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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100402T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100402T000000 DTSTAMP:20100402T040000Z CREATED:20100402T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100402T040000Z UID:4400-1270166400-1270166400@limba.net SUMMARY:GOOD FRIDAY - NO MEETING DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/good-friday-no-meeting-6/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100409T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100409T000000 DTSTAMP:20100409T040000Z CREATED:20100409T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100409T040000Z UID:4401-1270771200-1270771200@limba.net SUMMARY:Frank MacKay\, National Chair of the Independence Party DESCRIPTION:LIMBA Meeting Recap – April 9\, 2010 – Frank MacKay\, National Chairman of the Independence Party of America \nOn this rainy spring morning\, we were treated to a master class in Political Science by Frank MacKay\, the leader of the Independence party.  The goal of the party is to become the third Major party in the USA.  Lest the audience scoff at their goal\, Frank opened his talk by suggesting we turn our time machine back to 2008\, and ask: would anyone have guessed correctly who today would be the President or Governor of New York. \nThe  rapidly changing nature of politics and the electorate feeds MacKay’s confidence that the events necessary for the party to achieve national prominence will present themselves at some point in the near future.  The current disaffection of the populace from the two major parties feeds the membership ranks of the Independence party.  Frank’s talk was wide ranging and covered many areas of interest\, ballot access\, the New York gubernatorial race\, focusing on the conditions that need to line up in order for Steve Levy to run in the general election as a Republican candidate.  Some of the aspects of election law in New York were covered\, such as the necessity of a party to get 50\,000 votes for its candidates to survive and maintain a line on the New York State ballot. \nThis fed into lessons in candidate endorsement techniques and timing by parties and a lot of “inside Baseball” talk about the current machinations around what the rest of the parties in New York are doing in the gubernatorial race. The possibility of Mike Bloomberg emerging as a Presidential candidate was discussed\, along with the general conditions necessary for the party to field a Presidential candidate\, Bloomberg or not. \nIt was again\, a very-well spent morning learning about the mechanics of electoral politics from a well-versed speaker.  This is the stuff that generates what you read in the newspapers and the people behind the scenes come to LIMBA and educate us on topics that genuinely affect our lives.  LIMBA shows how to make a difference and introduces you to the folks that can generate momentum and effect change in our lives\, in business\, politics\, and the environment.  Get out of the house early on a Friday morning. Join us for breakfast and get educated. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/frank-mackay-national-chair-of-the-independence-party/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100416T000000 DTSTAMP:20100416T040000Z CREATED:20100416T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100416T040000Z UID:4412-1271376000-1271376000@limba.net SUMMARY:Regional Plan of NY scheduled NO LIMBA MEETING DESCRIPTION: URL:https://limba.net/calendar/regional-plan-of-ny-scheduled-no-limba-meeting/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100423T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100423T000000 DTSTAMP:20100423T040000Z CREATED:20100423T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100423T040000Z UID:4393-1271980800-1271980800@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA April 23 Yves Michel Suff County Economic Dev DESCRIPTION:LIMBA Meeting Recap – Yves Michel\, Commissioner\, Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Workforce Housing – April 23\, 2010 \nCommissioner Michel began with an offering of thanks for the opportunity to get community input.  For the uninitiated\, Yves listed all the various functions that come under his department in addition to the titled ones: The Inventors Club\, the Aviation Department\, and the Department of Film and Television production are just a few.  The Film and TV production department is admittedly the most glamorous job in the portfolio.  He recounted the story of the production of the movie Paper Man\, opening today and starring Jeff Daniels.  Filming generates direct revenue to the county from permitting and  property rentals\, but also indirect revenue by production spending.  There was a run on ladders among Hauppauge hardware stores when Sean Penn was filming the forthcoming Fair Game at the Dennison building. \nThe Department works with state and town departments to accentuate the good aspects of Suffolk County\, mitigate the bad to the extent that it can\, and help people deal with the ugly. The main mission is to help foster “Suffolk-Grown Businesses”.  In keeping with the premiere theme\, the Commissioner announced the launching of the department’s new website\, www.suffolkbetterforbusiness.com a virtual tour of the county for those considering locating firms here. \nOne of the major efforts of the department is to develop a county-wide unified permitting web portal\, that will make it easy for developers to find the information they need in one place for all the levels of government that they have to deal with in a particular building location in the county.  This effort is in its nascent stages and the commissioner is working hard to pull together the various groups necessary to make this work for all the towns and villages that make up the county. \nThe major theme of Yves’ talk was providing information about all the programs that business can take advantage of for financing\, the coordination that his department provides for business to access programs at different government levels and the open door policy that his office has.  He invited the audience to call in with questions at 631-853-4800\, or submit them via email at ecodev@suffolkcountyny.gov \nThe general impression was given that in these tough times\, the Commissioner and his staff are doing their best to make the most of scarce resources\, help businesspeople access those resources\, and be a strong marketing advocate for the county. \nThe Q&A was centered around using accessory apartments for workforce housing\, and sewers. \nThe Commissioner expressed his support for fostering accessory apartments in each town\, but emphasized the need for the towns to get on board with the concept so it could be county-wide. \nBob Bender brought up sewers being a chokepoint on development\, and the commissioner concurred\, describing the draft report on the county’s sewer situation.  Mitch Pally gave kudos to the commissioner for helping to use the innovative concept of Sewer Credit Rentals in keeping an important development project on track while waiting for sewers to arrive at the project’s location. \nA well spent Friday morning meeting one of our important county officials in a conversational setting\, getting a good view of county government and the efforts it makes to foster business here.  Join us at LIMBA and be a part of a well-informed electorate. \n\n— Craig Plunkett URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-april-23-yves-michel-suff-county-economic-dev/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100430T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100430T000000 DTSTAMP:20100430T040000Z CREATED:20100430T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100430T040000Z UID:4394-1272585600-1272585600@limba.net SUMMARY:Roundtable DESCRIPTION:On this date we had a last minute cancellation from our speaker\, but managed to have a fruitful and interesting meeting in spite of that.  In the rare instances where we encounter speaker issues\, we hold a roundtable discussion on a topic of interest\, usually related to one of LIMBA’s development goals.  In this case we addressed the prospects for local implementation of magnetic levitation transport (MAGLEV).  In light of the Long Island Rail Road’s impending purchase of lightweight self-propelled cars to preserve east end service\, we kicked around where would be the best place to install a demonstration project that would provide real value. \n \nThe Port Authority is reviving the Cross Harbor Rail Float operation\, and the Bay Ridge branch of the Long Island Rail Road could be used to move cars from the float bridge to the New York and Atlantic yard at Fresh Pond.  Revamping the Greenport to Ronkonkoma line was also discussed.  As a home grown technology\, we discussed the prospects for domestic production of this high speed\, high capacity infrastructure component as opposed to importing other countries’ high speed rail technology and materials.\n \nWe also went around the room and introduced our selves and our businesses.  A couple notable folks and businesses were Ray Palumbo and Jaime Rodriguez from AT&T Advertising solutions. Who knew AT&T sold Search Engine Optimization?  Peggy Sutherland gave us some insight on her business\, Long Island Science\, which is currently working on radiation exposure management solutions for Brookhaven National Labs.  A fascinating topic very important to the workforce out there. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/roundtable-2/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR