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Planning Calendar

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8:30 a.m. United Planners office

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5:00 p.m. Tosco Corp.

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6:00 p.m. Gardiner’s Resort

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Financial Executives Institute

P. O. Box 16788

Phoenix, Arizona 85011-6788

FEI Dinner Meeting

Speaker — Dennis R. Beresford

former chairman of the

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Our featured dinner speaker this month is Dennis R. Beresford who served as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from January 1987 through June 1997. He will share "FASB — Balancing Business and Public Interests" with our members as our dinner speaker. This is a great opportunity for us to hear first hand about FASB.

Dennis is currently serving as an Ernst & Young Executive Professor of Accounting at the J. M. Tull School of Accounting at the University of Georgia. Prior to FASB, he was the national director of accounting stand-ards for E&Y. He graduated from the University of Southern California.

Thanks to Jerry Ford for arranging for Dennis to be our presenter. We look forward to the excellent presentation of information that awaits us at the October FEI meeting.

Also on the evening’s agenda is our Technical Session, presented by Jefferson Welch, an executive advisor for the Center for Executive Options. He’ll cover "Executive Coaching and Leadership Development". Coaching is designed for strengthening the performance of top-level executives. It addresses the unique development needs of leaders who have — or will have — significant influence over the future of the organization. Come hear about the leadership and management skills required for long-term success.

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6:00 p.m. Networking, Dinner, and Speaker

FEI members in transition can find employment opportunities by attending the member counseling committee meeting. There are guest speakers on the job search process, reviews of how the searches are going, and an opportunity to have your resume and a short introductory letter put on the FEI web page. Tom Schaefer chairs the meeting. It is held at his office, 7333 East Doubletree, Suite 120, Scottsdale, at 8:30 a.m. The next meeting is Tuesday, September 21. These meetings are open to all members. For information, please call Tom Schaefer at 480/991-0225.

The Arizona Chapter of Financial Executives Institute is pleased to have the sponsorship of the Friends of FEI. Our sincere thanks for your support.

Ken Garrett Arthur Andersen, LLP

Bill Siwek Arthur Andersen, LLP

Rick Rayson Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Paul Vitola Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Frank Brady Ernst & Young, LLP

Max Perlman Ernst & Young, LLP

F. J. Elsner KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP

Charles Reid KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP

Paul Bigbee PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

It’s that time of year when FEI encourages all our members to extend a personal invitation to other senior level financial executives to be our guest and experience first-hand the benefits and rewards of local and national membership in FEI. New members experience the greatest benefits when they join at this time of year. We need everyone’s help in introducing FEI to fellow financial professionals. Please invite prospective member guests to attend a meeting with you. Questions regarding membership should be directed to Kevin Ryan, our Membership chair, at 602/906-9254.

A round of applause to Scott Wiley and the Program Committee for the great line up of programs for this year. We have a solid schedule for the coming season. Members of the program committee include D.J. Cole, Jerry Ford, Chris Niezgodski, and Dick Quimby.

Hats off to the Membership Committee, Kevin Ryan, chair. Members include Ken Kirk, Miller Lee, Dianne McDaniel, Chris Niezgodski, and Paul Poulos.

And last, but not least, a special expression of gratitude to Craig Lindsay for his work on sponsorships and for serving FEI as our webmaster. Thanks, Craig, we appreciate you.