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re: Record voter turnout by Ontario Chartered Accountants: by-law on the new CPA rules passes

Krupo — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:18:06 GMT

Behind schedule, but worth sharing this letter sent in by a reader, which is apparently in response to the ICAO Chair's E-letter:

"Dear Friend,

I wanted to take this chance to thank everyone who came out to vote during the ICAO elections. It’s my honour to serve on the governing Council of the body that oversees the 35,000 Chartered Accountants in Ontario.

If you asked me a year ago if I thought that I would be in this position, I would have had said no. The reason why I chose to run for such a position is that I wanted better governance, greater transparency, and a chance for all CAs to choose their future path.

You can imagine my surprise when I started to get questioned after the following message was sent out to Ontario CAs:

www.icao.on.ca/.../COM20120627.htm

After some people read the message, they were left thinking that I am part of a group that is very committed to the unification. Some of you have even directed me to posts about this topic on forums such as The Future CPA Canada on LinkedIn. While I don’t wish to speak on behalf of the author of the message, I’d like to assure you that I am in no way supportive of any proposal that is detrimental to CAs in industry and public practice nor am I supportive of an initiative that would not be in the public interest. At this point, I’m worried that we may be heading in a direction that will see our brand being diluted which is detrimental to many people. Furthermore, many of the issues that we face may be solved without unification. It simply makes more sense to choose a path that is less detrimental to us and the public at large.

For those of you that voted for me and my running mates, I thank you once again for your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Best Regards,

Arnie"

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re: Oshéaga 2012: Metric!!! Also, Black Keys and many other sensational musicians

Krupo — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:29:05 GMT

Funny you should ask - his bling still had the old branding, and the crowd was only really into his set when he played his old stuff

re: Oshéaga 2012: Metric!!! Also, Black Keys and many other sensational musicians

Zach — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:45:11 GMT

Don't you mean Snoop Lion?

re: When you realize you can write here from your Blackberry Torch

Krupo — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:19:16 GMT

I guess not - though I have a pile of e-mails and other comments to sift through and consider responses for. Freeing up more spare time is crucial.

re: When you realize you can write here from your Blackberry Torch

Krupo — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:23:33 GMT

Even commenting works. Excellent. Remember to "join" or "sign-in" on top of the page to open commenting here. Also email me to authenticate your new account! See "Contact"

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re: The tally from one year as a Big Four manager

Krupo — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:36:59 GMT

That's one of the reasons, jaycee. The "Archives" list on the left is screaming "(1)" more often than it should.

ABD: the time to speak up is when the reviews are being written up. Once the results are delivered it's usually too late. Good topic to write about in the near future though!

re: The tally from one year as a Big Four manager

jaycee05 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:03:01 GMT

Hi Krupo,

Just dropping by. Congrats with your promotion. Big 4 Manager huh. Is that you're not blogging as much as before? Haha.

re: The tally from one year as a Big Four manager

AccountantByDay — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:34:36 GMT

Krupo! Advice needed please:

My first review is coming up soon (I think October. That's when we get raises and bonuses anyway.)

What should I be prepared to do? I could just go and be a passive participant, listen to the partner tell me what I need to work on, and go on my way. But it seems like the "competitive" thing to do would be to be ready to talk myself up a bit.

Any advice?

re: We paid $300,000 for KPMG to tell us to stop putting flouride in the water, and find other '5% savings.' Wow.

Krupo — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:15:46 GMT

A shout-out and summary of this post is up at Going Concern - goingconcern.com/.../the-city-of-toronto-pays-kpmg-350000-to-do-a-study-on-the-obvious

re: We paid $300,000 for KPMG to tell us to stop putting flouride in the water, and find other '5% savings.' Wow.

Krupo — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:45:05 GMT

Part of the problem, it appears, is that their scope was limited to a very particular part of the city's overall budget, so they couldn't really look at all possible angles.

re: We paid $300,000 for KPMG to tell us to stop putting flouride in the water, and find other '5% savings.' Wow.

AccountantByDay — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:50:26 GMT

Accounting education severely lacks teaching of other "business skills" - like looking at costs beyond the cash outlay. I imagine it was a big task to look over the city's whole budget, get familiar with it, and make suggestions for improvements, but if you don't make it 100% of the way to good, constructive suggestions for increasing efficiency, then all of the work is wasted.

re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Big 4 Overtime – An Update From Canada

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