Happy Holidays! AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season! Monthly Lunch Meetings

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1 FALL 2014 Volume 5, Issue 5 FOOTNOTES - AWSCPA LOS ANGELES AFFILIATE NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED QUARTERLY Happy Holidays! AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season! Monthly Lunch Meetings Would you like an opportunity to meet and network with members and friends of AWSCPA Los Angeles in your area? Or just a chance to get out of the office? Come to a lunch group meeting: Highlights: Upcoming Events 2-3 Scholarship News 3 Cal CPA Scholarship 3 The Valley lunch group meets on the first Tuesday after the 15 th of the month at noon. For restaurant location and more information contact Loretta Dash: dashbug61@hotmail.com Is this location not convenient? How about forming your own lunch group meeting in your area, downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, South Bay or West Valley? If you are interested in starting a local lunch group meeting, contact Louise Teeter at: Louise@teetercpa.com or call (310) for details. Spotlight 4 Board of Directors 5 Holiday Recipe Exchange Aside from family-time, the best part of the holiday season is FOOD! We thought it might be fun to do a Holiday Recipe Exchange this year. We would like to invite you all to your favorite holiday recipe to Raven Davis, rdavis@kkbcpa.com, by November 16, Please send all recipes in pdf or word format. Raven will combine all the submitted recipes into an electronic cookbook and it out to everyone. We look forward to your entries! For information about the Los Angeles Affiliate please visit:

2 2 P age FOOTNOTES Upcoming Events Sunday, December 14, 2014: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm AWSCPA Holiday Potluck Celebration At Barbara Roller s home Addison Street, Valley Village, CA (west of Laurel Canyon and north of Riverside Drive) Come celebrate the holiday season with us, potluck style! Friends and family members are welcome to join. Please RSVP with Barbara Roller no later than December 5, Barbara Roller, brroller@sbcglobal.net, with the number of guests and the food item(s) you would like to bring for the potluck. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 (Save the date): Tax Update Meeting with IMA, CalCPA, and AFWA (2 hrs CPE) Location to be determined (invite to follow later). Time: 5:00 pm 8:30 pm Speaker: Kip Dellinger Saturday, January 24, 2015: Board Meeting and Museum Visit Board Meeting: Mountain Gate Country Club Mountain Gate Drive Los Angeles, CA Time: 9:30 am 11:30 am All members and women interested in becoming members are welcome to attend the Board meetings and other events, so bring your friends. Parking is free and breakfast costs $8-$15. Please wear country club attire, no jeans. Museum Visit: Skirball Cultural Center Exhibit: Light & Noir: Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood, N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Time: 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Admission: $10 General; $7 Seniors 65+ and Full-Time Students; $5 Children 2-12 Parking is free. Irene Perer at Iperer@aol.com to RSVP for the board meeting, museum visit, or both.

3 3 P age FOOTNOTES Upcoming Events (Continued) More Events to Come... Do you have any ideas for future events? If so, we would love to hear from you! Please your event ideas to Irene Perer at Iperer@aol.com. We will be planning future events at the next board meeting. All members and others who are interested in becoming active in AWSCPA-LA are welcome to join us for the next board meeting on January 24 th at MountainGate Country Club at 9:30am. Irene Perer at Iperer@aol.com to RSVP. Scholarship News We are pleased to announce that AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate will be awarding a $1,000 scholarship to an accounting student at Cal State University Los Angeles in November It is AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate s great pleasure to award scholarships to local accounting students who have worked hard to maintain high GPAs. If you or someone you know is interested in donating money to AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate s scholarship fund, please make a check payable to: AWSCPA Foundation. The donation payments should clearly note "AWSCPA-LA Scholarship Fund" when they come in by mail, , fax or phone. Donations can be mail to: Barbara Roller, Treasurer AWSCPA-Los Angeles P O Box Los Angeles, CA You may also contribute using your credit card. For details please Barbara Roller, Treasurer, brroller@sbcglobal.net Your donations are fully deductible. AWSCPA Foundation is a qualified non-profit organization under IRS Code 501(c)(3). CalCPA Scholarship CalCPA is currently accepting applications for their scholarship. Attached is CalCPA s Scholarship Application which includes qualification requirements and instructions to apply. If you or someone you know qualifies for this scholarship, don t miss this opportunity! Application deadline is February 28, If you have any questions, contact Jackie Quinn-Piper, (818) or jacqueline.quinn-piper@calcpa.org

4 4 P age FOOTNOTES SPOTLIGHT AWSCPA Los Angeles at Meet the Firms Spotlight is the perfect place to introduce yourself, share experiences, and send encouragement to fellow members. If you are interested in being in our next spotlight or want to highlight a fellow member please a short article to Raven Davis at rdavis@kkbcpa.com. AWSCPA Los Angeles recently attended the Meet the Firms event for both Cal State University, Northridge and Cal State University, Los Angeles. We met many amazing accounting students and got some great exposure for AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate. I look forward to sharing your story! In picture: Cynthia Spensieri, Anna Dilanian, and Raven Davis As an added bonus we had the opportunity to meet Anna Dilanian, a former AWSCPA Los Angeles Scholarship winner! It is a wonderful feeling to see one of our scholarship winners nearing the completion of their accounting degree. It is AWSCPA Los Angeles pleasure to congratulate and support its members. If you have any professional or personal accomplishments that you would like to share please rdavis@kkbcpa.com

5 5 P age FOOTNOTES THE AWSCPA Los Angeles Board of Directors Officers for the year 2014/2015: President: Inna Littwin 1 st Vice President: OPEN Secretary: Louise Teeter Treasurer: Barbara Roller VP Programs: Irene Perer VP Membership/Scholarships: Dina Britten VP Publiations/Communications: Raven Davis Interested in becoming more involved in AWSCPA Los Angeles? There are still vacancies on the Board! Come to the next Board meeting, all members and others who have an interest in becoming active in AWSCPA- LA are welcome to attend. Director of Social Media: Inna Genzer Membership/Scholarship Committee Volunteer: Kristina Okhrimovskaya Fund-raising Committee Volunteer: Lisa Roye Do you know someone who may want to join AWSCPA? Tell your CPA friends and co-workers about AWSCPA Los Angeles Affiliate, we would love to meet them! Any questions about membership can be ed to Dina Britten, VP Membership, dina@dinabritten.com. Los Angeles Affiliate Making Opportunities Count The American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants (AWSCPA) is a national organization dedicated to serving all women CPAs. The AWSCPA provides a supportive environment and valuable resources for members to achieve their personal and professional goals through various opportunities including leadership, networking and education. With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. - Oprah Winfrey The AWSCPA--Los Angeles Affiliate Newsletter is published quarterly. Please submit items for publication to the newsletter editor, Raven Davis at rdavis@kkbcpa.com. This NEWSLETTER is prepared for members and affiliates of AWSCPA. The articles and information in this publication are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. All rights reserved Be sure to visit the AWSCPA website for more up to date news and information about our affiliate -