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:20080309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20081102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20090308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20091101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20100314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20101107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091106T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091106T000000 DTSTAMP:20091106T050000Z CREATED:20091106T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T050000Z UID:4372-1257465600-1257465600@limba.net SUMMARY:Gary Bixhorn Chief operating officer Eastern Suffolk Boces DESCRIPTION:This morning our speaker was Gary Bixhorn. Mr. Bixhorn is the Chief Operating Officer of Eastern Suffolk BOCES. We generally think of BOCES as the special education arm of our education system. That was its original function\, but over time it added the vocational training\, then the buying cooperative services was added. Today BOCES has a substantial mission in many areas that service the school districts in that area. It has no separate tax base for funding its operations. All funding comes from the school districts on an apportionment basis. \nMr. Bixhorn spoke about the cost of schooling on Long Island and stated that the Long Island region was not getting its fair share of state revenues that are allocated to all schools in the state. \nAs the conversation about costs were explored the questions from the audience asked; Why in hard economic times\, do the schools maintain their budgets as if all were normal? \nThe discussion revealed some important ways that savings could be realized. For example; there is little doubt that consolidation of districts would save some money when most of the $200K plus administrators would not be needed. \nWhile industry has changed the way pensions have been funded\, the school personnel have the same high cost defined benefit plans they have always had. Modifying pensions would provide additional savings. Another problem that is directly related to the multiple school districts is labor contract negotiations. Each school district negotiates its own contracts and those contracts are jack-sawed by comparing their salaries to the last contract that was signed. Each new contract is incrementally higher than the last. The solution to this never-ending escalation in costs is to have salaries and benefits. negotiated on a regional basis. \nUnfortunately no politician has had the courage to fight back. Each year goes by and the tax burden gets worse. Now we are at a juncture where we have an angrier taxpayer than anytime in my memory. The education industry has held these politicos in check by virtue of their vast campaign resources. Maybe the taxpayers will just fire these elected officials now that we are a lot angrier. \nSee video of todays meeting http://www.proimagegroupinc.com/limba/11-6-09/ \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/gary-bixhorn-chief-operating-officer-eastern-suffolk-boces/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091112T000000 DTSTAMP:20091112T050000Z CREATED:20091112T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091112T050000Z UID:4371-1257984000-1257984000@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA Networking and Karaoke night at Dave & Busters DESCRIPTION:This event is always a big hit. The last time we had John Kominicki and Richard Kessel sing. They rocked the house. John will likely sing again and we have a surprise celeb waiting in the wings.There will be some of the great singers in our midst that you did no know existed. \nThe media room at Dave & Busters works great for this event. there will be a buffet and soft drinks as well as a cash bar \nWe will have the always enertaining and vivacious Anita Bloom guiding us on our Karaoke songs. What a knockout\, Holy Cow! \nLIMLong IslanBd Metro BAusiness Action\nPresents the\n3rd Annual Karaoke Night\nWhen: Thursday\, November 12\, 2009\nWhere: Dave & Buster’s\n1856 Veteran’s Memorial Highway\, Islandia\nTime: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.\nDonation: $35 LIMBA Members\, $40 Non-Members\nLong Island Metro Business Action is hosting an entertaining\nevening of networking\, food and fun!\nThis after-hours event of singing & karaoke will be held in\nthe showroom at the Dave & Buster ’s in Islandia.\nYou and your colleagues are invited to get up and belt out a tune!\nGuest singers include some of Long Island’s most recognized\nbusiness leaders including John Kominicki\, publisher of the\nLong Island Business News.\nFor pre-registration: 631-757-1698\, e-mail info@limba.net\, or\npay on-line with paypal at www.limba.net.\nBecome a sponsor for only $300:\nIncludes premier event recognition and two event tickets. Call 631-757-1698\nfor more information. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-networking-and-karaoke-night-at-dave-busters/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091113T000000 DTSTAMP:20091113T050000Z CREATED:20091113T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091113T050000Z UID:4374-1258070400-1258070400@limba.net SUMMARY:No scheduled meeting DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/no-scheduled-meeting/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T000000 DTSTAMP:20091120T050000Z CREATED:20091120T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091120T050000Z UID:4375-1258675200-1258675200@limba.net SUMMARY:John Waffenschmidt- Covanta Power DESCRIPTION:This morning we had a presentation from John Waffenschmidt\, Vice President of Covanta Energy. Covanta is an energy from waste\noperator. The plant in Hempstead is a state of the art facility that converts some of Long Islands waste stream into energy. The recovery of electric power from waste has been done successful elsewhere. In Europe they are way ahead of us in various conservation measures. According to John\, the pollutants from energy to waste are substantially less than that which would be emitted by trucks if the waste stream were carted off-island and landfilled. \nThe plant is able to segregate metals and recover them. One of the most cost effective recovery of metals is aluminum. Making new metal from recovered aluminum uses 85% less energy than making aluminum from bauxite ore. But other metals are successfully and profitably recovered as well\, and metal coins are found every day in the recovery process and that too is part of the salvage stream. \n The co2 that is emitted in burning is of course a by-product of the process\, but no methane is created. This is important because landfills do create methane\, and methane is many more times more damaging to the atmosphere than co2.\nMr Waffenschmidt did not limit his talk to his project but spoke about the larger problem of global warming and the potential for improvement. The United States has the potential of reducing greenhouse gasses by a giga ton. That’s a huge amount\, but it also tells us that we have not been doing as good a job as we could. Waffenschmidt made these remarks after going through the dangers of global warming\, and the exposure this area has to it. \nCovanta is building an extension to it’s present operation and made reassurances that the new plant as well as the old one will not contribute to producing odors in the surrounding area. The plant contains odors by creating a negative pressure inside the plant. As air is sucked into the building it is fed to the burning process. The air leaves the plant after the burning has taken place. \nThe existing facility creates a net of 600KW/ton and the new facility will produce 675KW/ton. The plant itself uses a lot of power to operate all its equipment\, but these figures are net after all that is considered. \nTo see this entire meeting on video go to http://proimagegroupinc.com/limba/11-21-09 \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/john-waffenschmidt-covanta-power/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091127T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091127T000000 DTSTAMP:20091127T050000Z CREATED:20091127T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091127T050000Z UID:4373-1259280000-1259280000@limba.net SUMMARY:NO MEETING Thanksgiving week DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/no-meeting-thanksgiving-week/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR