Get Yourself Connected Via CalCPA Listserves.Got a burning question about a tax dilemma? Business consulting? Technology conundrums? Or would you just like to chat about current events with your peers? Log on to one of CalCPA's listserves to get connected with your peers and find answers to your questions. A listserve is an electronic mailing list An electronic mailing list, a type of Internet forum, is a special usage of e-mail that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list — a list of names and addresses — as might be kept by an , and you need only an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address to subscribe and may unsubscribe To cancel a service. It is often possible to unsubscribe to an e-mail service by typing the word "unsubscribe" into a reply message. Contrast with subscribe. See opt-out. at any time via e-mail. Listserves are fast becoming a popular communications Popular Communications is a magazine with content relating to the radio hobby, including scanners, shortwave radio, CB, and amateur radio. The magazine includes articles, schedules of shortwave stations, and logs of pirate radio communications sent in by readers. tool for associations. They allow members to interact without time or geographic barriers. Often, committees or organized work groups start a listserve to exchange ideas and information. CalCPA's listserves are hosted by Yahoo! Groups Yahoo! Groups is a service from Yahoo! that provides electronic mailing lists. Over the years, Yahoo! bought several other mailing list providers, including the popular eGroups, and combined them with Yahoo! Clubs into one system. Its main competitor is Google Groups. at no cost. Following is a sample of some CalCPA groups you'll find in cyberspace: * CFO-ControllerGroup provides CFOs, controllers and others interested in those functions with access to information, education and networking useful to the CFO See Chief Financial Officer. and controller functions. * ConsultingTalk is dedicated to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information between individuals interested in consulting. * CPA-PFP is a forum for CalCPA members interested in discussing personal financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against issues. * CPATalk is a general discussion forum for CalCPA members, your CalCPA member number is required to subscribe. * LAindustry is an interactive mailing list for sharing information, asking questions, tossing out job leads or needs, and generally embracing the needs of industry CPAs and other interested parties. * RAMsession is for CPAs who like to talk about computers and how they relate to your accounting practice, as well as a place to ask any kind of computer technology-related questions. RAMsession offers great advice from some of the best technologically-minded CPAs around. * TaxTalk is a forum for discussing tax issues, asking tax questions or passing on tax information for CalCPA members. |
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