When: Wednesday, February 10, 2009 from 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Where: Olympic Collection Banquet & Conference Center (West Los Angeles)

Who: James Dowling, Managing Director, Dowling Advisory Group

What: Lunch: The Identify Theft Red Flags - Opportunities for Internal Audit

When: Wednesday, February 24, 2009 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Where: The Los Angeles Athletic Club (Downtown Los Angeles)

Who:

• Don Mullinax, CFE, CIA, CGFM, CGAP, CIG, CBM
  Shareholder at Forensic Strategic Solutions
• John Hueston – Partner Irell & Manella, LLP and a former lead trial counsel for Enron trial of Lay and Skilling
• Robb Adkins – Chief US Attorney’s Office Orange County and a former lead trial counsel for Enron trial of Lay and Skilling
• Mark Morze, former CFO of ZZZZ Best
• Dana Basney, MSBA, CPA, ABV, CFF, CIRA, CVA, CFE
  Shareholder at CPA Firm Mayer Hoffman McCann PC, Director CBIZ MHM LLC, and Director Forensic Accounting Services Group

What: All Day Conference: Risk Conference Series - Session 2

• Join us for an exciting program focused on Fraud Risk - common oversights, key red flags, important evidence for prosecution
• Learn from some of the best in fraud investigations and prosecution, and forensic auditing - including among others, 2 former Enron prosecutors, John Hueston and Robb Adkins, as well as the former CFO of ZZZZ Best, Mark Morze
• Don't miss this dynamic group of speakers with diverse backgrounds including lecturing at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA; dozens of universities; serving as trial attorney for former Enron Chairman/CEO, Ken Lay, and President/CEO, Jeff Skilling; awards from U.S. Attorneys General; forensic auditing; and much more!

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Each year, our IIA-LA chapter participates in the Chapter Achievement Program (CAP). CAP gives points for performing certain activities throughout the year. Over the past few years, our chapter has done a great job in CAP, which has helped us maintain our Gold Chapter status.

After performing a rigorous review of our CAP Report and prior year Chapter activity, we have ascertained that the IIA-LA Chapter achieving a GOLD status for FY 2009! This achievement is truly a testament of our leadership team and our esteemed members! We look forward to continuing to provide exception service to our members this coming year.

Please refer to the attached document for our FY09 CAP recap.

Updated for December 2009 - Please refer to the attached document for our FY10 YTD CAP results.

Current Status:
CAP Chapter Points to Date = 854.98
 
CAP Target Points:
Bronze = 685
Silver = 1060
Gold (Platinum) = 1560
 
Platinum = Achieve Gold 10 years in a row
 
Minimum for Bronze by Category
Section 1 – Service to Members = 325 (our points to date is 217.74)
Section 2 – Service to Profession = 200 (our points to date is 372.84)
Section 3 – Chapter Administration = 160 (our points to date is 265)

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On August 8, 2009, the IIA-LA membership approved changes to the IIA-LA bylaws.  Refer to the attached document for more information.

The Chapter officers have been working hard over the past several months to put together a comprehensive plan for the upcoming year and they'd like to share it with all of our members.

Please refer to the attached document for our FY10 org chart and plan.