Number Crunchin' News
August 2003

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 

SBBA Members: 

Mark your calendars!  Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 19 and I hope to see many of you at Mulligan's!  This month's speaker will be from Bartlett, Pringle & wolfe and the topics will be "Defining Roles, Difficult People and Clients, and Setting Limits."  Sounds educational and interesting to me. 

It's nearly SBBA election time again and I would like all of you to consider stepping up to help keep SBBA running smoothly.  Nominations are made in September and the new appointments become effective in October.  (Terms are for one year.)  I know we all benefit from our memberships in SBBA and it would really be great to have more people giving back to SBBA in terms of participation on a committee or as an officer.  Please please please come forward and get more active!!  Below is the slate for the year beginning October 2003: 

President:    Jennifer Loren
Vice President:    ???
Secretary:    ???
Treasurer:    Ken Jurgensen

Newsletter:    Jo Rogers??
                    Julie Raffety??
                    ???  Anita Blum is willing to share a newsletter position with someone for the next term
                    ???
(We need four newsletter editors to continue to have a monthly newsletter)

Speaker Committee:    Pamela Allman???, Vicki St. Martin??? and Maureen Turk

Board Positions are made by appointment 

A question mark with no name means we need you to consider filling this post.  A question mark by your name means please let Maureen know if you wish to continue in this position. 

Please remember, "it takes a village..."  The same group of people have been working to keep SBBA strong for a very long time and we would really appreciate some fresh energy and support. 

Thanks and see you on August 19th!

Maureen Turk
SBBA President


THE SPEAKER FOR AUGUST (Tue 8/19) WILL BE: Lisa Bryant from BPW.  “Defining roles between the bookkeeper and accountant.”


COME AND LEARN

Accounting with QuickBooks – Acct. 160 – begins at SBCC on Friday, September 5 at 2 o’clock in room BC313.  The semester length 2-unit course will cover A/R, A/P, bank reconciliation, adjusting journal entries, inventory, payroll, and more.  We will also review accounting principles including debits, credits, journals, general ledger, trial balance, financial statements, accrual vs. cash basis, and the accounting cycle.  Questions - contact Sandra O’Meara, CPA at 965-9907.

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UPCOMING CLASSES – Fall 2003- Santa Barbara City College

LOCATION:   Wake Center , Turnpike     Adult Education

INSTRUCTORS:   Phyllis Caplan CPA and Hillary Tentler CPA  

Adult Ed computer classes now cost $10. There will be pre-registration, so if you are interested in the classes, you should pre register to guarantee a place.  There will not be the prior limit on students, so hopefully all who show up can attend. Room 5 has 24 computers and an efficient overhead of the Instructor’s computer screen for easy visual learning.  

Nov 7, 2003      One day QUICKEN       Room 5    Friday 9:15 am to 3:15 pm

This class is an overview and introduction to “Quicken”, software for personal finances.  See our “Quickbooks” classes for business software.  (lunch break from 11:45-12:45 )      

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October 3, 2003     One day Introduction to QuickBooks  Room 5    Friday  9:15-3:15 (lunch break from 11:45 – 12:45 )

An overview and introduction to QuickBooks software, the most popular small business software on the market today.  This class will show you most of what QuickBooks can do for your business.  You can then decide which parts work for you, what you need more information on, whether you want to be your own bookkeeper, etc….  Topics discussed include New Company Set up, Backup of data, Vendor and Customer Set up, entering deposits, check writing, Credit Cards.  Questions are encouraged.  

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October 10, 2003    One day  Intermediate QuickBooks  Room 5

Friday  9:15-3:15 (lunch break from 11:45 – 12:45 )

½ day Accounts Receivable, ½ day Accounts Payable, Reports

If you are already familiar with QuickBooks, this is a good class to get clarity on more specifics.  We cover -  Income, Accounts Receivable, Cash Sales and Bill paying, Accounts Payable, Expenses, Cost of Goods Sold, Profit & Loss Report and Balance Sheet.  This is a follow up to the introductory class.  Questions are encouraged. 

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Phyllis Caplan is teaching Bookkeeping I, (September 10 - October 15)  and Bookkeeping II (October 22 - November 19) - Wednesdays 5:15 - 7:15 , Wake Center, Room 13. These classes are designed for new business owners.  Whether a novice or in need of a refresher class, the group dynamics create an easy way to learn record keeping concepts.

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On the Internet, the Santa Barbara City College Web Site, the adult ed/ computer classes.  ( City College also offers a semester QuickBooks class).

            www.sbcc.cc.ca.us   or  http://ce.sbcc.edu/classes.htm


 The NEW Santa Barbara QuickBooks Users Group meets Bi-Monthly.  For further information and future meeting dates email: qbusersgroup@aol.com The SB QuickBooks Users Group are for ALL levels of QB users, and is an open forum for users to share experience, knowledge and support.  Our first 2 meetings were very successful and informative - please come join us next time!


NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: This month will be my last newsletter issue, and I'd like to thank everyone for their support over the past 2 years submitting articles and our fabulous "Come and Learn" column.  It has been my pleasure to put these together, working with and getting to know various members, and I look forward to continuing with this group in our meetings.  Sincerely,  Monica Dittrich  


 

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