PURPOSE

• Provide significant opportunities for professional development of members through interaction with peers and experts brought in to meet with the RoundTable and to act as facilitators.
• Make available to members resources from the Department of Accounting. Resources will include such items as access to library resources and databases, assistance in identifying articles and other references of interest to members, and priority treatment in identification of outstanding prospective graduates, interns and part-time employees.
• Provide 4 hours of CPE credit per meeting, for a total of 16 hours per year, for members desiring credit.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the RoundTable is limited to major companies that have annual revenues of at least $500 million. Membership is by invitation and is limited to controllers (or equivalent positions) only, reflecting the commitment of the RoundTable to recognize and serve the distinctive role and responsibilities of that office. Each member may designate a substitute to attend the meetings in his/her absence. These individuals should be capable of making a worthwhile contribution to RoundTable discussions. Members are encouraged to bring one guest to each RoundTable meeting. If a controller leaves office during his/her term, the successor in office succeeds to the unexpired term.

MEETING FORMAT

Meetings will normally include either one or two presentations of about sixty to ninety minutes each on pre-selected themes of relevance to members by a guest "facilitator" interacting with RoundTable members. Each presentation will be followed by discussions relating to the topic and subject matter presented. The facilitators will be leading national experts from business, the profession (including controllers), government, and academia. For the meetings where only one presentation by a guest facilitator is scheduled, the remainder of the meeting will be a RoundTable group discussion among the members on topics of immediate interest and concern. Meetings will normally last about four hours, including breakfast and lunch.

MEETING TOPICS

Session themes will be determined from member input by a Program Steering Committee. The Committee will consist of five RoundTable members and two representatives from the Department of Accounting as ex-officio members.

MEETING SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS

The RoundTable will meet four times per year for a period of approximately four hours per meeting, starting at 7:30 AM, with breakfast and lunch being served. The meetings will normally be hold once a quarter with the program year beginning in September and ending in May. Meetings will be held at a specified location which the Department of Accounting will arrange in consultation with the Program Steering Committee.

ORGANIZER AND ADMINISTRATOR

The RoundTable will be organized through assistance of the Progrem Steering Committee and the Department of Accounting. The Administrator will be a member nominated by the Department of Accounting.

DUES

Membership fee is $2,000 per year. The fee will normally be billed to members in August, just prior to the first meeting of the program year in September. Fees will be prorated based on the number of remaining meetings when a person joins during the year.

MID-YEAR OR YEAR-END SOCIAL

In addition to the four meetings, there will be either a mid-year or year-end social for members and their guests.