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To our Members, Sponsors, and Friends, Spring is slowly making it's way to Atlanta. The one benefit of
this long winter has been a decreased desire to go enjoy the outdoors while
looking out the office window.
We had a great speaker in February. David Altig from the Atlanta Federal Reserve
gave us his insights into the current state of the economy and, unfortunately,
evidence showing that we could be in for either a quick or a slow recovery!
We also had a fun joint meeting at the Atlanta Thrashers game with AFP (Assoc of
Financial Professionals). We met on the Hawks practice court under the arena and
listened to Phil Ebinger, CFO for the Atlanta Spirit with his insights on what
it's like to manage the finances of professional sports teams. We also got to
see the Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers, 4-2.
March Meeting
The March meeting is on Tuesday, the 23rd at the
Buckhead Club. We will be handing out our annual
academic awards to 4 deserving students from
local Atlanta universities. Our speaker is
Dennis Beresford, currently a professor of
Accounting at the University of Georgia and
previously chairman of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) for 10 years. If you have
not yet signed up, please do so as soon as
possible.
Register now for the
March meeting.
Sponsor Events
BDO - I was fortunate to have been able to
attend the Tax Symposium sponsored by BDO on
February 26th. The lunch speaker was David
Walker, former Comptroller of the Currency and
CEO of the Peter Peterson Foundation, a
non-partisan group working to create awareness
of the growing urgency of some key financial
issues facing us, including the national debt.
IBM - Prior to our regular April 20
meeting, IBM will be hosting FEI members from
3:30 - 5:30 at the Buckhead Club and discussing
the results of their 2010 Global CFO Study which
includes input from over 1,900 CFOs worldwide.
In addition, they will present business
strategies and ideas for senior Finance
executives to lever to make their enterprises
more competitive and efficient. The event
qualifies for 2 hours of CPE and more
information is available on the FEI Atlanta
website.
FREE CPE!!!
FEI National has given us 2 one-year
subscriptions to FERFPros Online, normally a
$289 value. We are going to have a drawing for
the 2 subscriptions and will draw the winners at
the March meeting. If you would like to be
included in the drawing, please send an e-mail
to admin@feiatlanta.org with CPE DRAWING - {YOUR
NAME} in the subject line before Tuesday, March
23rd. You will also be able to enter your name
at the registration table at the meeting on the
23rd. Good luck!
Career Development & Services
Mary Mulvaney has recently joined the staff of
the FEI National organization as Manager of
Career Management Services (mmulvaney@financialexecutives.org).
Check out the FEI National website for a listing
of their resources. Locally, you can contact
John Kahn at
johnekahn@yahoo.com for more information on
job leads, networking groups and other career
related events.
National Resources
The 2009 Financial Executive Compensation Survey
is available on the national website at
www2.financialexecutives.org/FERF_CAR_survey/default.cfm,
check it out.
Local Chapter Support
If you have any other issues that
require support from our Administrator, please feel free to contact them through
our website, or via the contact information below. FEI - Atlanta Chapter
Tel: (404) 681-9878
Fax: (678) 302-7635
admin@feiatlanta.org
As always, if you have any feedback regarding our FEI Atlanta
Chapter, please send me an e-mail.
With best regards,
Tad Selby
President FEI Atlanta
president@feiatlanta.org
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