Events

Initial meeting of the Death Care Standards Group is August 31st at the Embassy Suites - Kansas City International. The meeting begins promptly at 10:00am and concludes at 5:00pm. A preliminary itinerary is as follows:

Morning

Arrival and check in continues

9:00am

Registration - coffee and juice provided

10:00am

Opening comments and introduction of your facilitators

10:15am

Statement of goals for the project

10:30am

Statement of goals for this meeting

10:45am

Impact of recent financial statement pronouncements of the industry

Presented by Paul German, Certified Public Accountant

11:15am

Break

11:30am

Standardization in other industries and Return on Investment considerations

Presented by Bill Nash, Holland & Davis LLC

12:00noon

Lunch - provided by Clifton Gunderson LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants & HMIS, Inc.

1:30am

Financial statement presentation and chart of accounts format
Presented by Gary Frazer, Clifton Gunderson LLC

Examples and discussion of the following:

Standard financial statement formats
Specific needs of the death care industry
Supplemental schedules
What software system should report what

2:30pm

Product groupings and categorization
Presented by Rodney Edwards, HMIS, Inc.

Examples and discussion of the following:

Primary Groupings
Categories
Subcategories

3:15pm

Service types - cemetery/funeral (Traditional Adult, Direct Cremation, Graveside, etc.)

3:45pm

Break

4:00pm

Contract types - at need, pre need, funeral, crematory, cemetery, combination, insurance, non funded, etc.

4:15pm

Introduction of tools for the project
Secure website with work areas for various collaboration groups
HMIS software test site for review by project participants
MAS90 software test site for review by project participants

4:30pm

Commitment to the project and selection of areas of interest/responsibility

4:45pm

Next steps - Interim conference calls, next meeting date, next topics (sales leads, commissions, etc).

5:00pm

Dismissal

Evening

Departure of those with evening flights or dinner with participants of your choosing for those departing on Wednesday.