Beta Alpha Psi First General Meeting February 9, 2017

Spring 2017 Membership Requirements 80% Overall Attendance 66% Attendance at Technicals 66% Attendance at General Meetings (3 out of 4) 4.0 Community Service Hours 6.0 Tutoring Hours 10.0 VITA hours 100% Required Fundraising Activities

Grade Requirements 3.0 Overall GPA 3.3 Accounting/Finance/MIS GPA Must be taking upper level business courses to get initiated Sophomores can join but can’t get initiated until after your first semester of junior year

Fees $110 for junior and senior candidates Only if you are a new candidate!! Last semester candidates that are now members you do not need to pay again! $50 for sophomore candidates Only if you are new!!

Deadlines Membership Dues and Application due February 17th Candidate Quiz and Essay Due by February 27th Complete Interview by March 3rd

Business Casual Attire Required Men

Business Casual Attire Required Women

Graduating Seniors! Must have paid dues and met all requirements this semester to receive your cords for graduation

Class Conflicts? Email a copy of your schedule with your name on top to Nick Ortiz at bapcandidates@gmail.com Makeup requirements will be sent to you separately

MGA 201 & 202 Tutoring Requirement 6 hours per semester in ARC (Jacobs 322) Sign up sheet via Google Docs Monday – Friday, 10am – 3pm Maximum 3 tutors per 1 hour time slot Watch your email for proctoring opportunities! FOCUS ON MGA 202 EXAMS!

Tax Roundtable Discussion Technical Monday, February 13th – 215 Natural Sciences Complex 5:30pm – 6:20pm

Audit Roundtable Discussion Technical Wednesday, February 15th – 101 Davis Hall 5:30pm – 6:20pm

Internal Audit Panel Monday, February 20th – 215 Natural Sciences Complex 5:30 pm to 6:20 pm

February Technicals   February 14th – NSC 215, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, EY Technical February 21st – NSC 215, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Deloitte Information Session February 22nd – Alfiero 103, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, EisnerAmper Technical February 27th – Alfiero 103, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Friedman LLP Technical Business Casual Required

Ethics Series Received funding to implement an ethics program! Ethics Question of the Week! – Winner will receive candy! Ethics Panel – March 8th, 2017 Fraud Case Competition Stay Tuned!

Spring General Meetings 2nd GM – March 15th 3rd GM – April 3rd 2017-2018 E-Board Nominations 4th GM – April 26th E-board Elections! Subject to Change

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Maharshi Dave Steve Rieders Maggie Chui Dianna Kang Zhiming Xiao Tom Park

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Preparing Income Tax Returns for Low Income Families Zeta Theta Chapter’s VITA Program is Nationally Recognized # hours donated, # volunteers, $$ returned to the community

VITA Attendance Policy If You Miss Your Scheduled VITA Time Slot, you will be Docked 4 VITA Hours Time 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM & 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Lunch will be provided but breakfast will not! All Members Must Complete At Least 10 Hours of Service VITA Committee Members Must Perform 28 Hours

VITA Dates On South Campus: Hayes Hall 401 & 402 February 11/12 – need help this weekend! Seniors especially! February 18/19 February 25/26 March 4/5 March 11/12 March 18/19 On North Campus: Jacobs Hall April 1/2 April 8/9 – Need Seniors, Ampadu Exam! April 15 Off site locations: Goodwill-2/17 and 2/24, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm AND Our Lady of Black Rock 3/8 at 3 pm

Community Service Must Complete 4 Community Service Hours BAP Financial Literacy Series VITA: 4 Additional Hours = 1 community service credit Watch your email for more events coming Soon!! If you have any community service opportunities you want to share, please do!

Fundraising 50/50 Raffle - $10 for 10 tickets! You can sell your tickets if you would like! You can pick up your tickets at the 2nd GBM and the drawing will be at the 3rd GBM Selling Cookie Dough $10 tubs Kona Ice Truck Fundraiser – potentially! Chipotle Fundraiser Tully’s Fundraiser BAY

Fundraising If you have any ideas for fundraising please share! We would love to hear your ideas! Email Lexi at alexiswe@buffalo.edu BAY

Social Events Escape the Room- Mentees/Mentors-watch email for interest inquiries! Sign Up Sheet! Canada Trip! – Tentatively April 15th! Sign up sheet! More to come!

BAP Merchandise! Nick, Marley, & Gavin are working on the BAP Merchandise & the regionals t-shirts! You get the t-shirt with registration to the Regional Meeting! Stay tuned for merchandise order forms!

Regional Meeting Pittsburgh, PA Best Practices Competition Takeaways: First Place = Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California!! For FREE! Takeaways: Networking Professional Exposure Get to know the chapter

Regional Meeting Information Leaving morning of March 23rd- tentatively at 10 AM Arrive Back in Buffalo Afternoon March 26th Will depart Pittsburgh around 10 am Student Cost: $30 Transportation to and from Pittsburgh, PA-can take the bus one way if coming from somewhere else 3 Nights at Hotel Some Meals Deadline: Thursday, February 16th to BAP Office Have to register on February 17th! Any Questions contact Emily at eawheele@buffalo.edu

Reminders Sign Up for Tutoring & VITA Regional Sign ups! Tutoring:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18_Dd67jk VCnNXaCpxztQRp20Y7n0rFXeiv-XOjf0yD8/edit#gid=0 South Campus: http://doodle.com/poll/cnvgttwp8q35ef2d North Campus: http://doodle.com/poll/ai6wttk57i9462ew Regional Sign ups! Fill out the registration forms ASAP! First come first serve!

Questions? UBBAP.com Email: Emily at eawheele@buffalo.edu with any questions! Candidate questions email: Nick Ortiz at bapcandidates@gmail.com