I cannot believe that is that our upcoming meeting will be the last one for the season.  It seems like yesterday that we were having our first meeting of the season. 

 We have had some excellent speakers this year.  Our final CPE session will be “20 Ideas for Business in Businesses in a Recovering Economy” presented by Robert Half Management Resources.  Robert Half has been a longtime supporter of IMA and specifically our Dayton Chapter.  Our after dinner presentation will be an International Financial Reporting Standards update presented by Donna Street PhD from the University of Dayton.  IFRS is a topic that will affect all of us in the future.  This will be a great opportunity to learn more about IFRS.

 Your Board would like some advice on topics that you would like to see for next year.  Please feel free to contact me or any board member about recommendations for next year.

 Congratulations to the Wright State University IMA case competition team.  The team has made the finals again this year.  We wish the team the best of luck in bringing home first place.

 The Student Chapter is moving forward.  We are having a petition signed by student members requesting the creation of the Chapter.  Submission of this request will be submitted to IMA Global by the end of May.

The IMA Conference will be held in Las Vegas this year.  The conference will be held on June 23 through June 27.  There are only a few weeks left to register.

 I would like to thank Tanya Shell for sponsoring Endolite’s a site tour on last month.

 I want to personally thank all of you and especially our Board in supporting me as President this year.  I hope that all of you will continue your support for next year’s President Stacy Finch and the new Board. 

I look forward to seeing all of you at the May dinner.