| November 21, 2003 2004 Board of Directors . . .Votes have been tallied and Chairman appointments have been made. The following chamber executives will serve as Directors for 2004: Kenneth Adams, Brooklyn Chamber,
Chairman Terms begin in January and run through December. Congratulations to these new Board members. CANYS appreciates your service! Legislative & Leadership Conference . . .Registration is underway for the 2004 Legislative and Leadership Conference, January 20-21 in Albany. There’s something on the agenda for every staff person at your chamber, from membership to communications to government affairs … and everyone in between! Confirmed presenters include:
The conference committee has designed this condensed, 30-hour conference to provide you with a blast of invaluable programming, networking and lobbying that gets you back home to your chamber quickly, with the right tools to succeed! For the full agenda, click HERE. Registration materials will arrive at your chamber within the next few days. For additional forms, call 518-465-7511, ext. 277. Chamber data needed . . .Many of you have recently gotten phone calls and emails from Joan Testa of Chamber Development Services, Inc. requesting information about your chamber. She is compiling information on dues structures, saturation rates, retention rates, and income sources, which will be compared to national data and presented in the workshop, "Growing Your Chamber" at the Legislative and Leadership Conference. In order to have complete data, please take a moment to complete
the following survey and e-mail it to Joan at joan@chamberdevelopment.com Chamber/City: Association Health Plans: stay informed . . .Below are some recent articles you may be interested in following. Don't forget to attend the roundtable on Association Health Plans scheduled as part of the January Legislative and Leadership Conference, with representatives from both sides of the debate.
Welcome Queens Chamber . . .A new member has joined the Chamber Alliance! Kenneth Adams and the CANYS Board wish a warm welcome to the Queens Chamber of Commerce. The Queens Chamber was founded more than 90 years ago by 15 businessmen and 55 charter member businesses. Today, more than 1,100 businesses take advantage of their membership in the Queens chamber, through participation in events and expos, the Chamber’s Annual Building Awards, and the QueensBorough magazine and Online update. Queens is vibrant part of New York City, with a population of more than two million people from every corner of the globe. To learn more, or to send a note of congratulations on behalf of your chamber, e-mail Queens’ president, Bill Egan at wegan@queenschamber.org. Tell us about it . . .As a follow up to the September 19th CANYS luncheon at which the State University of New York made a presentation on how chambers can partner with their local community colleges, SUNY is looking for your input. The Office of the Vice Chancellor would like to take its presentation to chambers who were unable to attend the luncheon, or are thinking of developing a local partnership. Interested chambers should contact Barbara Drago at dragoba@sysadm.suny.edu, or call 518-443-5698. Rob Robinson at The Otsego County Chamber is also interested in helping chambers form educational partnerships, as he has with the Leatherstocking Center for Economic Education. For more information on that, Call Rob at 1-877-OTSEGO or e-mail rob@otsegocountychamber.com. Got a question you’d like to ask other CANYS members? Job opening in your chamber? Great idea you’d like to share? Send it to maggie.moree@bcnys.org. |
