Events

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…

John Franceschina of Fuel Cell Energy spoke on the use of major size fuel cells that his company builds. John Eff of Long Island Energy Partners wrote the report. Here is John's report; On Friday October 5, attendees at the weekly LIMBA meeting were treated to a very informative presentation by John Franceschina of Fuel…

This week, 10/12, our speaker was Town of Brookhaven Supervisor, Brian Foley. Mr Foley began by telling us that the Town of Brookhaven has taken the position that they must be business friendly. Good projects will be assisted by the towns planning department. Where the town employees can assist in cutting red tape, they will.…

Our speaker this morning was Suffolk District Attorney, Tom Spota. Mr Spota began by stating that his most important contemporary duties are involved with terror attack prevention. An audience member mentioned that there were Middle Eastern men taking parachuting  lessons on the east end. Mr Spota acknowledged that fact but declined to discuss it further.…

Members and friends This morning we conducted one of our occasional "Round Table Discussions" I find these sessions very helpful in setting the agenda for LIMBA. One of the suggestions was to re-create that staccato of issues that are worth repeating again and again. Paul Townsend was very successful at moving issues along because he…

Our speaker this morning was Dr. Matthew Cordaro. Matt heads up energy research and policy development at The Center for Management Analysis at Post Dr Cordaro Has been in the utility field for many years and was SR VP of LILCO at one point. Matt pointed out that National Grid is a formidable entity with…