BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Limba X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://limba.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Limba REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20060402T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20061029T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071102T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071102T000000 DTSTAMP:20071102T040000Z CREATED:20071102T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071102T040000Z UID:4270-1193961600-1193961600@limba.net SUMMARY:Dr Mathew Cordaro\, LIU DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nMatt pointed out that National Grid is a formidable entity with the wealth and experience to service the region\, and they were approved as an operating company based some promises that were made to the regulators. Basically those commitments revolved around the need for Grid to maintain a workforce large enough to be able to restore power in the case of a major catastrophe. According to Cordaro 90% of the present workforce has never experienced a major hurricane and that fact creates an exposure. \nCordaro said it is up to us to maintain pressure on the operators to live up to the commitments that they made. \n  \nDr. Cordaro said he was confident in the new leadership under Kevin Law at LIPA\, but Law never had any direct utility experience. There are serious challenges that Mr. Law will have to deal with. The system is aging and there is a complicated contractual arrangement with Grid. There have been $2 Billion in investment by LIPA and that has to be paid for as well. \n  \nConservation has always been promoted as a means of avoiding the cost of new power plant construction\, but these conservation programs cost money and they too have to be paid for. There are many challenges for LIPA and Grid\, but none insurmountable. \n  \nThe conversation then went on to repowering. LIMBA has been a long time proponent of repowering. Repowering is essentially rebuilding high efficiency\, state of the art power plants at existing locations. The problem here is that not all the existing sites are good candidates for repowering. As one of the audience pointed out the task is more costly than creating a new power plant in a new location. The old sites have in some cases real estate limitations. That is\, not enough room to build while leaving the old plant in service. The one plant that everyone seems to agree is viable for repowering is Barrett. There probably is one or two others. An alternative is building new plants in new places “virtual repowering” The examples given the new Caithness plant in Bellport and the proposed Keyspan plant on Spagnoli Rd in Melville URL:https://limba.net/calendar/dr-mathew-cordaro-liu/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071109T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071109T000000 DTSTAMP:20071109T050000Z CREATED:20071109T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071109T050000Z UID:4261-1194566400-1194566400@limba.net SUMMARY:Veterans Day/Armistace Day NO Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/veterans-dayarmistace-day-no-meeting/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071115T000000 DTSTAMP:20071115T050000Z CREATED:20071115T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071115T050000Z UID:4254-1195084800-1195084800@limba.net SUMMARY:Karaoke Night at LIMBA 5:30 PM (No morning mtg) DESCRIPTION:Karaoke will begin Thursday afterwork at 5:30. The great Anita Bloom will preside. She is a knock-out of a performer\, and runs a great show for the audience/singers.\nVenue is not yet determined. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/karaoke-night-at-limba-530-pm-no-morning-mtg/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071123T000000 DTSTAMP:20071123T050000Z CREATED:20071123T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071123T050000Z UID:4262-1195776000-1195776000@limba.net SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Holiday -No Meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/thanksgiving-holiday-no-meeting-2/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20071130T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071130T000000 DTSTAMP:20071130T050000Z CREATED:20071130T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20071130T050000Z UID:4273-1196380800-1196380800@limba.net SUMMARY:Frank MacKay\, Independence Party\, National Chairman DESCRIPTION:Members and friends\nAll that we try to accomplish at LIMBA is dependent on creating the political climate so that it can happen. However we do not declare any allegiance to any political party. But today we examined under the tutelage of Frank MacKay\, National Chairman of the Independence Party\, the workings of the political parties. We examined the effect that the so-called minor parties have on the political process.\n \nFrank had us look at some recent elections to make his point that a "minor" party endorsement is not only helpful\, it is often pivotal. In New York City where some voters "would rather cut off their right arm than pull a lever that said Republican" according to Frank\, these people did pull the third party lever and Mr. Bloomberg\, the Republican was voted into office. The number of people that voted on the Independence line was greater than the difference between the Republican and the Democratic votes. That Independence line was needed to put Michael Bloomberg in office.\n \nIn 1992 Ross Perot\, despite running a miserable campaign\, garnered 19% of the vote and Bill Clinton\, won over George Bush with a mere plurality. In 2000 Ralph Nader created the same scenario and sank the campaign of Al Gore.\n \nWe then discussed the current politics at the presidential level and the contempt the public has for the president and the congress. With the president’s approval rating at 30% and the Congress at 11% MacKay thinks a third party candidate\, such as Mayor Bloomberg\, would have an excellent chance of winning.\n \nTo Frank’s way of thinking\, social issues are not part of the process\, "we don’t wear clerical collars in politics" MacKay said\, "discuss those matters with people who do wear those collars. Politics to MacKay is more about political process. Election reform is the most important issue if you are interested in preserving democracy. The Independence Party recently opened their primaries to every citizen that is registered to vote in every state in the Union\, and was subsequently sued by the major parties. The Independence Party won that tussle.\n\nErnie Fazio \n  \nPictured: Independence Party\, National Chairman\, Frank MacKay\, and Ernie Fazio\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/frank-mackay-independence-party-national-chairman/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR