Tag Archives: President’s Memo
President’s Memo: All in the Family
State Board Report May 2013 Country music artist George Jones died in Nashville on April 26 at the age of 81. Now for most of the country, his passing probably did not get the full front page coverage that we saw here in Middle Tennessee. In the “Music City” George was royalty. He and his…
President’s Memo: “Spring Break…” Really?
State Board Report April 2013 About dusk one night in late March, I was wrapping up a few things at the end of what had been a pretty busy week at NASBA. As is typical, the radio in my office was tuned to “95.5 – The Wolf,” an FM station that has a country music…
President’s Memo: It Stirs Me Up a Bit
State Board Report March 2013 My grandfather, H.S. (Sid) Wilson, was among the last of his kind. His vocation was blacksmithing. He was born in rural Missouri in 1896, received an 8th grade education and apprenticed to a career that served him well, as the village blacksmith. There was always plenty of work: wheels righted,…
President’s Memo: Slanted Remarks
State Board Report February 2013 In late January, I received a telephone call from a State Board member recounting a meeting he had recently attended during which a representative of a large accounting association had made “slanted remarks” about NASBA and another regulatory body. As I listened to the Board member’s concern, I too was…
President’s Memo: It’s Going to be a Great Year
State Board Report January 2013 On the day after Christmas, I noticed that only a core group of employees were working in our Nashville offices, so I decided to walk our three floors to personally thank each of them for being here for our customers and stakeholders. Near the end of my walk, I stopped…
President’s Memo: Reflection
State Board Report December 2012 Confucius observed: “There are three methods of gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is imitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.” As we come to the end of the year, it is a natural time for me to…
President’s Memo: Photos on the Wall
State Board Report September 2012 Have you ever been watching a television broadcast when the commentator warns that an upcoming video may contain graphic content so that you may want to divert your eyes? Well, this article may contain content that is politically edgy to some (just in case you want to go on to…
Bishop Makes “Accounting Today” Top 100
Sept. 11, 2012 NASBA President and CEO Ken Bishop was named one of Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. His entry in the list is as follows: Ken Bishop President and CEO, NASBA In his first year on the job, Bishop has smoothly handled a packed agenda at NASBA, from expanding the…
President’s Memo: NASBA Had It Right!
State Board Report August 2012 This past week I was privileged to attend a forum and reception in Washington, D.C., to recognize the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retired Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and Retired Congressman Michael G. Oxley (R-OH) provided an account of the events and actions that led to the passage of…
President’s Memo: Walking the Walk
State Board Report July 2012 As I was mulling over the title for this month’s memo, I originally landed on “Hump Day,” a phrase that often refers to Wednesday, but also is used to signify the halfway mark of some measurement of time. July 2 marked the beginning of the second half of my first…