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Agenda

Please note: All sessions are business casual and times are approximate and subject to change.

Agenda
  Sunday, September 30, 2012
   
11:00AM – 6:00PM Enrich User’s Group Meeting
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6:30PM Dinner
   
  Monday, October 1, 2012
   
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast
   
8:00AM – 8:15AM Call Meeting to Order/Introductions
Roger Black, Stoops NationaLease, Meeting Chairman
   
8:15AM – 9:15AM Update on Leasing Accounting
Steve Hays will provide an update on a variety of accounting topics affecting the industry. Subjects that will be discussed include proposed changes in GAAP lease accounting, anticipated effective dates, and other accounting pronouncements.
Steve Hays, Partner, RubinBrown LLP
   
9:15AM – 10:15AM 10 Myths of Employment Law Debunked
Neil Dishman, Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP
   
10:15AM – 10:30AM     Break
   
10:30AM – 12:00PM Tax Update
Shaun Blogg and Cheryl Rawson, Marcum, LLP
   
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch
   
1:00PM – 2:00PM Insurance Issues
Pete Mattox will discuss claims trends he is seeing in frequency and the severity for some major insurance lines for garage and lease and rental operations. This will include discussion about some of the major causes of claims.
Pete Mattox, Harco National Insurance Company
   
2:00PM – 3:00PM ESOPs as an Alternative
Larry Kaplan will discuss ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) and how they can be used by owners of truck leasing companies to generate personal liquidity, help in the transfer of intergenerational ownership, create a tax efficient operating entity, and increase employee morale and dedication. A number of truck leasing companies have successfully sold portions of their businesses to ESOPs and the transactions have worked out very successfully. This session will look at what made these transactions work.
Larry Kaplan, Corporate Solutions Group, LLC
   
3:00PM – 3:15PM Break
   
3:15PM – 4:15PM Disaster Preparedness
Vince Sechrest, SSE
   
4:15PM – 5:00PM AmeriQuest Financial Services
Jim Guice, Executive Vice President, AmeriQuest Transportation Services
Neal Weeks, Vice President of Syndication & Operations, AmeriQuest Transportation Services
   
6:30PM Dinner
   
  Tuesday, October 2, 2012
   
7:15AM – 8:15AM Breakfast
   
8:15AM – 9:45AM Economic Update
How can you plan your course when the road ahead seems so unpredictable? Recovery or recession, deflation or inflation, unemployment and rising payroll cost – what does the future hold for the economy? The way companies react to the “new normal” may determine if they emerge as winners in this unpredictable financial cycle. Please join us for an informative and thought-provoking presentation that will offer trends and insights to help you chart your course for the near- and long-term.
John B. Jung, Jr., Senior Managing Director, BB&T Capital Markets
   
9:45AM – 10:00AM Break
   
10:00AM –10:15AM   NationaLease Update
Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services, NationaLease
   
10:15AM – 11:30AM Best Practices—Round Table
   
11:30AM – 11:45AM Planning for Next Financial Officers Meeting
   
11:45AM – 1:00PM  Box Lunch is Available
   
2:00PM Schedule flights to leave

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