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SUMMARY:Homeland Security - Ken Morelly
DESCRIPTION:Ken Morrelly\, President of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) made a presentation this morning on Homeland Security. The state of New York has allotted $25 Million to establish a center for the development of new products that will be used in the effort to protect the nation. This will not be an incubator. The idea is to use technology that is presently available and apply that technology to the needs of security. The physical plant will be occupied by 20 different companies around the state. There will be a high tech theater to illustrate the various ideas that will be explored. Each of the 20 cells will be peopled by 2 individuals from these 20 participating companies. The site will be linked with the various companies throughout the state.\nThe upper floor will be occupied by Northrop Grumman\, and their mission will be homeland defense. They will have 150 people in the building. Some of the validation of present technology will have applications in defense. Otherwise the technology will be used to help create security systems. Mr. Morrelly pointed out to us the there is a distinction between Homeland Security and Homeland Defense.\nThey expect that in an environment such as this there will be cross pollination of ideas as well as a transference of ideas in systems that they are not presently using what is otherwise known. The chance that serendipity will come into play is great.\nWhile working for New York Telephone company many years ago we did something like this quite by accident. When we deployed personnel to tend to an emergency situation in another city the crafts people traded information on procedures that were not used in their home districts. The learning process was amazing even though we all worked from the very same manuals throughout the country they were able to innovate\, and those effective innovations were now taken home when the emergency was over. I expect we will see a similar transference of knowledge in this project.\nLIMBA has as one of its action projects high speed ferries. Another is better access to rail freight. When asked if these issues would be able to benefit from this center\, Morrelly said that transportation was not one of the issues that the center considered\, but those issues do have a homeland security aspect. \nPictured:  Ken Morrelly\, President of Lift and Pat Howley Executive Director of LIFT
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/homeland-security-ken-morelly/
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SUMMARY:Civil Liberties Union - Dolores Bilges
DESCRIPTION:This morning we had a presentation from Dolores Bilges\, Executive Director of the NY Civil Liberties Union. NYCLU is the local representatives of the national organization\, ACLU. \n \nWe\, or at least I\, had the image of a large organization with an active agenda. Not so! The NYCLU is a small organization with no legal staff. When they get a complaint and need a lawyer to bring suit\, they hire one or more lawyers. There is however an active board of directors. What surprised me was the makeup of the board. Seventy percent of the board are registered Republicans. \n \nAccording to Ms. Bilges\, the Civil Liberties Union has only one client\, the Constitution of the United States\, and in particular The Bill of Rights. Any suit brought on behalf of any person or group of persons is principally designed to protect those guaranteed freedoms \n \nWe discussed the PATRIOT Act in some detail. The CLU actually supports the bulk of the provisions in the act. However they take exception to the ability to harvest library records\, medical records and other personal information without a warrant. At the same time the PATRIOT Act forbids the person or institution that supplies records from disclosing that the records have been turned over.. \n \nWhen we began the Q&A portion the discussion was lively to say the least. There were some that felt that as long as you have done nothing wrong\, you have nothing to fear. Others were more adamant about keeping the ordinary citizens secrets\, just that\, secret. As the discussion continued there were nuanced rejoinders\, where participants were able to agree that some basic freedoms can be\, and must be\, protected\, while at the same time aggressively tracking terrorists.\n \nAs we were thanking our speaker\, I said that this was a good and honest debate from people who had differences on the topic. This is the debate that never took place in Congress. After 9/11 we were all so eager to stop the carnage demonstrated by the savage blow delivered to America. In their haste and fear Congress approved what many people now see as an over reaction. Of course\, not all the audience saw it that way\, but many of them on both sides of the argument said they were pleased that they attended.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/civil-liberties-union-dolores-bilges/
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SUMMARY:Roger Corbin
DESCRIPTION:“The taxes are so high it’s ridiculous” That was the opening statement from Nassau County legislator Roger Corbin at LIMBA this morning. Mr Corbin admitted that what was needed to change things would be difficult.Taking a page out of Ronald Reagan’s book when he could not advance his programs because he was faced with a Democratically dominated congress. said “I’m going to the people” Corbin quoted Reagan. And that’s just what Mr. Corbin is about.\nThe tax disparity in the various tax districts are substantial\, leaving the poorer districts with little industrial and commercial taxes to support them suffering. That\, according to Corbin\, must be corrected. \nRoger cited the cost of schools and the many school districts that the schools that make up the system. He has the firm belief that the schools can be consolidated\, and save an enormous amount of money without adversely affecting the quality of education. He cited as an example the school system in Montgomery County\, Maryland. Since consolidation the schools system is far less costly\, and improved in quality. Recently an evaluation of those schools put them among the 5 best systems in the country. \nMr. Corbin brought to our attention the numerous fire districts citing the ludicrous duplication and inefficiencies in the structure of the this ad hoc creation of these departments. Libraries were another example of inefficiency. Comparing Long Islands balkanized libraries to the citywide system of New York City. “In New York City you can borrow a book in Manhattan and return it in Staten Island.” stated Corbin. “It’s one system.”\nAccording to Corbin these are 19th century policies\, and must be changed Paraphrasing Reagan Corbin said “knock down these tax walls”\nAmong the other topics Roger spoke about was energy independence. He suggested that municipalities should step up and use the solar electric opportunities that presently exist. He said NY State\, and more specifically Long Island should be manufacturing solar panels.  \nThe Corbin’s articulation of the numerous opportunities that we are squandering reminded me of LIMBA’s founder\, Paul Townsend\,  when he was writing his weekly column.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/roger-corbin/
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SUMMARY:Trevor Davis -Small Bus Financial services
DESCRIPTION:This morning’s informative breakfast meeting was about banking. Not traditional banking\, but the kind of banking that can and does help the small business person.\n \nTime was\, according to Community Development Corporation’s Trevor Davis\, when your banker could make an assessment of the lender that would take into consideration unusual and non-recurring events. For example a bankruptcy that was caused by a tragic health problem\, would put a small business lender out of consideration in the traditional banking community. However a loan officer in CDC could make a lending decision based on more complete knowledge of the borrower.\n \nPrior to the time that bankers went to a numerical rating system\, the traditional bankers would do that too\, now those otherwise credit worthy applicants are referred to banks like CDC.\n \nMr. Davis said that there are four kinds of small businesses entrepreneurs and all are important\n1) Survival – I’m in business because I lost my job at GE and I have to survive\n2)Lifestyle – I’m doing what I love and great wealth is of secondary importance\n3)Serial – Create businesses and later sell them or close them depending on viability.\n4) Growth-Here the purpose is to create personal wealth\, and community wealth\, with an eye toward creating a large company\, perhaps even going public.  \n \nNot all of the above\, perhaps none of the above\, would qualify for traditional lending\n \nTraditional bankers have a loan loss expectancy of 1%. The CDC has a default rate of about 4%. I asked if that rate of loss was sustainable\, and the answer was\, yes\, for various reasons including\, that there is no obligation for his bank to show a profit. Other reasons are that there are grants and donations from government and traditional banks to help CDC perform a valuable service.. The good news is that 96% of the loans are paid back\, and that has a social value to the region because many of these small businesses exist because of lay-offs caused by a constantly changing economy.\n \nMr Davis brought up an interesting development that is now being supported by Walmart and Home Depot. Walmart has been offering training for businesses. With the idea that both the local retailer and the big box store can co-exist. Indeed I have seen it happen several times. If you need a supplier that can also answer many of your question\, chances are you’ll be heading to your local hardware store\, not Home Depot. Perhaps the pressure exerted against these retailing giants has borne some significant fruit. These small\, in town stores\, are the natural clientele of the CDC\, and it is important good news that there appears to be a stabilization. That stabilization is aided by the resources made available by banks like the CDC. 
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/trevor-davis-small-bus-financial-services/
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