Member referendum under way--deadline for return of ballots approaching.

A mail ballot is under way to amend the AICPA AICPA

See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management.

Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an in order to implement proposals to enhance the AICPA's ethics enforcement process. For more information on the member vote and proposals, see articles in the June, July/Aug. and Sept. issues of The CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. Letter and the Aug. issue of the Journal of Accountancy.

Ballot packages were mailed to members in Aug. Members who have not received their ballot packets may call 888/637-3277 to receive a replacement packet or they may go to www.aicpa.org/enforcement to download the ballot, cover letter and referendum booklet. That Web page also contains additional information about the proposals. If you choose to download the ballot material, you must follow the instructions on the Web site (including inserting your membership number and signing the ballot). Using the applicable mailing instructions, mail the ballot to the independent tabulator A punch card accounting machine that calculates totals and prints the results. Since the late 1800s, tabulators were used to accumulate totals and were later capable of printing. Countless invoices, checks and green-striped reports were printed on tabulating machines all the way up into .

Members are reminded that all ballots must be returned to the independent tabulator, IVS ivs - INRIA Videoconferencing System.

A video-conferencing tool for the Internet based on the H.261 video compression standard.

http://zenon.inria.fr:8003/rodeo/personnel/Thierry.Turletti/ivs.html. Associates, by mail; no other method will be accepted. The tabulator must receive your ballot by close of business (ET) Oct. 18, 2003, in order for the ballot to be counted.

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