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Monthly Meeting - Thursday, September 2, 2010 Date:  Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Place:  Sacramento Hilton 2200 Harvard Street Sacramento, CA 95815 (Business 80 and Arden Way) Cost:  $31.00 Members & First-time Guests $36.00 Non-Members Time:  6:00 PM: Networking 6:30 PM: Dinner and Speaker Presentation Topic:  The Origin and Sustenance of Ethics **Important: There will be a vote of members in attendance during the meeting regarding changing the day of our monthly meetings** Speaker:  Margaret R. Smith, CPA of Jenson Smith Certified Public Accountants Menu:  River City Buffet including salads, Tuscan chicken entrée, side of vegetables, rosemary potatoes, and dessert CPE:  1 hour Program Level:  Overview/Lecture Prerequisites/ Preparation:  None RSVP:  By 12:00pm, Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Call (916) 552-1470 or Email If, at the last minute, you cannot attend our monthly dinner meeting, be sure to cancel by noon on the Wednesday before the meeting. Cancellations can be made by calling (916) 552-1470 or emailing aswa_sacramento@yahoo.com. Since we must pay for all reserved meals, late cancellations or no-shows will be billed for the full cost of the meal. If you RSVP on behalf of a guest and the guest does not attend, we will bill you for the cost of your guest's meal. Details Margaret R. Smith, CPA will discuss the origin of professions and the cultural development of ethics.  She will cover some memorable frauds and give a new perspective on how individuals can work to assure ethical behavior in modern society. Margaret will lead us in a group discussion of different scenarios of ethics in accounting and will also share with us a self-assessment testing our own level of ethics. Margaret R. Smith, CPA, graduated with a degree in Sociology from the University of California Berkeley and obtained her Masters in Taxation from Golden Gate University.  She is a Certified Public Accountant and also has a certificate of Educational Achievement in Governmental Accounting and Auditing.   Margaret’s main focus and expertise is taxation but she also manages a busy auditing practice with her partner, Jennifer Jensen, CPA of Jensen Smith Certified Public Accountants.  Since 1997 Margaret has lectured for Gear-Up Tax Seminars, a division of Thomson Publishing, on topics ranging from Professional Ethics and Business Taxation, to Auditing of Nonprofit Organizations.  She has also written publications and training manuals for Gear-Up and the Nonprofit Resource Center in Sacramento, California. Margaret is heavily involved in community service, having served as the Treasurer of United Way, a board member of various nonprofit organizations, a ten-year member of the Advisory Council and Steering Committee for the Nevada County Community Leadership Institute, a member of The FEMA Board for Nevada and Sierra Counties, a member of Soroptimist International, and President of the Kiwanis Club of Lincoln, CA.  She is currently serves as Treasurer of Kiwanis Club of Lincoln. In 1990 Margaret was awarded United Way Volunteer of the Year, in 1991 she was nominated to be in President George Bush’s Circle of a Thousand Points of Light, and in 1993 Margaret received the Women Helping Women Award from Soroptimist International. She is also a member of the AICPA and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Official National Registry Statement: ASWA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses of CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors: 150 Fourth Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.