March 11, 2005
Small Business Day on March 22nd . . .
Please remember that the deadline to register for Small Business Day is quickly approaching! The price goes up on March 15th, so be sure to get your forms in before next Tuesday. Medicaid reform and the costs of doing business are this year’s major themes. Also, the CANYS On the Map! grant winners will be announced at lunch.
Make your voice heard! This is the one day you and your members have to lobby Albany en masse—take advantage of it! Remember, lawmakers are hearing from lots of groups right now… story: Health care workers protest Pataki's proposed budget
For more information or to register, go to: www.bcnys.org/whatsnew/events/sbdinfo.htm
$1000 scholarship to Institute available . . .
The CANYS Board has once again approved a $1000 scholarship for a chamber executive to attend Institute!
Institute for Organization Management is a professional development program for association and chamber executives. It is put on by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and programs are hosted at five university locations across the country. Participants will earn IOM graduate recognition. For more on Institute, see www.uschamber.com/institute/default
To apply for the $1000 CANYS scholarship to Institute, get the application form HERE.
New York Day in Washington . . .
Climb Capitol Hill with CANYS and plan to attend New York Day in Washington, May 11-12, 2005. Registration forms are available HERE.
New York Day provides chambers and business people an opportunity for meaningful contact with Congressional legislators and staff. Your colleagues on the New York Day planning committee are working hard to bring you a Legislative Reception on Capitol Hill featuring made-in-New York refreshments, a Congressional Breakfast highlighted by addresses from Senator Charles Schumer and Senator Hillary Clinton, an Issues Briefing with high-level policymakers and political activists, and more.
The CANYS Board and New York Day Planning Committee aim to make this event valuable and reasonable. To that end, please take advantage of the discounted hotel room block at the Washington Terrace Hotel (see registration form), and competitive fares from discount airlines serving the metro-DC area. Explore your options at Independence Air (NYC, White Plains, Stewart, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo to Dulles International), Southwest (Islip, NYS, Albany and Buffalo to Baltimore-Washington International), and US Airways. A quick search found fares as low as $49 one-way from Albany to BWI, and $64 one-way from Syracuse or Rochester to Dulles. Plan now to bring your members and join in New York Day in Washington!
Welcome to CANYS, Lower Niagara River Region Chamber . . .
A new member has joined the Chamber Alliance! Lyn Taylor and the CANYS Board wish a warm welcome to the Lower Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is an outgrowth of the Greater Lewiston Business and Professional Association. It is focused on maintaining a strong and viable business environment in Lewiston, Youngstown, Porter, Ransomville and Sanborn, NY. To send a note of congratulations on behalf of your chamber, e-mail Lower Niagara River Region’s president, Sandy (Hays) Meis at sandy@northofthefalls.com
Tell us about it . . .
In early February, the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce held the “Share Your Heart NYC … Volunteer” Expo at Grand Central Terminal. It was the city's first Volunteer Expo and a collaborative effort with the goal of improving the quality of life in Manhattan. More than 30,000 people passed through the expo booths requesting information and learning about the different organizations with which they can volunteer in NYC. Share Your Heart featured sixty small- to medium-sized Manhattan-based non-profit organizations serving interests like social services and the arts. For more details, please click HERE. Congratulations to Nancy Ploeger and the MCC staff on this event!
Alan J. Steinberg, Regional Advocate for the U.S. Small Business Administration is available as a resource for CANYS members. He is available to speak on the following topics: Association Health Plans; the current state of America's small business economy; current developments in government procurement - the results for small business; home-based business and government regulation; and tax reductions and entrepreneurship. To contact Alan, phone 212-264-7750 or e-mail Alan.Steinberg@sba.gov
The Schuyler County Chamber of Commerce recently announced that Michelle LaDue Benjamin will come on board in March as their Director of Tourism. Benjamin, of Montour Falls, has served as Community Educator and Marketing Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County for the past six years.
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.
