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The Planner News Briefs	October 2007
Greetings: Welcome to this edition of Financial Planning Association of Southern Nevada’s monthly news brief. In it you will find useful information about our chapter and its programs promoting the financial planning profession.
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Upcoming Programs This month’s program will be on October 25 and is a double header. We will have our annual tax update followed by the requisite CFP Board ethics program. Check our website at http://fpanv.org/Calendar.asp for more details and to sign up.
News Briefs October 1-7 is Financial Planning Week. Mayor Oscar Goodman has issued a proclamation dedicating this week as Las Vegas Financial Planning Week. We expect Governor Jim Gibbons will announce that the State of Nevada will also adopt 10/1 –10/7/2007 as Nevada Financial Planning week as well. As part of our celebration of FPW, we are having a special presentation on our Pro-Bono Program, October 3, from 8 AM –12:00 PM at the law offices of Lizette Sundvick, 8215 S Eastern Ave Suite 103. If you would like to attend or need more information please contact Staci Scharadin at 451-8099, sscharadin@rr.firstallied.com.
The University of Nevada – Las Vegas is pleased to announce its fall Executive Certificate in Financial Planning program. Classes begin October 12th—and space is limited. The accelerated program consists of six classroom-based courses, meeting on alternating weekends over a 9-month period. With approval from the CFP Board of Standards, students who successfully complete the program will be eligible to sit for the CFP® Certification Examination. The University of Nevada – Las Vegas offers this program in partnership with Kaplan Financial, a leading provider of financial planning and education materials for financial planners. Kaplan Financial has helped more than 10,000 professionals obtain their Certified Financial Planner designation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects personal financial planning to be one of the top three areas of professional career growth in the coming decade. The certificate in financial planning will prepare both financial professionals and persons changing careers to enter this rapidly growing profession. For more information about the program please visit http://edoutreach.unlv.edu/cfp/. Please contact Kevin Foster, Program Manager, University Programs with any questions regarding the program.
FPA Business Solutions 2008 FPA Business Solutions 2008 is the conference on advanced business management. Business Solutions consists of two days of specialized content intended for financial planning professionals focusing on business management, technology and compliance issues. Save the dates, March 3-5, 2008. Click here for more information.
Congratulations Timothy Truebenbach, of The Keller Group Investment Management, on passing your CFP® exam.
Support Financial Planning Week Chapter members, place a web-ad on our consumer website pages. Click here for more information.	If you have an item you would like posted in The Planner News Briefs, email it to editor@fpanv.org.
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