Dear
colleagues,
I begin my term
as chair of AGN International, Ltd. with words of gratitude
and praise for my predecessor, Horst
Schaffer, of Schaffer & Partner. It was Horst¹s
energy and vision that resulted in so many of us convening
in Beijing, China at the end of September.
It
was certainly a memorable and educational trip and meeting — as
you can see pictorially throughout this issue. I find
myself still trying to assimilate and organize my thoughts
and reactions to what I saw and learned while there.
I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated
in such an experience.
I
would be remiss if I didn¹t say that the opportunity
to interact with 75-or-so AGN members for five days
on the pre-Congress tour was every bit as extraordinary
and memorable. To have the luxury of spending time
together at meals, in the bus, in airport terminals,
and on our tours was every bit as enlightening as what
we saw and learned about China.
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A
very attractive and impressive stage backdrop
illuminating AGN's worldwide focus greeted
members as they converged for the opening
session at the Kempinski Hotel in Beijing.
The Chinese host firms — China Regal
and Fiducia — extended personal welcomes
as well.
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While
I've been an active member of this organization
for 10 years, and participated in just about all the
non-North American-hosted World Congresses that have
occurred since
our firm joined — Rome, Sydney, Berlin, Madrid — this
trip really underscored for me the potential power of our
AGN relationships. You just can't
get to know someone — and
trust in their capabilities and instincts — unless
you spend time with them. Yes,
our traditional World Congress format — three
days of meeting and social events — is
helpful in doing that. Yet, I know that those of us who
journeyed together for five days in China are way ahead
in that department now.
I
hope that our French Canadian friends are successful
in putting together some additional pre and post meeting
trips in the Fall of 2006 so that more AGN members can
have the opportunity of spending quality time together.
If they do, please make every effort to work your travel
schedule around to being part of these relationship-building
opportunities.
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the China experience, I'm convinced that we need
to spend more time together to get to know each other
and talk amongst ourselves. Our association will
be all the stronger for the relationships we form both
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Going
forward from the base well-established by my predecessors Horst,
Steve Kass, Steven Jeffcott, Harris Rothstein my
goals for the next two years remain the same:
- generate
more worldwide business amongst members, especially
in China
- maintain
strong independent member firms dedicated
to quality services
- have
full geographical coverage
- continue
to focus on knowledge accumulation and management primarily
through the AGN website
I will spend more time in future editions elaborating
on these topics and how your AGN Board continues to work
in these areas. As
we wind down 2005, and look forward to 2006, my primary
goal is to encourage each and everyone
to get — and
stay — involved in AGN. The relationships and the
business-generating results are well worth it! Many thanks
William A. Moody, Jr., CPA
Gamble Givens & Moody, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
WMoody@ggmcpa.com
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Board
members, staff and representataives from AGN
China Regal CPAs, Beijing, took a moment out
from the Beijing Board meeting to pose for
a photo. (l. to r. front row): Esther Tan,
Maggie Zhu, Mr. He, Mr. He's son and Rita Hood.
Back row (l. to r.): Nick Blake, Steve Kass,
Bill Moody, Horst Schaffer, John McCuin, Khalid
Maniar and Mark Kaufmann.
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