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SUMMARY:4th of July Week - NO MEETING
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URL:https://limba.net/calendar/4th-of-july-week-no-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Frank Boulton\, Owner\, Long Island Ducks
DESCRIPTION:LI Ducks owner Frank Boulton began with a 5 minute news piece that\n		appeared on CNBC. As Boulton put it\, "this was coverage you cannot buy."\n		Frank’s affection for the game of baseball\, the players\, and the\n		community is undeniable. Bud Harrelson and Boulton came to LIMBA eight\n		years ago and made a presentation on what they hoped to accomplish.\n		Today the dream they had\, creating excellent and affordable baseball on\n		Long Island is a reality. The tickets are $10 and they maintain the low\n		cost through good corporate sponsorship.\n\n		 \n\n		This is not amateur baseball. Sometimes a player gets bumped from the\n		majors\, and instead of languishing waiting for his million dollar plus\n		contract to return\, he will opt to work for $2100 to $3000  per month\n		just to keep up his skills. A player may restart his big league\n		career after playing a year or two\, and little or no restrictions are\n		put on them. Frank did not say this\, but I’m sure that the fair\n		treatment gives them an never ending supply of talent. \n	\n\n		 \n\n		From a business point of view\, whatever they are doing is working.\n		Maxing-out on the income revenues is always tempting\, but to be\n		sustainable in a sector of the economy\, that is not  notably successful\,\n		(minor league baseball)\, they have done very well. Most of their seats\n		are presold. They are technically\, usually "sold out." Although\, if you\n		come to the park as a Standing Room Only customer\, you can find a seat\n		after the first inning when they can identify the "no-show" seats. This\n		also explains why they have a 103% sold capacity.\n\n		 \n\n		The owners are very sensitive to the community in which they operate.\n		They have hosted large events for Breast Cancer Awareness as well as\n		other charities. They really get into the spirit. The players all wore\n		pink campaign shirts and used pink bats. It was a big success. \n\n		 \n\n		The team has 3 million fans and that number was reached in less time\n		than any team in history in the country. I came away believing these\n		owners care about the players. They want to provide quality family\n		entertainment. They routinely test for drugs such as marijuana\, and\n		reprimand players when drugs are found. Steroids tests have not been\n		routine\, and every year the debate the value of doing so.\n\nPictured: Bill Miller\, LIMBA & Frank Boulton
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/frank-boulton-owner-long-island-ducks/
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SUMMARY:Duke Dufresne\, Northrop Grumman
DESCRIPTION:Members and friends \nFriday morning at LIMBA\, on the 38th anniversary of the first moon\nlanding\, we had\nDuke Dufresne\, the current chief of Northrop Grumman\nCorporation’s Integrated\nSystems Eastern Region (Ticker NOC)\, the current incarnation of the\nLunar Module\nbuilder\, give us an update on what is going on with the storied\naerospace\ncorporation\, long a mainstay of the Long Island economy.\nDuke is head of the eastern region of NGC Integrated Systems\, which is\na 2\nBillion dollar division of the company\, working with the Navy and Air\nForce to\nconnect the warfighter on the ground\, sea\, and air\, with the\ninformation they\nneed to execute their missions.  Today\, there are\napproximately 4\,600 employees\nin the Eastern Division of which 2000 are on Long Island.  A\nrecent highlight\nwas the win of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye pilot production contract\,\ntotaling 408\nMillion dollars to build 3 new aircraft.  Duke expects the\nNavy to buy 75\naircraft in the full production program\, and the Bethpage location will\nhave a\nstrong role in the engineering functions\, with the airframes being\nbuilt in St.\nAugustine in Florida.  The team is busy pursuing opportunities\non the Navy’s\nBAMS project and the AF’s Tanker replacement program\, which\nare both due to be\nawarded later this year.\nDuke discussed some of the challenges that doing business on Long Island\npresents\, such as the cost of housing\, and the recruiting problems that\nthey\npresent.  He also detailed some of the programs that Northrop\nhas in place to\naddress these issues\, such as a grant program for employees that are\nfirst time\nhome buyers.  One of the great programs that they run is an\noutreach program to\nget school kids interested in careers in engineering\, that not only\ngoes into\nhigh schools\, but starts in the middle schools\, catching their interest\nearly\,\nand hopefully recruiting more local talent that will stay on Long\nIsland.   An\navid boater\, the southern California transplant was effusive in his\npraise for\nhis new home\,  a reminder that some of us natives take what we\nhave here for\ngranted because we grew up with it.  \nThe aerospace community was well represented at our meeting\, with many\npartners\nof Northrop Grumman on hand to educate us on the extensive programs\nthat affect\nsubcontractors during the Q and A session.  It was again\, a\nvery well spent\nmorning at LIMBA with a chance to meet and greet Duke Dufresne\, one of\nthe region’s most\ninfluential people\, and NGC’s partners. Included in the mix was; \n\nJoseph Battaglia — President\, Telephonics\nEd Palacio — Vice President\, EDO \nJohn Capacchione — CAPY Machine \nPeter Rettaliata — President\, Air Industries \nKenneth Nevor — NDIA (National Defense Industrial\nAssociation) Conference \n  \n\nalso in attendance were Northrop Grumman associates: \n\nDiane Dufresne\nPatricia McMahon  \nDianne Baumert-Moyik \nStacy Simpson  \n  \n\n and of course  the ever curious and involved LIMBA\nmembership\n \nOfficiating for LIMBA\, Bill Miller\, Pres \nPresiding over meeting Dick Dunne\, LIMBA Board Member\nReport Written by;Craig Plunkett\, CEDX Corporation\n \nThanks to all. The meeting was a big success
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/duke-dufresne-northrop-grumman/
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SUMMARY:Subi Chakraborti\, NY State DOT\, Regional Director
DESCRIPTION:Members and friends\n\n		This morning’s speaker\, NY State Department of Transportation Regional\n		Director\, Subi Chakraborti\, gave us an overview  of the\n		responsibilities of the NYSDOT. We also discussed specific projects that\n		are either planned or in progress.\n\n		 \n\n		The department does not have direct responsibilities to rail service\,\n		however where rail service has an impact on the roads there is\n		cooperation. One of LIMBA’s long standing goals has been increasing rail\n		freight because it significantly reduces the impact of pollution and\n		road damage caused by trucks on the roads. The NYSDOT believes strongly\n		that an inter-modal rail truck transfer station would be a good idea for\n		the Pilgrim State hospital property. We agree! With less than 2% of all\n		freight coming to Long Island by rail\, an increase to 10% would remove\n		325\,000 trucks each year. (these statistics were developed by NY &\n		Atlantic RR)  \n\n		 \n\n		While a lot of NYSDOT’s works are not ribbon cutting events because they\n		are maintaining the enormous infrastructure we already have\, there have\n		some noteable changes. The HOV lane \, like it or not\, was one of them.\n		Most the  of the NYSDOT budget is devoted to rebuilding the roads and\n		briges that we have in place. There was the redecking of the southbound\n		Robert Moses Causeway bridge a few years ago. There are now plans to\n		rebuild the northbound lanes of that structure. They will be redesigning\n		the traffic circle at Jones Beach. The revised situation is called a\n		"Roundabout"The nature of the changes will produce less accidents. One\n		more thing on Jones Beach\, there will be a bicycle path built along\n		Ocean Parkway from Jones Beach to Captree\, a 12 mile link. Now what we\n		need is a bicycle path over Robert Moses Causeway.\n\n		 \n\n		Other projects around Long Island include the rebuilding and redesigning\n		Rt 347. This is a very large project involving at least 2 overpasses and\n		additional lanes. That contract will be let in sections.\n\n		 \n\n		The NYSDOT has already converted 80% of its traffic signals to Light\n		Emitting Diode technology (LED). This technology reduces power\n		consumption by about 90% and reduces service needs significantly.\n\n		 \n\n		Subi or someone in his department will now be giving LIMBA updates on an\n		annual basis.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/subi-chakraborti-ny-state-dot-regional-director/
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