Have you always thought about going to South Africa but have not been able to make it happen? HERE is the opportunity to enhance your business and fulfill your personal goal.

Join the delegation of women in accounting on a professional and cultural mission to South Africa. Under the auspices of People to People Ambassador Programs, a group of up to 25 women in and associated with accounting will travel to South Africa in November 2007. Group leader Judith Trepeck invites all female members of MACPA to consider joining the delegation.

Over ten days, the group will meet with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), government officials, business owners, their CFOs and their staff and public accounting practitioners. Participants will gain first-hand knowledge about business practices, opportunities, partnership models and South African cultural norms to take back and share with colleagues.

“The world is getting smaller and that phenomenon impacts accountants in public practice, private accounting, education and government alike,” says Trepeck, a Michigan Tax Tribunal Judge. “The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants sits at the table among the largest 13 Institutes in the world. They affect the policy and decisions of our profession worldwide. In addition, their economy contains prominent business and government units that would give us great insight into international issues and business opportunities for us all.”

Two years ago, a similar delegation of women accountants visited the Peoples Republic of China with group leader Debbie Michael, CPA, president of the American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA).

“You will have the opportunity to exchange information with an unprecedented array of accounting professionals,” said Michael. “On the China trip, the insight and business practices to which we were exposed was incredible. I’m confident the South African trip will be a tremendous experience”.

For more information, e-mail Trepeck at jtrepeck@comcast.net.

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