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:20110313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20111106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120302T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120302T000000 DTSTAMP:20120302T050000Z CREATED:20120302T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120302T050000Z UID:4501-1330646400-1330646400@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA -Gary Bixhorn- Vocational Trainning at BOCES DESCRIPTION:Eastern Suffolk BOCES hosted the LIMBA meeting this morning at the Edward J. Miliken Training Center in Oakdale. In recognition of the symbiotic relationship BOCES has with the business community they opened their doors to us for a tour of the training facilities. \n  \nWe began by being served breakfast that was prepared by the students. The room was beautifully decorated with flowers on each table. Full arrays of breakfast foods were available. \n  \nThe Director\, Gary Bixhorn\, gave an overview of the services that BOCES makes available to students that are not motivated to a regular college curriculum. The purpose of the training is to give the means of a livelihood to people with good craft aptitudes. \n  \nIn the past young people who wanted to work in the crafts such as electrician\, carpenter\, auto repair or nursing did so by apprenticeship. Those apprentice opportunities are not readily available these days and employers need to have productive workers on day one. \nBOCES has been fulfilling these needs for many years yet most of did not know what they did. Most of us have the image of special needs children being schooled at BOCES. It does do that too\, but that role is actually much smaller. \n  \nOur LIMBA group was divided into smaller groups and taken to the various shops. The equipment the students are learning to use is at the level you would find in a good production shop. The tools they have\, and the training they are getting\, is at least equal to industry. That is very important because it makes no sense to teach them yesterday’s technology \n  \nWhen we were leaving the people in the group were making comments that indicated that they were pleasantly surprised by the quality that they witnessed. \n  \nThese facilities are expensive\, but we are getting a lot of value for the money spent. Industry needs this and the craft oriented youngsters need the training \n  \nMr. Bixhorn\, and the school’s administrators\, Dean Lucera\, and principal\, Tom Mcgrath suggested we do this tour on an annual basis and we agreed to do that \n  \n(This program was suggested by BOCES board member and LIMBA president Bill Miller) \n  \nErnie Fazio \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-gary-bixhorn-vocational-trainning-at-boces/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120309T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120309T000000 DTSTAMP:20120309T050000Z CREATED:20120309T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120309T050000Z UID:4505-1331251200-1331251200@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA -LICA Meeting OVERSUBSCRIBED DESCRIPTION:This meeting is oversubscribed- no additional sign-ups under LIMBA \nIf you sign up now the money will go to LICA and the price is $50 for members and non-members \nOur speaker\, Savio Chan\, has postponed his scheduled meeting at LIMBA to a later date. On that date  Long Island Contractors Association is having a breakfast meeting on March 9th that LIMBA is supporting. \nLIMBA\,s purchase is oversubscribed- no additional sign-ups under LIMBA– All money collected now will be sent to LICA and LICA’s price is $50 \n The speakers at the LICA event will Senator Schumer and State Senator Dean Skelos \n  \nTo register on line use the usual method at LIMBA.net. The system will not accept $0 so there is a $1 charge. \nYou can also call 631 757-1698. Pre-registration is an absolute requirement \nErnie Fazio  \nThis meeting will be held at Fox Hollow 7725 Jericho Tpke\, Woodbury. Meeting begins at 8:30AM adjourns at 10:30AM URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-lica-meeting-oversubscribed/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120316T000000 DTSTAMP:20120316T040000Z CREATED:20120316T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120316T040000Z UID:4510-1331856000-1331856000@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA-Mark Grossman NYS Labor “New York Youth Works” DESCRIPTION:Today’s LIMBA program featured a New York State Labor Dept initiative created in January. It is called "NY Youth Works." Mark Grossman is the regional representative for the NY State Labor department and he was here giving the presentation. \n  \nLong Island suffered a job loss demonstrated by a graph that looks very much like the national job loss. And like the national picture jobs are recovering\, but many young people are still unemployed. This program is directed at the younger workers ages 16-24 and that number can be stretched. \n  \nThere are $25 million dollars in tax credits going toward the effort and another $8 million in job-readiness funds. There is a certification period for job applicants and prospective employer\, but the window is short June 1\, 2012. Once certified you have one year to complete a program \n  \nThe actual allotment is $4\,000 per employee @ $500 per month. At that point the employee will be deemed employable and be retained or let go. It’s a great opportunity for employing a new hire while minimizing the financial risk of doing so. For the employee it is an opportunity to prove himself. \n  \nThe program has targeted areas where unemployment is more severe. That target area pertains to the job seeker\, the employer can be out of the target area as long as the travel distance is one hour or less. \n  \nWe had Eastern Suffolk BOCES representative\, Dean Lucera in the room. BOCES does an excellent job of training young people and there seems to be a natural symbiosis with this program\, and the business community. \n  \nA question came up about helping non-profits and municipal entities\, and of course they cannot benefit from tax benefits\, but they can have the training portion of the program. Mr Grossman indicated that some additional thought is presently going into doing even more for those entities. \n  \nA question came up about using this state program in tandem with any available. It was not entirely clear\, but Mark got back to me later in an email and the answer is yes. Here is that communication. Please note there is a link that can get you to the program for more information \n   \nDear Ernie\, \n  \nThank you once again for allowing me the opportunity to present NY Youth Works to LIMBA this morning.  The feedback from those who attended was very positive.  \n  \nTo answer the question that was raised about stackable tax credits\, I have good news.  The answer is "yes\," a certified employer can receive both NY Youth Works tax credits and additional tax credits such as Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC) and Workers with Disabilities Tax Credits (WETC) if a worker also meets the eligibility requirements for one of those programs.  Information about WOTC and WETC can be found at http://www.labor.ny.gov/businessservices/PDFs/p438.pdf. \n  \nThe reason is that NY Youth Works in state-funded and WOTC/WETC is federally-funded. \n  \nThis morning’s meeting was been sponsored by LIFT. The Long Island Forum for Technology has been promoting technology and helping technology companies for as long as LIMBA has been around. \nThrough the years they have developed many programs that help fledgling companies take root. \n  \nLIFT Executive Director\, Bill Wahlig was on hand with us this morning to give a little more depth on the organization. \n  \nWe thank LIFT for their support. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-mark-grossman-nys-labor-new-york-youth-works/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120323T000000 DTSTAMP:20120323T040000Z CREATED:20120323T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120323T040000Z UID:4503-1332460800-1332460800@limba.net SUMMARY:Steve Levy- Concepts of government reform DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this morning was Steve Levy. While in office he pushed very hard to reduce costs and while he was sometimes successful\, he often was not. The tide and pull of forces on an executive are difficult to overcome. Vested interests have a way of wearing down your efforts. \n  \nThis valuable experience has made him come to the conclusion there needed to be a new approach. Perhaps it is better to be outside of government in order to effect change. Levy has embarked on an effort to counter the forces that perpetuate the inefficiencies that make living here so costly. \n  \nHe has assembled an array of Long Island leaders that is impressive. None of those he mentioned are presently in public office. They are owners of formidable businesses and respected organizations. The formal name of the organization is "Center for Government Savings". Mr. Levy discussed several situations that he felt were good places to start. One of them was a fire district\, Gordon Heights. That fire district has a cost that averages $1500 per household. Bureaucracies once entrenched are difficult to get rid of. They’re many people in that fire district that want to consolidate with another near-by district\, and those that benefit directly want it to continue. Changing things means having the foot-soldiers canvassing the neighborhood\, informing the people of a better option\, and signing petitions. \n  \nAnother example he gave is a water district in Farmingdale with its own bureaucracy. Each of these fiefdoms have there own administrators being paid over a hundred thousand dollars for a part-time job\, a job where little work needs to be done. Levy poses the question of "why not take these small\, but egregious examples and marshal the resources of many communities"; including "good government" groups and solve one problem at a time. \n  \nAs successes mount up\, bigger problems will be addressed. When asked about school consolidations Levy felt that item was a big fish\, better left to when the group matures. The MTA tax will be revisited and completely removed\, but that is down the road as well. \n  \nIn the meantime much thought and preparation has been started. An arrangement to have the group headquartered at Tauro Law School will be conducive to having law students volunteer their time getting real-life credits and guiding the efforts of the various organizations. \n  \nLIMBA will work with Mr. Levy and provide an update in about six months. Steve can be reached at Steve@commonsensestrategies.com  \n  \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/steve-levy-concepts-of-government-reform/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120330T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120330T000000 DTSTAMP:20120330T040000Z CREATED:20120330T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120330T040000Z UID:4509-1333065600-1333065600@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA Round table Discussion DESCRIPTION:We had a "Round Table discussion this morning and the purpose was to see what we could do to advance some ideas we are supporting. \n   \nOne of the projects we believe is a good idea is the Hub at Ronkonkoma. That project can happen but sewer infrastructure needs to be planned. According to Bob Bender the existing plant’s capacity could be increased by employing some bio-tech solutions. Bob will be making a presentation to the Suffolk legislature to explain the technology. Bob can be reached for comment or assistance r_bender@msn.com   \n  \nDan Tomaszewski spoke about volunteerism. His experience is with the schools and he has suggested a closer relationship with students and staff at the high school level. Dan will be thinking of ways that LIMBA can be helpful. Getting the education system working in concert with the business community is the goal. He can be contacted  dantski@optonline.net \n   \nLIMBA has had presentations from the Port Authority in the past. Now that Pat Foye in a leadership position we thought that he may make himself available since some of us know him quite well. I will be working with Mike Cooney on that\, and mike Cooney will invite United Way Director Theresa Regnante to speak on several aspects of United Ways efforts including an outreach to returning military.  mcooney@unitedwayli.org  \n   \nEnergy sources were also a topic of discussion. Alternative energy needs to be developed even while the cost is still higher than fossil fuels. The reliability factor needs to be considered. Encouraging municipalities to move forward on alternate energy creates a large market. When manufacturers have a steady and increasing stream of new business\, better and less expensive alternative energy will emerge. Tim Harris has expressed an interest in bringing to the organization his experience on that topic.  Tim.harris@lipangrid.com      \n   \nWe have expertise in our midst and we should be tap into it as much as we can. \n   \nNext week we will be celebrating Passover and Good Friday so there will be no meeting the week after April 13th County legislator\, Kate Browning will be addressing LIMBA. We look forward to hearing from her \nEnjoy the holiday URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-round-table-discussion/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR