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Participation extended through December 22, 2017. Click here to take the survey You can also "cut and paste" the following link:  https://novisurvey.net/ns/n/zzqk4.aspx   Please visit the home page of the Valley of the Sun Chapter website for further details and another link to the survey.

Work In Progress: Making WIP Work for You  (1.5 CPE credits) 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eastern (8:00-9:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by: Linda Clifford & Rod Barbour Field of study: Accounting Effective Contract Negotiation for Financial Managers  (1.5 CPE credits) 1:00-2:15 p.m. Eastern (10:00-11:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by: Ryan Hiss & Kristin Kapp Field of study: Business Law Lean Accounting for Construction  (1.5 CPE credits) 3:00-4:15 p.m. Eastern (Noon-1:15 p.m. Pacific) Presented by: Phil Zak, CCIFP; Travis Hendrick; & Jim Mourich Field of study: Accounting Emerging Issues: An Update on FASB Activities (1.5 CPE credits) 4:30-5:45 p.m. Eastern (1:30-2:45 p.m. Pacific) Presented by Tim Wilson, CCIFP Field of study: Accounting   $42 each session/CFMA members $62 each session/Non-members

Tuesday, December 12 Creating a Pain-Free Injury Claim Management Process (1.5 CPE credits) 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eastern (8:00-9:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by Michelle Walker, CCIFP & Eric Pach Field of study: Personnel/Human Resources  The Numbers That Matter to the People Who Matter  (1.5 CPE credits) 1:00-2:15 p.m. Eastern (10:00-11:15 a.m. Pacific) Presented by Marj Weber, CCIFP; Warren Hennagin, CCIFP; Kristine Newman, CCIFP; Scott Baxter, CCIFP; & Jim Bracy, CCIFP Field of study: Specialized Knowledge  The Contractor Pay Bubble: Can It Keep Expanding or Will It Burst in 2018? (1.5 CPE credits) 2:30-3:45 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Pacific) Presented by Jeff Robinson Field of study: Personnel/Human Resources Hiring Process Strategies to Improve Results & Manage Ri...

CFMA recently sponsored the first   Construction Financial Management Competition   held in Las Vegas prior to the AGC/CFMA Annual Conference. Teams of undergraduate construction management students from Colorado State University and Auburn University attempted to solve a real-life construction financial problem, complete with an in-depth report and in-person presentation of the mock project. Teams were required to provide a two-part technical report. Section One of the report included a financial evaluation of their firm, establishing their character, capacity, and capital strength. Section Two included the cash-flow analysis of a mock project. JE Dunn sponsored the problem statement for this competition. A judging panel representing a wealth of industry experience and perspective was organized to score the participants’ reports in two phases. The first phase included a 90-page PDF of the two-section written report. The second phase was an in-person presentation by the team ...

Update by Dave Miller: November 8, 2017, VOS chapter of CFMA hosted its 27th annual golf extravaganza at the Orange Tree Golf Resort.    I joined 144 of my closest friends for a beautiful day of golf and fun. Yes, we had a full sell out, 36 foursomes.    Back by popular demand was the golf ball launcher and beat the pro holes. The pace of play was really good for a fully booked tournament.   Lessons I learned while chairing the CFMA 2017 Golf Tournament : Golfers do not like "dry" bagels .... "Gimme dat cream cheese!!!" The golf ball launcher is a blast ... the engineer I was playing with spent the rest of the round sketching a drawing to build one himself. The beverage cart was "out of vodka" at 9:15 am ... whaaaaaat ??? Sue Hammontree can gather some swag, man she has lots of connections. The generosity of our member companies and people is overwhelming!:   ...