Events

Members and friends Friday morning at LIMBA, on the 38th anniversary of the first moon landing, we had Duke Dufresne, the current chief of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Integrated Systems Eastern Region (Ticker NOC), the current incarnation of the Lunar Module builder, give us an update on what is going on with the storied aerospace corporation,…

Members and friends This morning's speaker, NY State Department of Transportation Regional Director, Subi Chakraborti, gave us an overview  of the responsibilities of the NYSDOT. We also discussed specific projects that are either planned or in progress.   The department does not have direct responsibilities to rail service, however where rail service has an impact on…

This morning's speaker was Michael White, Michael is the Executive Director of the Long Island Regional Board. Mr White outlined the breadth and scope of the planning group. Workforce housing, transportation, energy issues, and environmental planning are all considerations. All of the planning must consider the ramifications that each piece of the planning puzzle creates…

Members and friends This morning we had a presentation about building energy efficient dwellings. NY Institute of Technology's Dan Rapka told us about The Solar Decathlon This is an international competition to create the right design and combination of technologies to create a low energy use house. The competition includes prestigious engineering schools around the…

Today our speaker, LIA President Matt Crosson, was asked to speak about the need to marshal the resources of all of the organizations that would like to bring about positive change. Matt buys into that notion and he has led the way that helps others find their voice. Personally I have worked with LIA over…

This morning's speaker Kevin Dahill, President and CEO of Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council spoke about a topic that is more and more a concern of all of us, the cost of healthcare. In the past six years the health care system has left out 5 million more people. The total of documented uninsureds is 45…

The presentation today by Dan DeMeo of Odyne Corporation was outstanding, both in content and presentation. The topic today was, creating the systems needed to use hybrid technology on larger vehicles. Odyne has approached the advancement of Hybrid on the concept of modular construction vs whole vehicle manufacture. Many of the components of their system…

This morning's speaker was Dr. Robert Scott, President of Adelphi University. Dr Scott is keenly aware of the pitfalls of institutions of higher education. Of the many things that can detract from the essential missions of our colleges is the fact that we can go astray in academia as much as we can in business.…

The Honorable Tim Bishop, Congressman from Long Island's 1st District, was our speaker this morning. We requested that he speak about energy. In particular we wanted to hear about Congressman Steve Israel's legislation. We also asked to comment on the conduct of the  occupation of Iraq, and how that is going.   Mr Bishop pointed…