BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130104T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130104T000000 DTSTAMP:20130104T050000Z CREATED:20130104T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130104T050000Z UID:4551-1357257600-1357257600@limba.net SUMMARY:OPEN DESCRIPTION:We may leave this open because it in the same week as the New Year holiday URL:https://limba.net/calendar/open-3/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T000000 DTSTAMP:20130111T050000Z CREATED:20130111T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130111T050000Z UID:4542-1357862400-1357862400@limba.net SUMMARY:LI MacArthur Airport Commisionor Robert Scheafer DESCRIPTION:Mr. Robert Schaefer is the recently appointed commissioner of the LI MacArther Airport and he was our guest speaker thus morning at LIMBA. Bob Schaefer has been deputy commissioner for several years before assuming his present title. His airport management experience goes back to the twenty five years he spent with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. \n   \nHe began by telling us that the airport has been losing the volume of traffic that it had in earlier years. The decline has been going on for some time and Bob gave us some insights on measures that could improve the situation. \n   \nThe airport needs demand to increase in order to attract airline service\, and carriers need to have confidence in the fact that there will be demand if they elect to operate out of LIMA. It’s a chicken and egg situation. \n   \nSchaefer is approaching the airlines in a way that is a little different. Instead of “we have the customers who want to fly from this airport” to “we have the customers\, but we are also a desirable destination.” Among the regional attractions are the East End vineyards. The weekend entertainment at these places continues throughout the year. The aquarium\, the business opportunities and beaches are all good reasons people might consider flying to Long Island. He pointed out that Long Island has a fairly robust film industry and many enticing venues for people who make films\, but the films that have been made here offer visitors a chance to see the villages\, homes and public buildings that have been featured in films. \n   \nSigns and murals promoting valuable asset that we have on Long Island can be displayed in the airport. The science researchers that come to our universities and places like Cold Spring Harbor Labs\, and Brookhaven Labs should be informed that while they have come to Long Island to embark on serious projects\, there are reasons to come back later with their families to enjoy what we have here. \n   \nSchaefer suggested that we have areas in the terminal area that would be attractive to children. There are now a few events in place that tends to draw people into the airport such as the “returning heroes” notices. When an injured military person is coming into the airport a notice goes out to the community to have a welcome home for that person. That can be very touching and has the effect of the airport being perceived as being part of the community\, while doing that soldier a lot of good. \n   \nThe commissioner also wants to create an aviation display of the essential parts of an aircraft\, perhaps a wing detail or a cut-away engine. \n   \nCommercials are being made on and around the airport campus. This creates revenue for the airport. \n   \nHe wants to create a Viet Nam commemorative station in the terminal\, something that will honor those previously forgotten soldiers. \n   \nDuring the Q&A portion of the meeting the audience offered more ideas. Including live entertainment from time to time. \n   \nThe ultimate goal is to increase awareness of Long Island to people who will come into the area\, and awareness of our own residence of this very functional facility that is available. LIMBA once embarked on a “Use it or lose it” campaign. That might work again. \n   \nThere is much to be done to achieve the goal of attracting airlines and attracting local customers and there were many ideas that were discussed. I only touched upon some of them. Commissioner Schaefer appears to be a man who is open to new ideas. \n \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/li-macarthur-airport-commisionor-robert-scheafer/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T000000 DTSTAMP:20130118T050000Z CREATED:20130118T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130118T050000Z UID:4543-1358467200-1358467200@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA-BOCES in Oakdale DESCRIPTION:Today we were hosted by Eastern Suffolk BOCES at their Edward J. Miliken Training Center in Oakdale. The program emphasized the importance of career training. There are skills that are being taught at these various training centers that prepare for fields of work that do not always lead to college. \nThe purpose of this meeting was to showcase the skills that are available to industry and the benefits to the community in general in terms of developing a workforce. The most important objective is to satisfy the needs of an important segment of our population. \n  \nThe perception that these workers are less important than the populations that enter college was addressed. These skills that this society needs are also very often good paying jobs. These occupations in auto mechanics\, carpentry\, electrical installation\, and electronics gave earlier generations pride in the work that they did. They are jobs that allowed a family to educate their children\, take vacations and live in adequate housing. \n  \nIn addition to building skills that create a viable income stream\, these occupations sometimes allow a student to pursue college degrees in engineering and science that was first introduced to them as talented craftspeople. \n  \nThere should be recognition that to be a good mechanic you need to have an appreciation for the engineering that created the machine you are now fixing. In order to build a house you need to understand mathematics. The architect that designed the house will stymie the craftsman that is attempting to bring that project to reality\, if there is a mistake. Competent carpenters are able to understand the strength of materials and structural limitations of a plan. That craftsman is often the difference between a safely competed project and a disaster. \nFood preparation is among the skills that are taught at BOCES. An elaborate breakfast was prepared by the students at the Miliken facility. The food that was prepared was all made from scratch and the results were excellent. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-boces-in-oakdale/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130125T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130125T000000 DTSTAMP:20130125T050000Z CREATED:20130125T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130125T050000Z UID:4552-1359072000-1359072000@limba.net SUMMARY:Ed Romaine Brookhaven Supvr- Sponsored by Brookhaven Rail DESCRIPTION:"This has been the longest recession in history." That is the sentence that our speaker\, Ed Romaine began his formal remarks. Mr. Romaine won a recent election for Town Supervisor of Brookhaven. He will have to run again in one year \nAs a result of the recession there has been a cut-back of town personnel\, and that has created other problems. Ed cited the fact that there was no one on staff that had the legal capabilities to pay the bills\, not even the supervisor himself. He went into a little detail on how the problem was resolved. I believe the point was that you cannot cut costs in a willy-nilly fashion. \nRomaine stated that town had too much retail and not enough manufacturing and that unbalance is not sustainable.  He noted a few examples that could be opportunities such as the abandoned Kmart location in Middle Island\, and the UA Theater. These properties can be converted to higher uses and those places need to be examined. \nBrookhaven is a councilmatic town. Each councilman defends his local turf rather than taking the overall benefit of the entire town to influence policy. This political structure is an impediment to good planning and governing. \nAmong the ideas that the supervisor discussed was the Ronkonkoma Hub. The mix of residential and commercial would be transit-centric and attractive to people who work in New York City. The tax revenue created would benefit Brookhaven and Islip. \nYears ago when the airport was expanding Romaine and LIMBA advocated vigorously for the building of the new terminal adjacent to the Long island railroad. Having lost that direct link to the rail system he is now advocating the building of a light rail link from Ronkonkoma station to the terminal. He even suggested that a maglev system could be built with the idea of demonstrating the viability of the technology. \nThe supervisor then went on to discuss the landfill. That landfill is now a regional land fill having all of the others closed. There is a need for us to consider new technology in handling waste. Ed suggested that system called single stream recycling be implemented. That merely means that the homeowner is the one responsible for sorting the garbage. He claims that there would be an efficiency to be had by doing so. \nThe town has had eight years of unbalanced budgets that were supported by a large surplus. That surplus is now below the legal limits of the statute that created it. Romaine now has the daunting task of working within the limits of the revues that the town is able to raise through taxes. To make matters worse that tax base has not been growing while the needs of the town have. He has already taken steps that will abandon the short term\, interest only\, debt that Romaine refers to as "paycheck loans" and resort to long term debt that costs a little more because interest and principal must be paid. This has resulted in a superior bond rating\, AAA. \nDuring the lively Q&A many of the issues were explored further. \nErnie Fazio URL:https://limba.net/calendar/ed-romaine-brookhaven-supvr-sponsored-by-brookhaven-rail/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130130T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130130T000000 DTSTAMP:20130130T050000Z CREATED:20130130T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130130T050000Z UID:4546-1359504000-1359504000@limba.net SUMMARY:LIMBA & LIFT Goes To Broadway in Northport DESCRIPTION: The John Engeman Theater is showing "Wait Until Dark"  in January. LIMBA has secured a number of  tickets and we hope you can be there to enjoy\, h a high quality theater exprience LIMBA and LIFT will be offering tickets to their friends and memberships. We have a limited number of tickets so I suggest you register early \nWe are planning a networking hour in the lobby with light fare  for the event starting at 6PM- Sponsor this event \nThe John Engemann Theater is located at 250 Main Street Northport\, NY 11768\n(631) 261-2900 URL:https://limba.net/calendar/limba-lift-goes-to-broadway-in-northport/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130131T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130131T000000 DTSTAMP:20130131T050000Z CREATED:20130131T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130131T050000Z UID:4545-1359590400-1359590400@limba.net SUMMARY:Dr John King Commissioner NY State Education DESCRIPTION:  \nDr. John King is the New York State Commissioner of education and president of the University of the State of New York. We made a request that he appear at LIMBA and he was with us Thursday morning.   \n  \nDr. King began by telling us that many students are deficient in basic skills when they leave high school. He stated that only 33.5% of students are being adequately educated. Raising that result to 34.5% would be a boon to the society. We could raise the economic output by a trillion dollars if we improve our education to the same level as Canada’s. \n  \nThe education/income gap in our country is presently large and is growing worse. This gap is not limited recognized challenged communities. That gap can be narrowed by having more people trained in good craft jobs and career paths such as medical technicians Dr. King addressed our questions about technical education\, but he went further. He lamented the fact that reading skills are not geared to reading technical material. Our schools emphasize fiction reading assignments. He has no quarrel with that\, but thinks that the ability to read non-fiction material such as a service manual can be more difficult. \n  \nWriting skills are important as well. All occupations are better served by practitioners that can accurately describe the workings of the technology they are engaged in. \n  \nMathematics are also important to the mechanical skills\, Carpenters\, machinists\, automobile mechanics are among the trades that rely heavily on the understanding of mathematics. That knowledge is well understood by masters in all of the crafts. Mastering the skills of math\, writing\, and reading\, elevates the status\, as well as the income of the practitioner. \n\nLIMBA has been a supporter of BOCES and their efforts to train students in skilled crafts. That is why we invited the commissioner. We asked him to speak on that topic specifically. He accepted our invitation and we took the opportunity to ask many questions on technical training URL:https://limba.net/calendar/dr-john-king-commissioner-ny-state-education/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR