President s Message. Dear Friends:

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1 FEB 2015 NEWSLETTER FOR CALUMENT CHAPTER President s Message Dear Friends: I imagine that the hardest President s message that I will ever write will be my final one but for now the hardest one for me to write is the December message about the winter holiday. In fact I was tempted to ask Tina Arteaga, Newsletter Director, who I think has done a great job with this newsletter simply to reprint my message where I wrote about The Elf on The Shelf. However, this year in the mail came a brochure from the Munster Theatre at the Center for Visual and Performing arts which in it listed the 2015 schedule. On the schedule playing from November 19, 2015-December 27, 2015 is A Christmas Story. A Christmas Story was written by Hammond Indiana Native Jean Shepherd and is a story about Ralphie s quest for the Red Ryder BB gun that long ago Christmas. Now you might ask why would I be so excited that this play was coming to a venue in Munster Indiana? If you are on the Calumet Chapter Board you may know that for the past several years Dick Mielcarz has served as the Master of Ceremonies and entertains us with a unique brand of trivia. At last year s holiday gathering one round of trivia was about A Christmas Story. The reason the brochure excited me was I thought this would be a wonderful special event for us the Calumet Chapter to participate in Dinner and play and perhaps we could get someone from the accounting department at the Center or to speak to the group and it could really bring things together. During this holiday season I hope you have the chance to get together with your loved ones and I hope that the Calumet Chapter has provided many special events for you in the pass and here is hoping for many more. Mark T. Camarena, CMA President El Presidente Calumet Chapter IMA (a not for profit association of accountants and finance professionals in business. The Calumet Chapter 081 Hammond serves Northwest Indiana and Southern Suburbs of Chicago IL) Celebrating our 70 th year in Visit us online at (W) me anytime [email protected]

2 Dear Fellow Members, I want to apologize for not producing a newsletter for December & January. I was having some medical issues, and trying to enroll my daughter in college. I was asked by my doctor to take some time to myself. I did as the doctor asked and am feeling better. I thank everyone for their support and ask that you forgive my inability to produce the newsletter. I think we will be back on track for the rest of the year. Regards, Tina Arteaga Newsletter Editor

3 Sponsors The Calumet Chapter wishes to thank our Sponsors they allow us to keep costs down. We ask that whenever possible you support our sponsors and let them know you are using them because of their sponsorship of the Calumet Chapter of the IMA.

4 Calumet Hammond Chapter Upcoming Events Proposed Scheduled (All tentative and subject to change) Normal Schedule: Networking and Registration 6 p.m. Please be seated by 6:30 p.m. for Dinner and Introductions. Events Conclude by 9:10 p.m. Cost $30 for IMA members/guests (do not have to be a member to attend) and $20 for College Students includes meal and non alcoholic beverages normally a cash bar is available. Board meetings are at 5:15 p.m. prior to the event anyone interested is welcome to the board meeting. Tuesday February 17, 2015 "Business Law" presented by John R Terpstra Business Transaction and Commercial Litigation Attorney at Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP Zuni's 2907 W 45th Avenue Highland Indiana. Tuesday March 24, 2015 "Stock Market Outlook" -presented by Karl Mauer of Merrill Lynch at Scrementi's 9716 W 121st Street Mokena IL Tuesday April 21, 2015 "Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago" with Doug Tillet returning from his year assignment assisting Fed chairman Janet Yellen at Theo's 9144 Indianapolis Blvd Highland Indiana. Saturday May 16, 2015 Calumet Chapter Night at the Races Balmoral Race Track Dixie Highway Crete IL Guests welcome. Possible tours to look into - Family Express in Valparaiso Indiana, Albanese Candy factory- Merrillville Indiana, and Crown Brewery, Crown Point Indiana any other suggestions or anyone willing to help

5 Pictures From Our December Meeting

6 Pictures From November Meeting

7 Expense Management: Best Practices and Benchmarking for 2015 Register Now! Wednesday, February 18, 2015 (UTC - 5) 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST Presenters: Price: Free CPE Credit: 1 Credit Robert NeveuPresident, Cofounder Certify, Inc. Field of Study: Accounting Research Area: Technology Enablers Program Level: Basic Prerequisites: None Advance Jamie ShadaAccounting Operations Analyst Garmin Event Description Travel and Entertainment (T&E) expenses second only to payroll as the largest business expense are becoming increasingly more difficult to control as companies expand across borders and grow through acquisitions. Therefore, effective budgeting, planning, and management of T&E expenses is critical for companies of all sizes in 2015 and beyond. How does your company s overall T&E spending, as well as spending within key categories, compare with other companies? How are companies leveraging automation to better understand and control how employees are spending the company dime? Join us for an hour-long discussion about the best practices to reduce T&E spending and simplify expense management processes in 2015.

8 ATTENTION ALL NEW MEMBERS: New Members- Attend a event FREE. As we celebrate our 70 th year we are offering ALL members a chance to attend one of our events for FREE. Once your membership is confirmed by IMA Global that you are in the Calumet Chapter 081 Hammond you will receive an letter from President Mark T. Camarena, CMA El Presidente inviting you to come to one of the events free of charge. The normal cost is $30 for regular members and $20 for Students but if you join now you can attend one of the events for free. A normal event includes a meal and one hour of CPE. A schedule of events is listed in this newsletter.

9 Calumet Chapter Officers and Directors Mark T. Camarena- President (W) Jim Spice- Secretary (Cell) Deb Heim Treasurer Adolph Ferber Vice President of Administration (H) Richard Mielcarz Vice President of Communications and New Members (H) Bill Biller Vice President of Professional Education (H) Anthony Fontana Vice President of Membership Retention Wes Christensen Corporate and Academic Development Al Zurawski Director of Employment and Chapter Photographer ext 222 (W) Tina Arteaga Newsletter Director Warren Cebulko Director of Program Rosters (W) Brian Guse Director at Large (W) Nate Van Der Male Director at Large (W) Kyle Jones Director of Public Relations