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Call to Order

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Aptify Update

Ms. Wood noted that she had participated in a conference call prior to the meeting with Mr. Piluso and Mr. Falbo where they received a status update on the implementation of the Aptify System from Mr. Schmelkin. Mr. Schmelkin proceeded to discuss the go-live status of the Aptify system. He indicated that a letter had been written to Aptify regarding outstanding deliverables under the contract which needed to be in place before the remaining balance on recent bills would be remitted to Aptify. Ms. Wood noted that a further update would be forthcoming upon receipt of a response from Aptify regarding the outstanding deliverables under the original contract in conjunction with an estimated go-live date.

Ms. Wood announced the creation of several Presidentially –appointed Task Forces. The first task force announced was the Industry Task Force to be comprised of Mark Leeds, J. Michael Kirkland, Michele Levine, John Shillingford, and Scott Adair. Pursuant to a request from New York State that the NYSSCPA work with them on the issue of deferred compensation, Ms. Wood established the Deferred Compensation Task Force comprised of Scott Adair, George Foundotos, Frank Venezia, and Thomas Zuber.
Ms. Wood announced that the FAE Task Force as previously announced had no changes.

The Real Estate Task Force required the appointment of a representative from FAE in order to examine the real estate needs of the NYSSCPA and FAE.

Lastly, in establishing the Strategy Task Force, Ms. Wood was hopeful that Suzanne Jensen would consent to serve as co-chair with another member to be named later, along with John Huttlinger, John Shillingford, Gail Kinsella, and a representative from the Young CPAs group.

Ms. Wood also announced that there had been a proposal for a new state-wide committee to focus on Intellectual Property Consulting from a member in the Manhattan Chapter. Ms. Wood requested that the EC grant approval to move forward with this proposal. After discussion, which included points relating to the similarity of this proposed committee to the valuation and business services committee, the EC granted Ms. Wood permission to solicit interest in the proposed committee via a targeted submission of the mission statement of the proposed committee to those members who may be interested.

a. Approval of Minutes of June 24, 2010, Executive Committee meeting.

Ms. Wood asked if members had any changes or comments to the minutes of the June 24, 2010, executive committee meeting. Ms. Kinsella moved to approve the minutes of the June 24, 2010, executive committee meeting, and Mr. Adair seconded the motion. After discussion, the motion passed with no objection.