Bryan
Beatty, CFP®, AIF®
President’s
Message
The
year is flying by. I hosted my first Thanksgiving this year which has always
been traditionally at my mother’s house. Since she passed in January, my father
said he didn’t want it at his house this year. I had never cooked a turkey, let
alone a whole Thanksgiving meal. It went off without a hitch. The deep fried 15
lb. turkey was the most delicious turkey I have ever had. It used to take my
mother 5 hours to cook the turkey. This year it was done in 60 minutes. I
recommend if you have never deep fried a turkey, you should give it a try. I hope
you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday as much as I enjoyed mine.
Reminder that in our upcoming meeting, we
will be holding the annual membership meeting and will introduce our Board of
Directors for 2018. We have a great program on
December 7th at Westwood Country Club with 2 presentations. “A
Planner’s Perspective on Widowhood” with Marjorie Fox and Tom Curtis in a panel
discussing their recent spousal losses and financial planning as planners
themselves will be one of our presentations. Also, an economic outlook for CE
with speaker Terry L. Clower a Northern Virginia Chair and Professor of Public
Policy at George Mason University. He is also director of GMU’s Center
for Regional Analysis. Sign up today.
We
are excited to be working on a new public relations project, the Why We Work
project, with the help of Motley Fool. We will be making video’s initially with
the board. Later we will open this opportunity to attendees at this year’s
Winter Symposium. The questions raised on these videos will be why we are
financial planners and why we do the work that we do. These will become content for use with the
local chapter and the National FPA to promote the profession. Please review the
video with Sam Boyd for more information on this project, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MhQddmtqRo.
Don’t
forget the upcoming Winter Symposium! Registration is open, so please sign
up now for the early bird discount. It will end in one more week, and you
do not want to miss this great program! Please see the Newsletter for a full
program schedule with speakers and topics.
On
February 16th we will hold our annual Career Day hosting students
and career changers for internships and full time careers at area firms. We are
accepting hiring firms and sponsorships currently. Contact Emily Purdon, emily.purdon@sbsbllc.com, or Jared Jones, jared@omegawealthmanagement.com, for details, or please register on line to be an
interviewing firm.
Don’t
forget to Do One Thing! Our Chapter Committees always need your help and
involvement! Please let us know which area you would like to offer your
assistance! I look forward to seeing you soon at our upcoming events.
Maybe
we will get lucky and have a white Christmas this year - you never know. Happy
Holidays to everyone, whichever holiday you might celebrate and have a Happy New
Year!
Best Regards,
Bryan
Bryan
Beatty, CFP®, AIF®
2017
FPA NCA President
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