BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Women's Business Centers - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://awbc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Women's Business Centers REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T160000 DTSTAMP:20260423T075417 CREATED:20210318T182202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T001011Z UID:10000130-1631714400-1631721600@awbc.org SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2021 DESCRIPTION:Register (FREE)\n \n \n Nominate 2021 Advisor of the Year (Deadline 8/31/2021)\n \n \n Vote for the 2021-2022 Slate of Incoming Board Members\n \n \n View the Slate of Incoming Board Members\n \n Annual meeting is all about our members!  Your participation is important and helps shape the future of AWBC.  We’ll vote on the slate of candidates for AWBC’s board\, hear key program updates\, including an advocacy update\, honor the Business Advisor of The Year\, and learn from five WBC leaders from across the United States as part of a panel discussion on working with women and communities of color to help rebuild MainStreet- it’s a discussion\, and a meeting you won’t want to miss!  We’ll see you there! \n2021 Annual Meeting \n2:00-4:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM-1:00 PM PT \nSeptember 15\, 2021 \nAgenda \n\n2:00 Welcome \n2:15  Advocacy Update: Prism Group\n2:30 Procedural Business\n\nCall To Order\nReport AWBC Officers for 2021-2022 term\n\nAcknowledge Past Chair Amy Bunton\n\n\nPresent the slate of new Board of Directors and the vote\nAdjourn\n\n\n2:45 Announce 2022 Leadership Conference Date and Location\n2:55 Panel Discussion-  The New Main Street:  Women and Communities of Color \n\nModerator- Vonesha Mitchell\, Executive Director\, Women’s Business Center South\, Memphis\, TN\nChristy Dauer\, Program Director\, North Dakota Women’s Business Center- Fargo\, ND\nRon Fong\, Executive Director\, Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program- Los Angeles\, CA\nKamaljit Jackson\, Vice President\, Programs and Operations\, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)- Milwaukee\, WI\nFrances Mickelson\, Director of Business Pathways\, Mi Casa Resource Center- Denver\, CO\n\n\n\n\n3:55 Announce Advisor of the Year Award \n4:00 Adjourn  URL:https://awbc.org/event/annual-meeting-2021/ LOCATION:Online\, DC\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Association of Womens Business Centers":MAILTO:info@awbc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T075417 CREATED:20210629T165642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T205758Z UID:10000133-1632405600-1632405600@awbc.org SUMMARY:Financial Foundations: Managing the Complex Business of Your Core Grant DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW Financial compliance is critical to the success of our centers and our network.It’s also one of the most complex management challenges for Women’s Business Centers leaders. \nThis series is appropriate for all knowledge levels\, from novice to expert.  Content will be especially beneficial to any Host Organization and/or WBC staff or contract support responsible for financial management and reporting\, including: \n\nDirectors\nCompliance Officers\nCFOs or other financial professionals\nContract accounting/bookkeeping support\n\n\nModule 2: Maintaining Sufficient Financial RecordsAugust 25\, 20212 PM-4PM ET \nIn this live webinar\, participants will gain a greater understanding of the practical impacts of the SBA OIG report including anticipated new policies and procedures related to substantiating financial records. This module will focus on procurement\, program income\, and matching contributions and participants will review and receive model policies they can use to help guide their record keeping processes. \n\n\n\n\n\nModel Procurement Policies & Procedures\nModel Conflicts of Interest Policy & Procedures\nModel Policy for Program Income Earned\nModel Policy for Matching Contributions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModule 3:  Financial Management and Reporting & The Appropriate Use of Grant FundsSeptember 23\, 20212 PM-4PM ET \nIn this live webinar\, participants will gain a greater understanding of the practical impacts of the SBA OIG report including anticipated new policies and procedures related to financial reports. Participants will learn best practices to determine the appropriate use of grant funds- including permissible expenditures and budget transfers as well as best practices for financial accounting systems. \n\n\n\n\n\nModel Policy determining allowable\, allocable\, and reasonable expenses\nModel Policy for proper budget transfers.\n\n\n\n\n\n REGISTER NOW URL:https://awbc.org/event/financial-foundations-managing-the-complex-business-of-your-core-grant/ LOCATION:Online\, DC\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Association of Womens Business Centers":MAILTO:info@awbc.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR