Personnel Changes at Integra
On February 13, 2017 all Integra
members received an e-Blast dealing with
a few important changes dealing with the
administration of our association.
Laurie Daschuk was introduced as
Integra's new Global Administrator and
Conference Planner. She has over 20
years of experience organizing
conferences and supporting association
executive committees.
Laurie's comment
when asked about her job "I was
administering 6 different associations.
I look forward to only having to look
after one."
Gerry Herter was
introduced as the new Membership Manager
for the AAANZ regional chapter. His role
will be exactly the same as that of Joan
Lliteras who looks after new members for
the AEIME regional chapter.
Gerry remarked in
part “I am both honored and humbled by
the opportunity to serve Integra with
this exciting new challenge. Membership
in Integra has been a transforming
experience for me and my firm."
We also said
goodbye to Renee Dominique and wished
her well. She did an excellent job
facilitating the 2016 conferences.
Business Referrals
Business referrals continue as a
benefit of members' involvement in
Integra. One member reported 4
Integra maters in a single day.
There were 3 language translations
done for other members and a couple
of requests on cloud based
activities
If you would like to report any referrals
or assistance, please send an e-mail
to one of us and we will gladly
report on your behalf.
It is your chance to publicly thank
your colleagues.
A referral procedure policy document
has been created and is available to
be viewed and downloaded from our
Google drive by clicking
here.
Read more »
Member News
This edition reports on some name
changes, personnel changes and
promotions and some marketing
initiatives.
If you have one or more items of interest that
you want our members to know about,
just drop us a short e-mail.
Read more »
Other News
New members
Effective January 1, 2017 the
Atlanta, GA office of
GrossDukeNelson merged with
Brady Ware & Company.
Integra membership will continue
under Brady Ware & Company. The
merger creates an office of 7
partners; 30 professionals and 6
support staff. David Duke will
be the main contact person reachable
at
[email protected]
Also effective January 1, 2017 in
Miami Les Adler, Jorge Aldecoa and
several staff from Binstock, Rubin,
Adler, Aldecoa and Elsey moved over
to join Kabat, Schertzer De
La Torre, Taraboulos and Company
(KSDT) who will carry on as the
Integra member for south Florida.
More details can be found on
Integra's website
The new firm will consist of
91 people - 8 partners, 62
professional staff, 10 para
professional staff, and 11 support
people.
Again, effective January 1, 2017 a
firm in Dublin, Ireland joined our
association. NKC Business and
Taxation Consultants Limited brings
their 26 people on board. More
details have been posted on
Integra's website.
Member Database and
International Directory
Our international directory is intricately linked to our web
site so updating the details of each
firm in the printed directory will
occur concurrently with updates to
our website. The 2017 version of the
directory is in progress so if you
know of any changes required please
contact
Carla Sanchez immediately.
We continue to ask each member firm to ensure that
all professional staff are included
in
our database so that Integra can
directly send newsletters and
conference information to them. We
want to thank the many firms that
submitted the information. However, there
still remains a gap between the
number of professional staff
according to our membership
statistics (4,305) and our mailing database
(780).
We realize that not all staff
in your firm speak English but by
them receiving information directly
from Integra, they will feel part of
the organization. They are the
future leaders of your firm and it
will benefit the firm in the long
run.
If you are the main contact person
for your firm, please respond with the
names and
e-mail addresses of all your
professional staff. This can only
help your firm experience the power
of your Integra membership by
engaging your entire staff in what's
happening at Integra.
Upcoming Conference Dates and
Locations:
AAANZ Annual Regional Conference
The invitation was recently went out
to all members. If you have not
received it, please contact Laurie
Daschuk
[email protected]
The event will start with the
welcome reception on Thursday, May
18, 2017, at 6 PM, at the conference
hotel, the Sheraton Society Hill
Hotel Philadelphia. Besides news and
information about the internal
development of Integra, the business
agenda includes most interesting
topics like
- Corporate Identity/Brand
Management of your firm,
- Cyber Security/Protecting your
Firm from Fraud and Hacking,
- AICPA –New Tools for
International Firms,
- Wealth Management,
- Lease Accounting,
- Healthcare, and
- Accounting Software Solutions.
The Ladies Program will lead them
through American History and the
colorful streets of Philadelphia of
today. Ladies and guests can enjoy
an all day tour on Friday and a
morning tour on Saturday. To make
sure that nobody leaves Philadelphia
without historic and cultural
background knowledge of the city, a
Saturday afternoon Sightseeing Tour
is organized for ALL participants.
On Friday evening you will enjoy
outstanding Italian cuisine while
being enchanted by live opera. A
remarkable evening you should not
miss! And dinner on Saturday will
take you out to American History at
its best, in a tavern dating back to
1773 where you will experience 18th
century American culinary history.
INTERESTED? DON’T WAIT – REGISTER
NOW!
AEIME Annual Regional Conference
The conference will take place
at the Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan,
a truly historic building, as it was
part of the President’s Palace
complex and beneath its foundations
lies a historical Roman fortress,
the remains of which can be seen all
around the hotel. The event will
start with the traditional Welcome
Reception at the hotel, on Thursday,
June 22, 2017, at 6:00 PM. Business
sessions all Friday and on Saturday
morning will include:
- Integra internal business,
- Technical sessions on current
topics,
- Local speakers and
- Our key note speaker: Ambassador
Elena Poptodorova, a Bulgarian
politician and diplomat who has
served two times as the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Bulgaria to the United States.
The tours and dinners will reflect
the historic and cultural flair of
Sofia. The invitation will be sent
out soon.
Cross Border Tax Workshop
Our annual workshop will take
place at the hotel Westin Dragonara
Resort, offering two large outdoor
pools and direct access to the
Mediterranean Sea. The Tax Group is
currently planning the workshop
sessions and will come up with the
detailed agenda soon.
World Wide Conference
The conference will be held at the
beautiful Hilton Tokyo Odaiba hotel.
The business agenda is in the
planning stage and promises to be
very interesting. Two local speakers
have already committed to speak at
the conference: Mr. Tatsuya Arai is
Executive Board Member of the
Japanese Institute of CPA’s and will
be speaking about Japan GAAP and
IFRS Adoption Status. And Mr Hiroshi
Fujiwara will be speaking about
Global IT Industry. Tours and
dinners will soon be finalized. More
information will be published in our
next issue of Inside Integra, and we
can look forward to an amazing
conference.
Summary
- May Conference: May 18-20 2017-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- June Conference: June 22-24 2017-
Sofia, Bulgaria
- Cross Border Tax Workshop:
September 16 2017 - Swatar, Malta
- October World Wide Conference:
October 19-21 2017 - Tokyo, Japan
- May Conference: May 2018 - San
Jose, Puerto Rico
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