Membership Ddrive
FY 2009 - 2010 Officers
  • President - Linda Granados
  • 1st Vice President - Ted Fernandez
  • 2nd Vice President - Norma Cabana
  • Secretary - Armine Oganesian
  • Treasurer - Lilia Liclican

  • Committee Chairpersons -
  • Audit - Mars Castillo
  • Education - Merlita Valmores
  • Election/By Laws - Nimfa Malabuyoc
  • Membership - Mabel Jabido
  • Newsletter - Lilibeth Co
  • Social/Community Service - Nenita Tan
  • Webmaster - Jose de Jesus
  • Graphic Design - Sylvia Garcia Lopez

  • Board of Advisors -
  • Claire Bartels
  • Ray Ciranna
  • BJ Soni
LAMAAA Mission

To develop members and assist them acquire the necessary skills to promote themselves towards better positions and responsibilities.

To promote and perpetuate the prestige and professional status of municipal accountants and auditors.

To assist each other and develop professional camaraderie, team spirit and cooperation among its members.

To develop and improve educational techniques in management, commercial, proprietary, governmental accounting and auditing.

LAMAAA Benefits

LAMAAA offers one-hour monthly training session equivalent to one hour of continuing professional education (CPE) credit. The annual conference around May of each year offers eight hours of educational updates by famous speakers. At the monthly training sessions, you will hear the captains of the industry or the Chief Accountants speak. This is a way to stay abreast of changes in the accounting/auditing field. LAMAAA is a great place to network with people in our field. LAMAAA provides newsletters and websites with invaluable information on up-to-date issues and developments in our specific field of interest. So join LAMAAA and enjoy the new experience and discover a new world.

LAMAAA SURVEY QUESTIONS

Greetings:
LAMAAA would like to get your opinion on the topics you would like to hear on our monthly seminars. In our effort to enhance our level of service, we need to hear from you. Your feedback will determine the effectiveness of our organization.

Please fill out this survey form and return to me through gray mail by January 29, 2010. Your feedback will be treated with utmost confidence.

1. What’s your City Department? ________
2. What is your classification title? ___________
3. How many years have you been working with the City?____________________.
4. How often do go to the monthly seminars?
(a) Frequently
(b) Seldom
(c) Never
5. What kind of topics do you desire to be offered by LAMAAA? Please encircle more than one.
(a) Job Interviewing
(b) Grants: Capital and operating Grants
(c) Single Audit Act & GAAP Accounting
(d) Difference between AA, TA,JV
(e) SMS
(f) Accounts Receivable System (ARS)
(g) FMS
(h) CIty budget process including adopted budget
(i) Handling multiple priorities
(j) Cash flow or requirement experience
(k) Work Flow Simplification
(l) Technical Oral public Speaking Presentations
(m) Brush up on your Writing Skills including notes on disclosures
(n) Writing a Procedural Manual
(o) Making changes, adapting to change
(p) doing research ( internet, library, resources)
(q) Analyzing and interpreting data on spreadsheets and reports
(r) Solving problems and making recommendations
(s) If there is a discrepancy in the budget, say it increased by 100% , I investigated why there was an over expenditure, trace go back look at the receipts, how was the money spent, like the computer system imploded coz they purchased it during the dinosaur age; the explanation , the recommendation then they purchased SAP, a 12m software that is real time and ….
(t) Experience in team work or working on a team
(u) Prioritizing work or multi tasking
(v) Project management or tracking assignments
(w) Other _______________________
6. How has the “shared sacrifice” furlough affected your current workload? Please describe.


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Comments:
Thank you.

Linda Granados
LAMAAA President