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The APA Detroit Chapter is affiliated with the American Payroll Association, but is an autonomous and independent organization.

CHAPTER MEETING HISTORY

To give you an idea of our meeting topics and locations, the following table describes our recent Chapter Meetings:

DATE	TIME	LOCATION	DESCRIPTION
April 26, 2012	5:30 pm	DoubleTree by Hilton Detroit-Novi	Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency presented “Prevention and detection of Unemployment Fraud.”
March 29, 2012	5:30 - 7:45 pm	Marriott Southfield	"Basic payroll accounting and looking at it from a Controller's point of view" presented by Charles M Jones, Jr - Controller - formally from United Physicians
February, 23, 2012	11:15 am - 1:30 pm	Meriwether's Southfield	“SSA Update” presented by Frances Heimes-Savickis, Public Affairs Specialist, Social Security Administration
November 17, 2011	5:30pm - 7:40pm	Doubletree Novi	"Health Care Reform - 2011 Updates" presented by Joel Clark and Jennifer Young from the JS Clark Agency.
September 22, 2011	5:30 - 7:30pm	Marriott Southfield,	"U.S./Canada Payroll issues" presented by June Hale, Senior Manager, & Blake Springer, Senior Manager - Global Employer Services, Deloitte Tax LLP, Detroit
August 18, 2011	5:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Marriott Centerpoint Pontiac	"Employee Tax Topics" presented by Linda M. Kalinowski, Manager, Employer System Support, MI Unemployment Insurance Agency. Topics included FUTA credit reduction, State tax credit, and Employer online services.
July 19, 2011	5:15 - ?	Fox Theatre Building & Comerica Park	"Payroll and Baseball" – “Direct Deposit – Can there be anything new?” presented by Cynthia Thompson from The Payments Authority, followed by baseball: Tigers vs. Oakland A's
June 23, 2011	5:30 - 7:45	Doubletree, Novi	"Pay Card News -- Now You Can Be Paid for Paying Your Employees" - an overview of payroll cards presented by Dave Dobson of Premier Pay Cards
April 28, 2011	5:30 - 7:45	Doubletree, Novi	“Expatriate and Foreign National Taxation and Impact on Payroll” presented by David R. Mazzola, PwC
March 16, 2011	5:30 - 7:45	Marriott Southfield	“Managing a Multigenerational Workforce” presented by Christine Lucy, Senior Regional Vice President, Robert Half International Inc.
February 17, 2011	5:30 - 7:45	Doubletree, Novi	"Recessionary Impact on Unemployment Taxes” presented by Scott Bankert, Regional Director – Employment Tax Services, TALX.
November 18, 2010	5:30 - 7:45	Doubletree, Novi	“Health Care Reform: How It Impacts Payroll” presented by Sue Mathiesen - Director of Research, McGraw Wentworth
October 21-22, 2010	2 days	Marriott Centerpoint Pontiac	“Working Payroll’s Magic” - the 21st Annual Statewide Conference for Payroll Professionals
September, 23, 2010	11:15am- 1:15pm	Doubletree Hotel Novi	“Michigan Unclaimed Wages Laws” presented by Gonzalo Llano, Administrator, State of Michigan
August 19, 2010	8:00am—11:00am	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch. 1600 E Warren Ave. Detroit	Nearly 50 Chapter Members, families, and friends attended our meeting to learn how the Federal Reserve operates. This branch destroys old money, sends out new bills to banks, inspects notes for counterfeit bills, and conducts extensive economic analyses.
July 21, 2010	5:15 — 10:00pm	Little Caesar Enterprises in the Fox Theatre Building and Comerica Park	“Payroll & Baseball!” meeting! “Maintaining great people and capturing qualified candidates” - Kathy Acre, Executive Recruiter and Consultant
June 17, 2010	5:30—7:45pm	Embassy Suites, 28100 Franklin Road, Southfield	“HIRE Act: What It Means & How It Works” presented by Frank Janusz from ADP
April 22, 2010	11:30-2:00pm	Bahama Breeze, Troy	“FUTA Credit Reduction and SUTA Dumping” presented by Kristie Gardner and Joseph Mulligan, Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.
March 11, 2010	8:00-10:30am	Doubletree Hotel Detroit/Novi	"Independent Contractor vs. Employee”byBrian Schwartz, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C
February 11, 2010	5:30-8:00pm	Marriott—Southfield	"IAT Considerations, EFT Controls & Best Practices.” presented by Adrian Brown, AAP, Consulting & Education Manager, The Payments Authority.
November 19, 2009	5:30-8:00pm	Meriwether’s, Southfield	"Furloughs and Their Effect on Payroll" presented by Tom Brady from Clark Hill, PLC, in Detroit and officer elections for 2010.
October 22-23, 2009	2 Days	Crowne Plaza Hotel — Grand Rapids Airport	“Through the Years” - the 20th Annual Michigan Statewide Conference for Payroll Professionals
September 10, 2009	8:00-11:00am	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch.	We celebrated National Payroll Week with breakfast and learned “The Role of the Federal Reserve System” presented by Katherine Nelson.
August 25, 2009	6:00-8:00pm	Doubletree Hotel Novi	“Health Care Benefits: Strategic Risk Management” Presented by: Joel Clark, President of J. S. Clark Agency, Benefit Solutions Specialists
July 22, 2009	5:15-10:45pm	Little Caesar Enterprises in the Fox Theatre Building and Comerica Park	“Payroll & Baseball!” --“Paycards & Direct Deposit” - Brian Slowik, President, rapid! PayCard. -- Baseball, Mariners vs. Tigers
June 30, 2009	5:30-8:00pm	Embassy Suites -Southfield .	”Garnishments” - Chris Townsend, Policy analysis with the Department of Human Services.
April 28,2009	11:30-1:00pm	Big Fish Seafood Bistro, Madison Heights	“International Payroll-Expatriate Compensation”by Kathy Chiaravalli, Principal of Strategic Human Resources, LLC.