CONGRATULATIONS D&H assemblage in ...

CONGRATULATIONS

D&H assemblage in Vancouver is pleased to announce that Craig Cox CA, and Arthur Asana, CA, joined the firm's partnership as corporate partners effective January 1 2004

Cox has been with the firm since 1993 He provides tax planning, business advisory, and accounting services to clients in a number of service areas, and has a particular interest in advising clients in succession the tax issues for private businesses; corporate reorganizations; trusts and estates; voluntary disclosures; and tax appeals.

Azana has been with D&H assemblage since 1994. He provides tax planning and business advisory services to clients in a variety of service areas, and has a particular interest in dealing with tax issues for appeals and disputes; corporate reorganizations; non-residents; trust and estate planning; and First Nations.

The following CAs have been appointed to the 2004 board of governors of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Vancouver Chapter: Tina Jansen, CA-CIA (president); Ewan Wilding, CA-CIA (first VP); Sheila Smigarowski, CA-CIA (second VP); Tom Fraine, CA (secretary); Tamara Ebl CA-CIA (treasurer); Jeff Erdman, CA-CIA /CISA (past president); Paul Townsend, CA-CIA /CISA (past president); Rita Bittel, CA (past president); Mark Powell, CA-CIA (past president).

The following CAs have been appointed to the IIA's 2004 board of directors: Carrie Bear, CA-CIA; Allan Chen, CA-CIA; David Chiang, CA-CIA, CMC; David Fairbotham, CA-CIA; Jerry Mah, CA-CIA; Stuart Newton, CA-CIA; and John Page, CA, CIA.

John Mak, CA, has been appointed to the Citizens' Assembly forward Electoral Reform, which begins its work in January 2004 Mak will depict the Burnaby North riding.

Dan Maxwell, CA, was lately appointed chief financial officer of BC Housing. Previous to this appointment, Maxwell serv as the two acting CEO and CFO of the Homeowner Protection Office.

Nancy McKenzie, CA, has been named vice-president of finance and administration of Washington Marine clump and Kevin Irvine, CA, has been named executive vice-president. McKenzie will retain oversight responsibility for the financial services department, and Irvine will retain his responsibilities as chief financial officer.

Jonathan Sinfield, CA-IT, became united of the profession's first CA-designated IT specialists in September 2003 He is the collection IT director for the Marketform arrange which operates within the Lloyd's Insurance market in London, England, writing specialist liability risks in Canada and worldwide. Sinfield's name was mistakenly omitted from the list of EC's CA-IT designees published in the October 2003 issue of Beyond Numbers.

Doug Tyce CA, has been named as a director of the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce

CA CHAIRS A BIG SUCCESS

In the fall of 2003 "Golf for Big Sisters" raised $37000 for Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland with the support of Chair Renate M Mueller CA. through the whole extent of the past seven years, the end has raised over $200,000 for Big Sisters' programs and services. Mueller is the past president of the BC middlemans Association.

AGM ADVANCE NOTICE: 2004 AGM & MEMBERS' RECOGNITION DINNER

The 2004 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled to take place in succession the afternoon of June 23 2004 in Vancouver. Directly following the AGM will be the 4th annual Members' Recognition Dinner. with equal reason mark your calendars now, and join us for the one and the other events!

Watch for more details in upcoming issues of Beyond Numbers.

ATTENTION: MEMBERS WITH, OR SEEKING, CPA DESIGNATION

We're real pleased to invite members to the first result co-hosted by the Chartered Accountants of BC and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants forward Thursday, January 15, 2004. The conclusion will be held from 5:30 pm to 8 pm at the Sutton Place [i]cabaret[/i] located at 845 Burrard road in Vancouver. The guest speaker will be Robert J Fleming, president of the Washington Society of CPAs. Fleming will speak about "Independence Issues in the Aftermath of Sarbanes-Oxley." A wine and cheese reception will come next his presentation.

If you're doing cross-border work and want to learn more about independence and SOX register for this independent reception today by emailing professionaladvisory@ica.bc.ca or calling Stella Leung CA, at 604-488-2609 or toll delivered at 1-800-663-2677. Spaces are limited and the registration deadline is January 8 2004 Don't miss this opportunity to find on the outside how SOX could affect you!

NOTES onward LICENCING

Approved at the December 1 2003 Practice Review & Licencing Committee meeting.

Practice Licence Applications Approved

The following applications for Practice Licences were approved according to the Practice Review & Licencing Committee at its meeting of December 1 2003 in accordance with Bylaws 611(i) & (ii):

Cancelled Licences and Mergers

The Practice Review & Licencing Committee, at its meeting of December 1 2003 received the following listing of firms no longer in public practice below these names:

"INFRAGUIDE"-A NEW RESOURCE TOOL

The National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure (or InfraGuide) is now available online at www.infraguide.gc.ca/indexe.html. The Guide is a joint effort of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the federal controls Infrastructure Canada Program and National Research Council.