President's Message Continued
Kevin D. Stocks

…The APLG has established three major goals:

Excellence in accounting program leadership. To assist accounting program leaders in the development of the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective in their roles and responsibilities.

Excellence in accounting education programs. To influence and support high quality in the design and delivery of accounting education, including providing a forum for best practices in accounting education, assessment, and the continual improvement of accounting programs.

Excellence in serving as an advocate. To provide information and knowledge to members concerning issues in the accounting profession that could influence the future development and delivery of accounting education and, when appropriate, to serve as an advocate for the academy in promoting policies that will promote high quality accounting education.

Our emphasis this year will be in establishing standing committees to provide an operational structure to advance our efforts in achieving these goals. These committees include:

• Program Committee – charged with overseeing the annual APLG meeting in February
  
  
• Communications Committee – charged with increasing communication among members and increasing the functionality of the APLG web site
  
  
• Membership Committee – charged with building APLG membership
  
  
• Best Practices Committee – charged with finding and sharing best practices
  
  
• Database Committee – charged with working to build a database of information useful to accounting education leaders
  
  
• Meeting Support Committee – charged with expanding APLG involvement with regional and state accounting education meetings
  
  
• Advocacy Committee – charged with responding to changes in regulatory/profession related issues impacting accounting education.

Over the next few months we will fully charge these committees and invite members to help us continue move the efforts of the APLG forward.

Kevin D. Stocks
School of Accountancy
Brigham Young University
540A TNRB
Provo UT 84602
Phone: 801-422-4613
FAX: 801-422-0621
Email: Kevin_Stocks@BYU.edu