IMA Texas Council

25/10/2024

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16/08/2023

We are pleased to announce that Joe Fangman (IMA Houston Chapter) and Mike Lovelace (IMA San Antonio Chapter) were both named "Superstars" as part of the IMA's Campus Influencers program by making at least three campus visits promoting the CMA and IMA membership during the 2022 academic year.

The Campus Influencers program was started in 2016 by the late Jimmie Smith, a past Texas Council President and member of the Dallas Fort Worth Area Chapter.

18/07/2023

Message from the IMA Texas Council's 2023-24 President:

Hello Texas!

I’m excited to serve as President of the IMA Texas Regional Council for 2023-24.

Our membership encompasses accounting and finance professionals including those with a strong focus on IT applications who are dedicated to our profession, faculty who are committed to educating the future of our profession, and students who represent that future.

For the last 6+ years, I have served as the VP of Member Engagement for the San Antonio chapter. During that time, as part of an active and engaged board with lots of terrific volunteers, our chapter activity level and membership has dramatically increased. Those volunteers (including myself!) were guided and encouraged by experienced IMA members across the state. So, in many ways, this new role for me is an attempt to return the favor for the likes of Jimmie Smith and Bud Kulesza.

I believe in Darren Hardy’s philosophy as expressed in his book The Compound Effect – get a little better every day. That’s something the San Antonio chapter has pursued in the last several years and with a recipe that can be adopted by each chapter and ‘seasoned’ locally.

If there is one thing we’ve all learned coming through COVID, it’s that we can leverage technology to shrink the sizeable Texas geography between us. Several Texas chapters have been following that approach by now offering hybrid meeting with relevant and timely topics. This means each Texas IMA member can benefit very easily from the outstanding speakers local members are able to see in person.

I am committed to strengthening each of our chapters and am very open to any suggestions you have – including holding joint meetings and cross pollinating practices that are working.

Being active in your local chapter ensures that you have a dynamic and reliable professional network – especially when looking for new challenges and opportunities as well as when you are looking to add to your team.

As we celebrate the start of the CMA’s second 50 years, I strongly encourage you to pursue IMA’s offered certifications - the CMA and CSCA. These certifications validate mastery of accounting and finance content and skills and set you apart in the marketplace.

Finally, June 9-12 of 2024, IMA is holding its annual conference in San Antonio at the beautiful JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa. Even if you haven’t attended a conference in the past, make sure you block out the dates now – and bring your family if you have one! This is a venue that needs to be shared!

I look forward to our upcoming year together. Let’s show the rest of the Association what active, engaged and thriving local chapters look like!

Sincerely,

Mike Lovelace, CMA, CPA, CISA
Interim / Fractional CFO / Controller

16/07/2023

We're getting ready for IMA Texas Council Weekend in Austin July 21 & 22. Don't forget to register for activities.

20/10/2022

Go to http://SanAntonio.imanet.org to register for in person or virtual options.

18/10/2022

The San Antonio Chapter’s meeting is only two days away. You can attend in person or virtually. Same content. 2 hrs of CPE.

Our October 20th meeting is only 2 DAYS AWAY! Please register ASAP to hear two fantastic presentations. Please note: There are two different registration types, one for in-person and one for virtual presentation. See links to register here:https://buff.ly/301Y82N

15/10/2022

Good to be reunited with our fellow IMA members around Texas. Looking forward to Saturday’s business meeting.

06/01/2022

Great news for candidates who have trouble booking a convenient location for their exam.

ICMA is pleased to announce a new remote testing option for CMA and CSCA candidates starting in the January/February 2022 exam window. Beginning January 18, 2022, CMA and CSCA candidates can register to take their exams either in-person at a Prometric Test Center, or remotely using Prometric’s ProProctor™ service. The exam fee is the same for both in-person and remote testing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/34luDLg

27/10/2021

The Houston Chapter will host a Mystery Fraud and CMA Recognition Night on Tuesday, November 9th. Four Houston-area actors will play the fraud suspects. Go to http://houston.imanet.org for further information and/or to register. You can earn up to 3hr of NASBA CPE for attending this event. Can you guess the guilty fraudster?

We're hosting a Mystery Fraud Night November 9th at the Norris Conference Center (816 Town & Country Blvd, Houston). Join us for this event and earn 3 hours of NASBA CPEs. The fun starts at 6 pm, with check-in starting at 5:30 pm.

Meet the Houston actors playing our suspects. Our second actor is Jonathan Gonzalez.

Jonathan Gonzalez is a New Mexico native who moved to Texas after Twenty years in California. Shakespeare is his passion. Shakespeare roles include Bottom, Dogberry, Malvolio, Iago, and Petruchio at the San Francisco, Marin, and Windsor, Shakespeare Festivals. Houston acting credits include Main Street Theater (where he works as Director of Education) (Daisy, Coast of Utopia, Peace In Our Time, Romeo and Juliet, Jackie and Me), Mildred’s Umbrella ( Museum of Dysfunction),
Dirt Dogs Theater (Glengarry Glen Ross), CompanyOnStage (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard II), Kaleidoscope Theater (A Streetcar Named Desire), The Pearl (Eurydice, Intimate Apparel, Silent Sky, Title role in Macbeth), Shakespeare at Tulane (Coriolanus, Henry V), Prague Shakespeare Festival (Richard III) and Points North (Prospero, The Tempest.) He spent quarantine performing the entire canon of Shakespeare virtually with various companies.. He has a BFA in acting from United States International University in San Diego, and an MFA in theater from the PTTP at U of H. He has also trained at the American Conservatory Theater and La Jolla Playhouse.

Will Jonathan's character be found guilty of the fraud? Find out by registering for this event at http://houston.imanet.org (Events). Register by November 2 to find out!

27/10/2021

Do you need ethics CPE for 2021? The Dallas Fort Worth Area IMA is hosting a virtual 4 hr CPE course "Managing Ethical Dilemmas for Texas CPAs" on November 18 from 8:15 am to noon. This course counts as ethics for Texas CPAs.

Learning objectives:

*To educate licensees in ethics of professional accounting as Texas CPAs.
*To convey the intent of the Rules of Professional Conduct in the performance of professional accounting services/work, not to adhere to the mere technical compliance of such rules.
*To assist the Texas CPA in applying ethical judgment in interpreting the rules and determining public interest. Public interest should be placed ahead of self interest, even if it means a loss of job or client.
*To review and discuss the Rules of Professional Conduct and their implications for persons in a variety of practices, including:
CPAs in client practice of public accountancy who perform attest and non-attest services. CPAs employed in industry who provide internal accounting and auditing services. CPAs employed in education or in government accounting or auditing.

Pricing for IMA members is $15 if paid by 10/31/21. After that, $45. Non-IMA members - $50

For further information and/or to register: http://dfw.imanet.org