and spoke to us about codification and the new SSARS standards.

Having just celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday and December beginning, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very pleasant holiday season.

— Evan R. Strano, CPA

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