Events

Friday morning’s speaker was Gerry Fitzpatrick. Gerry is a principal in SES, a company that has ownership in a new ship technology that would not only go fast (excess of 50 MPH) but would do so using considerably less fuel than a conventional vessel. Getting vessels to go fast has been done in the past…

Jim Graseck demonstrated his highly trained abilities with the violin. He played traditional music of the season and some other works. With Jim it’s not just about playing superbly, but connecting to the audience. His ability to speak to the audience in humorous exchanges while playing intricate pieces has earned him the moniker  “The Victor…

Today our speaker was Michael Coleman, Sports Director with News 12 Long Island. Michael’s mission was to tell us about the importance of local sports news. Of course there is also the larger spectrum of sports news that he covers, but News 12 is more apt to cover the local teams from high schools and…

Red line RR from California is sending a rep to Calverton

Our speaker this morning was Empire Bank Chairman and CEO, Douglas Manditch. I suppose the conventional wisdom among bankers may be that the banks need to be bailed out. Not according to Manditch. Doug said instead of getting bail out money these folks should be going to jail. Paraphrasing Doug, Jail ‘em, don’t bail ‘em.…

We had a much bigger agenda this morning. Our speaker, Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin, was delayed by an accident on the Expressway. To fill the time we began an in-depth discussion on MAGLEV. The information is below.   When Mr. Corbin did arrive he was his usual font of information coupled with his usual…