Meeting Schedule

Education Plan

Public Service Plan

Meeting & Activity Planner ("matrix")

Honors

• Chapter Recognition Award - Platinum Chapter Award
• Chapter Newsletter Award (printed newsletter) - Group D Honorable Mention
• Chapter Website Award - Group D First Place Award

2003/2004 Meeting Schedule

We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month, from September through April, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 815 Main Street, Fort Worth, TX  76102 (817-870-2100), unless otherwise noted. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m.  We start through the Cafe Texas buffet line at 11:15 a.m.   Our chapter meeting starts at noon, with the speaker finishing up at 1:00 p.m. The cost for lunch is $15 for members and $18 for non-members. We hold our annual golf tournament and picnic in May.

• Tuesday, September 23, 2003
  • Topic: The Internal Auditor's Role in Providing Consulting Services at the Fort Worth Independent School District
  • Speaker:  James J. Kram, CIA, Director of Internal Audit, Fort Worth ISD
  • CPE:  1 hour

• Tuesday, October 21, 2003
  • Topic: DFAS Contracts Reconciliations
  • Speaker:  Larry Chanay, CPA, Defense Contract Audit Agency
  • CPE:  1 hour

• Friday, November 7, 2003 - Joint meeting and training with Dallas Chapter
  • Topic:  Fighting Fraud in the 21st Century
  • Speaker: William (Billy) Morehead, AGA-SVP, Delta State
  • Location: Radisson Airport Freeway, Irving, TX
  • CPE:  8 hours

• December 2, 2003 - Joint meeting with the Fort Worth IIA chapter
  • Topic: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  • Location: Petroleum Club, 39th Floor, Carter Burgess Building, downtown Fort Worth, TX
  • CPE:  2 hours
  • Cost: $20 which includes free parking

• Tuesday, January 27, 2004
  • Topic: Income Tax Update and Investment Ideas
  • Speaker:
  • CPE:  1 hour

• Tuesday, February 24, 2004
  • Topic:  Accounting Education in the Post Enron Era:  Boom or Bust
  • Speaker:  Dr. Larry Walther, CPA, Chairman of the Accounting Department, University of Texas at Arlington
  • CPE:  1 hour

• Tuesday, March 23, 2004
  • Topic:  How AFOSI Coordinates Investigators, Lawyers, and Auditors on its Cases
  • Speaker:  Special Agent Terry Mosher, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
  • CPE:  1 hour

• Tuesday, April 13, 2004
  • Topic:  HUD Fraud Investigations
  • Speaker:  Special Agent Kedrick McKnight, HUD OIG
  • CPE:  1 hour
  • Chapter awards and elections

• Friday, May 7, 2004
  • 24th Junk Yard Dog Golf Tournament 11:00 AM at Meadowbrook Golf Course, 1815 Jensen Road, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Post-golf picnic and awards ceremony held 4:00 PM at the club house
   

Educational Events

November 7, 2003 -- Joint meeting and training with Dallas Chapter

• Topic:  Fighting Fraud in the 21st Century
• Speaker: William (Billy) Morehead, CPA, CGFM
• Location: Radisson Airport Freeway, Irving, TX
• CPE:  8 hours

April 21 - 22, 2004 -- Regional Professional Development Conference

• Location:  La Quinta Conference Center, Arlington, TX
• Theme: Knowledge Is Power: Key Strategies for Empowering Today's Financial Managers
• CPE:  16 hours

Other Educational Programs

• June 29 - July 2, 2003: National Professional Development Conference, Chicago, IL
• February 19 - 20, 2004: National Leadership Conference, Ronald Reagan Building/ International Trade Center, Washington, DC

Public Service Plan

• May 1, 2003 (Thursday)
  • Volunteers worked at Mayfest booth

• June 2003
  • Donated $50 basket to National Community Service Fund for the National AGA PDC

• July 2003
  • Donate $25 to Salvation Army Food Bank

• August 2003
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• September 27, 2003 (Saturday)
  • Two members have volunteered to work at the Tarrant Area Food Bank (Thanks Bob and Paul!)

• October 3, 2003 (Friday) 
  • Volunteer dinner party
  • Eight members have volunteered to sell tickets at MS Hangman's House of Horrors, to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis. Friday from 5:30 pm - 1 am at their Forest Park@I-30 location (near Pappacitos)

• November 2003
  • Collect cash donations for Tarrant Area Food Bank

• December 2003
  • Salvation Army Angel Tree - buy gifts for needy children 
  • AGA Members & Friends:

    Thank you all for your contributions to the Salvation Army Angel Tree Campaign. This year we were able to place thirteen Angels during our December Chapter Community Service Project. Upwards of twenty AGA members, their spouses, and work friends all pitched in with accepting Angels, going shopping, and brining the in the gifts. We delivered over $1,466 worth of gifts to be delivered to needy children registered as Angels with the Salvation Army Angel Tree Campaign. Our effort will make a great difference in these children's Christmas. We completed this project on December 5, 2003. Good job, everyone!

    Bob Kanaga
    FW AGA

• January 2004
  • Conduct toy drive for Tarrant County Sheriff's Dept

• February 2004
  • Collect books and money for Half Price Books' Half Pint Library

• March 2004
  • Bring listed items for Presbyterian Night Shelter for homeless women and children

• April 2004
  • Participate in and/or work at the Komen Race for the Cure

• May 2004
  • Volunteer work at Mayfest