Organizations overall seem to be experiencing apathy from their members as there is more competition for time and attention and declining support from employers. Fewer students are choosing to enter the accounting profession. New competitors continue to emerge for those services that were traditionally provided only by CPAs. The latest technologies have quickly thrown us into the global marketplace. We have challenged committee chairs in our state to take these steps at the committee level.
Work continues on the Uniform Accountancy Act.
Last year the membership made a significant investment in technologies that allow the Idaho Society to participate with the other state societies in developing shared services solutions to our internal operations. Our collaborative efforts are designed to improve our communications abilities and bring economies of scale and cost savings to the collective memberships of all state CPA societies. These are exciting times. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as president this past year. Being from industry, I was a bit apprehensive about how much I could really serve all of you, but the issues we face affect the profession as a whole.