Sponsored by the APA Northstar Chapter
October 7, 2004
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Edinburgh USA - Brooklyn Park MN

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2004 Conference Agenda

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Breakfast and Networking Events

Breakfast With The Vendors (8:00 - 9:30 am)
The morning will offer you the opportunity to visit a variety of vendors to discuss their products and services.  Don’t miss this chance to see what is new in the marketplace!

Social / Networking Event (4:30 - 6:30 pm)
This is an ideal opportunity to network with your colleagues about your challenges and opportunities in the world of Payroll.  Another way to network is to send a link to this page along to your fellow HR, HRIS, Payroll, Benefit professionals!  This Event is always a lot of fun!

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Keynote Speaker

Audrey Thomas - General Session (9:30 - 11:45 am)

Audrey began her organizing career in 1991.  Organized Audrey LLC provides customers with quality information and skills that create a sense of peace and order in individuals’ lives at home and in the workplace.  Her unique process of accounting for a person’s personality type and learning style when developing organizational systems results in skills that are maintained for a lifetime.  In her words, “we transform lives, not just spaces.”

Luncheon Speaker

Kathy Honey - Lunch (12:00 - 1:30 pm)

Kathy Honey, of Kathy’s Gingerbread House since 1996, has built a career upon her zest for shopping and love of art.  Back in 1997, Kathy developed an interest in hats and a fondness for wearing them, and has hardly been seen without one since.  She has since spoken to many “Red Hat” and women’s groups on the subject of hats, their history, their proper care, and of course the finer points of wearing them, and has even been known to share a funny anecdote or two about her adventures in hat-wearing.

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Special Guest

Jim Owen is the Payroll Operations and Services Manager for Meijer Stores, a retailing company in the Midwest with about 80,000 Team Members. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Management from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Jim is an active member of the American Payroll Association. He has served on the Automated Clearing House Committee and currently chairs the Government Affairs Task Force Subcommittee on Child Support. He was one of three non-governmental individuals to receive the HHS Secretary’s Award for distinguished service for his work with the FPLS (Federal Parent Locator Systems) work group.  He received a Special Recognition Award in 2001 and was named 2004 “Payroll Man of the Year.” He is a member of the APA’s National Speaker’s Bureau.

Over the past few years, Jim has been involved in EFT/EDI, Centralized Collections, Child Support Enforcement, and other related federal and state legislation. He has attended and presented at Child Support Enforcement Regional IV-D Director meetings and has been an active member of the federal Department of Health and Human Services work group, interpreting regulations and designing systems related to Child Support Enforcement.

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Location Information and Web Site

Who to Contact

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