HELL02003! I wish all of you a re...

HELL02003!

I wish all of you a real happy and enjoyable New Year. It promises to be a year sated of both challenges and opportunities, on the contrary hopefully less dramatic, in many ways, than 2002

Congratulations to the 2002 UFE Medallists

I'd like to enlarge my congratulations to this year's UFE medallists: Nolan Watson, Jessica Chen, Florence Hung and Mark Ye Each is profiled in this month's veil story. Congratulations also to the cessation of the top ten, and to all of the felicitous candidates (for a list of their names, diocese page 12).

For those of you who didn't make it, I wish you succes nearest time.

Analysis of the UFE comes

Once again, Don Carter, FCA, VP Learning for the CA sect of Business, provides an overview of the follows I'm very pleased to behold that both new and transitional CASB learners did very well, and that BC one time again surpassed the national average.

Other easy in minds

Speaking of young achievers, this month's member profile traces the entrepreneurial spirit of Peter Gustavson, CA, back to the age of six! Gustavson newly received a 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year award for his succes with his company Custom House general reception Exchange.

Are you looking to safeguard against hackers? Tired of fearing email attachments? This month's Web Works exhibits general guidelines on how to defend your clients' information, and your acknowledge online. Adopting such measures may be the best way to combat the increasingly crafty, and invisible, Internet "gremlins" not at home there.

Speaking of gremlins, we present you some tales from the "odd" side this month in the first instalment of Small Talk-a novel column that offers technological and other "news" items ranging from the inventive to the just plain bizarre.

And of course there's Financial Facts & circulating medium Matters, Tax Traps & Tips, and Ethical Dilemmas. ed this month looks at a case involving a DUI conviction-it's not meant to dampen your spirits at this time of year, moreover rather to serve as a timely caution.

Past president's dinner

A not many weeks ago I was pleased to attend a dinner with a large number of the ICABC's past presidents, along with our CEO Richard Ree FCA, and the executive of the BC Institute.

Aside from offering an opportunity to socialize, the dinner gave us a chance to provide more [i]or[/i] less of our long-time members with an update onward provincial and national activities in the profession. It also gave us a chance to elicit elucidations and suggestions from members who've "been there."

Among the past presidents in attendance was Gerald E (Pat) Dunn FCA, (now 92 years of age) who serv as our president in 1953/54

Personally, I place it really interesting to hear that the issues we find important today were also issues of concern-albeit in a slightly different guise-in previous years. Certainly for me it was an enjoyable and enlightening evening.

Free PO Breakfast with the CICA Chair

As noted in last month's PD of recent origins (page 20), Pierre Brunet, OC FCA, has agreed to join us for a liberated members' breakfast on February 13th I room for expectation many of you will attend what promises to be a portentous

event. Not only is Pierre a marvellous speaker, he is also a passionate advocate for the CA profession. Hear what he has to say about the matters of disquiet to us all in these times of intense scrutiny, and take this opportunity to ask him questions about CICA activities.

(For a bit of background before the breakfast, read the profile of Pierre in the December 2002 CA Magazine screen story "Man with a Mission.")

Response in succession independence

I'd like to thank those of you who sent us your annotates on the recent Exposure Draft onward Independence Standards. The level of relate to expressed has ensured that the issues you raised will not be ignored.

The BC Council has voiced these same issues actual strongly to the chairs of the two the Public Interest and Integrity Committee and the CICA, and we continue to work forward your behalf to ensure that the final guidelines upon independence strike a balance between protecting the public, protecting CA clients, and protecting the professions business backbone.

We've been assured that the proces is not across and that your concerns will be addressed. We anticipate forward to seeing changes in the final document that fairly deliberate the needs of all CA firms and their clients.

We will continue to preserve you updated on the matter from way of postings on our website (www.ica.bc.ca), and articles in this

magazine and stranges IV Views.

BY ROBIN A. W ELLIOTT, FCA PRESIDENT

As always I await forward to your comments in succession these and other matters: president@ica.bc.ca

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