| September 26, 2003 Association Health Plans: Still in Senate committee . . .While the Small Business Health Fairness Act is still sitting in a Senate committee in Washington, debate is likely to resume sometime in the next congressional session. In CANYS’s continuing effort to keep you informed of this legislation that could affect your chamber and health plans you may offer, below are some articles you might find educational. If you have trouble with any of these links, please visit www.canys.org. If your chamber has strong feelings on either side of the debate, please be sure to share your views: maggie.moree@bcnys.org.
CANYS Legislative & Leadership Conference, January 20-21 . . .Mark your calendar now for the 2004 CANYS Legislative and Leadership Conference in Albany. This year’s event will be held January 20-21. The conference will kick off with The Business Council’s annual Legislators’ Reception on Tuesday, January 20th. CANYS programming will continue through the day on Wednesday, the 21st. This year’s conference committee chairwoman is Nancy Ploeger from the Manhattan Chamber. Committee members include Marsha Gordon of The County Chamber, and Kevin Keeley of the Chemung County Chamber. ACCE’s Gearing Up for Growth, October 29-November 1 . . .The 89th Annual ACCE Leadership Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, is geared towards making you and your staff the leaders of tomorrow. Over three days, attendees have the opportunity to take advantage of: breakout sessions and panel discussions; renowned keynote speakers on issues such as leadership, health care and the economy; daytime and evening networking opportunities; an industry trade show; and a tour of Charlotte, one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S. To view the full conference agenda, click HERE. Registration for ACCE members is now $659. For more information or to register, contact Marjorie Morgan at 800-394-2223 x 3546 or mmorgan@acce.org. Tell us about it . . .Jim Roche at the Mohawk Valley Chamber needs your help: Hello! I'm looking for criteria your chamber may be using to select "Business of the Year" in your community/area. We have such an award, given in three categories (large business, small business, and nonprofit), but our criteria are not well articulated. Anyone who is willing share this criteria with me will become an honorary member of the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce! Priceless! :-) Thanks in advance for your help! Call Jim at 315-724-3151, ext. 229 or e-mail jroche@mvchamber.org Frank Hale at the Greater Oswego Chamber needs your help: Greetings!! We are in the process of revising our dues structure for 2004. As a result, we are looking at all categories, including the participation of SUNY Oswego. I am writing to ask chambers with SUNY colleges to provide any information that they can about:
Also, do you have a not-for-profit category? Call Frank at 315-343-7681, or e-mail fsh@oswegochamber.com Rob Robinson at The Otsego County Chamber wants to follow up on the September 19th CANYS luncheon at which he presented his chamber/college partnership with the Leatherstocking Center for Economic Education: As we offered at each table, if any chamber is interested in pursuing a course like the ones we have established, John Clow and I would be willing to meet with those chambers individually. We believe in it so strongly that we would ask to have our expenses covered. Call Rob at 1-877-OTSEGO or e-mail rob@otsegocountychamber.com Ellen Daley from the Orange County Chamber
reports that at a recent chamber event, a group of panelists spontaneously
broke into song to extol the chamber’s virtues. For your enjoyment,
here are the lyrics, sung to the tune of “Getting to Know
You. ” 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. |
