Events

Friday we had a most unusual meeting with no scheduled speaker we used the opportunity to discuss any major issue facing Long Island. The topic of the Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition was introduced and as luck would have it, Dr Matt Cordaro was in the room. Cordaro began his career with LILCO, and left LILCO more…

Dr Andaz an oncologist from South Nassau Hospital gave a talk on cancer. the focus was on lung cancer and the devastating statistics on smoking. Smoking however, according to Dr Andaz, accounts for a lot more than lung cancer. Primarily all the cancers associated in the mouth and upper respiratory as well as cancers we…

New Page 1 On Friday our expected speaker did not show up. This rarely happens at LIMBA (I can't even remember it happening without any notice).   We have the…

Our speaker this morning was SUNY Stony Brook, Associate Dean of Business, Joseph McDonnell Phd. China, the fearsome juggernaut? Maybe, maybe not so much, According to Dr McDonnell. While China…

LI Ducks owner Frank Boulton began with a 5 minute news piece that appeared on CNBC. As Boulton put it, "this was coverage you cannot buy." Frank's affection for the game…

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…

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…

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,…

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…