2007 - 2008

Kelly Bachman took over as President in June and got us started with a planning session that led to our overall strategy for the year: Serving women accountants with indispensible programs for connected members.

The Controller's Seminar, chaired by Marci Hanson, was held at the end of September at the Fairhaven Library in Bellingham and was well received. Twenty five people attended, several of them non-members or former members, and the chapter netted $2,563. Since there had been a joint chapter decision with Seattle to discontinue Fall Seminar, the Controller's Seminar filled the gap with 8 hours of CPE.

At the September dinner meeting, a photographer from a new publication called took pictures to accompany an article in an upcoming issue about our chapter of ASWA.

In October, Kelly, Debbie Whitcomb and Mary Pat Thuma attended the Joint National Conference of ASWA and AWSCPA in Orlando, Florida. The weather was not what they had hoped, but they were able to take advantage of some extra time to see the sights.

After several years of meeting at the Best Western with meals catering by Emerald Bay Catering, the monthly dinner meetings were moved to Bob's Burgers and Brew in downtown Bellingham.