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G'Day from AACC President, Jackie Yuen
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Dear AACC Members and Friends,
Please join us for some great AACC events:
September 1 - Monthly Coffee Meetup at Bluestone Lane October 5 - 11th Annual International Golf Tournament October 19 - SF Sundowner Drinks at Withersworldwide
Member, Partners & Mates in the News this month include:
- Arete Wealth Strategists - Zoom Webinar
- Austrade - VC Women Roundtable and Landing Pad Program
- CSIRO - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Roadmap
- Telstra - Hotseat wtih CFO James Lester
- St Regis - Celebrate Negroni week at the St Regis Bar
- Pub Choir in San Francisco
- AFL Grand Final Watch Party - Early-bird tickets available now
And for those who like to plan ahead, save the date for the next Australia Gala - February 3rd, 2024.
Until next time, enjoy the rest of summer!
As always, thanks for your support.
With gratitude,
Jackie
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New to the Bay? Looking to reconnect with other Aussies? Join AACC Executive Director Melissa Zajic for coffee. Look for the Australian flag.
Date: Friday, September 1st 2023
Time: 10 am
Location: Bluestone Lane, 55 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
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11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCRAMBLE
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Our annual golf tournament is only 6 weeks away! If you haven't already registered your foursome, do it today. Players will be competing in a scramble format, against members of 9 international organizations based in the Bay Area. There will also be on-course games and competitions and the chance to win great prizes - including a $20,000 cash prize for a Hole in One!
Golf not really your thing, but you still want to be a part of the day? Join us for the post tournament awards dinner. Date: Thursday, October 5th Time: 11am Location: Crystal Springs Golf Course, Burlingame
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Join us on the terrace at Benefactor Member Withersworldwide's office in San Francisco as we toast to the real SF summer. Connect with other Aussies in the Bay Area over drinks and appetizers.
Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Location: 909 Montgomery St, San Francisco
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LATEST NEWS FROM AACC MEMBERS
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Join Arete Wealth Strategists Australia for our next Zoom Webinar
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In this webinar, Arete Wealth Strategists Australia Founder/Principal Ashley Murphy, GFP (USA/AUS) CFP®, AIF® will review a range financial actions you should consider doing, not doing or might do if you're an Australian living in or planning to move to the US.
Do’s in the US:
- Investments
- Retirement Accounts
- Insurance
- Tax returns
Don’ts in the US:
- Cash out your retirement plan prior to Age 59.5 (unless SEPP)
- ROTH’s / HSA’s / 529’s
- Make Long Term Commitments under Uncertainty
- Equities
- Real Estate
- Be careful with Variable Annuities
- Liquid partnerships (incl unlisted or illiquid REITs)
- Cash Value Life Insurance
- Self Directed IRA’s
Maybes in the US:
Be sure to register to be notified once the recording is available. You can find all our past webinars on our YouTube channel here.
We hope you can join us!
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As part of the APEC Women and the Economy Group, Austrade hosted an intimate roundtable for investment professionals and female founders who are passionate about advancing the integration of women in the economy. Moderated by Consul General and Trade & Investment Commissioner, Odette Hampton, some of the topics discussed included understanding the challenges that traditional methods of VC present to female entrepreneurs and those of diverse backgrounds, what makes Australia an attractive place to invest, and what can be done to attract more US capital into Australia.
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The San Francisco Landing Pad will be hosting their next cohort of Australian founders later this month. More than 15 companies will be supported with Austrade’s San Francisco Landing Pad program, which assists Australian tech-enabled scale-ups to land and expand in the US through Go-To-Marketing Planning and US market insights. The program is run remotely and allows founders to plan their US market entry.
If you’d like to reach out for more information, contact sunil.joshi@austrade.gov.au
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SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTRALIA
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Aviation is one of the most challenging industries to decarbonise, contributing 2.5% of the world's total carbon. To address this challenge, building on previous work, CSIRO, in collaboration with Boeing, have conducted an analysis that considers sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock availability and production potential in the APAC region with a primary focus on Australia and New Zealand. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Roadmap finds Australia is in a prime position to develop a domestic industry. It identifies opportunities to produce and scale production using Australian feedstocks, and also highlights challenges the nascent industry must address including supply chain constraints, international standards and regulation.
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CFO HOTSEAT WITH TELSTRA'S JAMES LESTER
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Telstra’s James Lester talks investment and what new CEO, Roary Stasko might bring to the table for Telstra International.
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CELEBRATE NEGRONI WEEK AT THE ST REGIS BAR - SEPTEMBER 18 - 24
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#AUSSIEMATES COMMUNITY EVENTS
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The beginning of the real SF summer begins in September and with it equal parts comedy, chaos and beer, we will welcome Pub Choir. It's the wildest, happiest, largest, easiest music lesson in the world. Let by the hilariously talented choir master Astrid Jorgensen, the audience becomes the performers, and before the show is over, hundreds of new best friends will be belting out a song in three-part harmony. Pub Choir's San Francisco show will take place at the Great American Music Hall, September 14 at 8pm
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2023 AFL GRAND FINAL WATCH PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO
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The Golden Gate Australian Football League is once again teaming up with BuzzWorks to bring you the most fair-dinkum AFL Grand Final watch party in the Bay Area! We've rented out the entire venue to show the 2023 AFL Grand Final on EVERY SCREEN, including the huge jumbo screen behind the bar. This is the only way to watch the AFL Grand Final in San Francisco! Date: Friday, September 29th Time: 6:30pm Location: Buzzworks, 365 11th St, San Francisco
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WATCH AFL IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEKEND
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This Saturday August 26th, the Golden Gate Roos host the OC Giants and Sacramento Suns for some footy and off-field fun! Come along and show your support and enjoy some post game celebratory drinks at Buzzworks in the evening.
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MORRIS AUSTRALIAN SINGLE MALT
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Established in 1859, the Morris family winery is one of the most acclaimed fortified producers in the world. The unique and distinctive MORRIS whisky flavor comes from unrivaled access to fortified wine barrels for finishing the whisky, barrels which have held the world’s most highly awarded fortified wines. Today, we combine decades of tradition, our heritage still and ancient fortified casks with contemporary techniques to create a whisky that is a true expression of time and place.
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