2012 Brown Bag Lunches for Ministry & Church Executives and Leaders, 
Financial Officers, and Business Administrators

CMA sponsors a series of Brown Bag luncheons throughout the year for ministry executives and staff as a compliment to our regular luncheon seminar series. Informal and casual, our Special Interest Group series (SIGs) gives you an opportunity to come together with other active ministry staff to discuss current issues and exchange ideas. Past meetings have focused on such issues as: 1) ministry housing allowance; 2) housing assistance options; 3) taxability of special gifts; 4) ministry "best" practices; 5) short-term mission trip accounting and compliance; 6) worker's compensation; 7) directed giving; 8) ministry compliance; 9) working with volunteers; and 10) emergency planning and safety management.

In 2012 we have two SIG groups for you to get involved with. Our business and accounting SIG will continue to focus on issues and topics focused around business financial practices and compliance. We are again offering a SIG for ministry staff and others who work in and around the areas of IT/Computing/Web Development/Social Networking. This presents an opportunity to meet and discuss issues of interest and concern.

Each Brown Bag is hosted by a member of our board of directors and discussions are led by industry experts. All meetings are held at Crossroads Bible Church in San Jose. Meetings typically begin at 12 noon and last about an hour.

We invite you to bring your lunch and join us!

The dates and topics for 2012 are as follows:

Date	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATORS Issues and topics related to business financial practices and compliance	TECHNOLOGY Issues and topics related to IT/Computing/Web Development/ Social Networking	CFO Special focus for those acting as Chief Financial Officers
February 16, 2012	Employment Law Open Forum - A 2nd opportunity to interact over the latest employment and HR law changes affecting your ministry.
April 12, 2012	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 14, 2012	TBD	TBD	TBD
August 9, 2012	TBD	TBD	TBD
October 11, 2012	TBD	TBD	TBD
December 13, 2012	TBD	TBD	TBD

Who Should Attend?
Board Treasurers, CFO’s, Executive Pastors, Business Administrators, Staff Accountants, IT Staff, Web Managers, & other interested individuals.


For More Information:
Contact us at info@cmanational.org


RENO CHAPTER NEWS
CMA's Reno Chapter announces their meetings for the remainder of the year.
Location: Claim Jumper (Click for Map)
Time: 11:30am
Dates: May 16
July 18
September 14 (Compliance Seminar in Sacramento)
November 14

For more information contact Brad Chinn at bchinn@rcfnv.org, or 775-853-4234 x245.