Events

Members and friends This morning our speaker was supposed to be Congressman Tim Bishop. Mr. Bishop made a valiant effort to be there but was suffering from a painful, but not life threatening health problem. As a result he turned back at the last minute and went home. His representative, Jennifer Gunn, was there to…

Let me begin by saying I hate this war. I have hated this war long before it began. When we celebrated “Mission Accomplished” on the deck of the carrier a friend said to me “Now what do you think, now that it’s over?” I said it’s not over, and if it is over, and the…

This morning the publisher of Newsday, Tim Knight was our speaker. Tim began his formal remarks by addressing the advertising scandal at the paper. To his credit he did not minimize the problem. Newsday had inflated its readership numbers that determine advertising rates. He then said "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" He was…

Members and friends This mornings meeting was a a somewhat different format. We had two speakers The two speakers were the primary candidates for Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Ed Hennessy and Robert DiCarlo. The format was an opening statement of 15 minutes each. After the opening speech, each had an opportunity to address one question to…

 Herb Healy of United Technologies' Power division came to speak to us this morning on the current state of fuel cell technology, deployments and the Long Island fuel cell picture.  As every LIMBA meeting is, this was another learning experience.  UTP has several varieties of power generation technologies in a few different packages, one, a…

Members and friendsThis morning our speaker Moke McGowan, gave us an overview of one the island's biggest revenue industries. Moke is president of the LI Visitors and Convention Bureau., and it was interesting listening to the perception of what this island offers from someone who is new to the region. Mr. McGowan is a native…

Hurricane Preparedness from a utility executive perspective

Members and friends Barry Greenspan gave us a very straight forward talk about the programs that are available through NY State Department Economic Development, also know as Empire State Development, the agency he represents. Barry outlined the type of qualifying businesses that would benefit from a relationship with his office. The agency does not help retail…