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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
A Message From Attracta Lyndon,
IBO President, 2006
March is a great month for the Irish Community and the IBO.
Please support all of our great upcoming events, including our March 8th Networking Party, March 17th St. Patrick's Parade (IBO Marching), plus our two other networking events this month (full Irish breakfast on 3/21/06 and NJ Networking Meeting on 3/21/06).
We also have a great IBO Theater Night on March 29th at the Irish Arts Center (please see information below).
Also, if you are an existing IBO member, please pay your dues by March 8th to ensure that your membership does not lapse (and that you maintain your status if you are currently a member in good standing).
Attracta Lyndon
President,
Irish Business Organization of New York, Inc.
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IBO CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
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March 2006
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March 8, 2006 (Wednesday, 7:00 pm)
St. Patrick's Networking Party. Come celebrate our heritage, network and have fun ! Weds, 3/8/06 - 7:00 pm, Pig n Whistle, 165 West 47th Street (between 6th and 7th Aves). Live Music, 2-hour Open Bar - Lots of Fun !
Call to RSVP - 1-800-331-9301
(See full information about party below - Click Here)
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March 17, 2006 (Fri, St. Patrick's Day)
IBO Marches in St. Patrick's Day Parade. Come join our group as we proudly march up Fifth Avenue carrying the IBO banner. Business Attire Please. Call to RSVP - 1-800-331-9301
Meet at 3:05 pm, 48th St at 6th Avenue (Click Here for full info).
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March 17, 2006 (Tuesday, at 8:00 am)
IBO Breakfast Meeting (Traditional Irish Breakfast): Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel, located at 141 East 44th Street. It will be hosted by Niall O'Leary and a Traditional Irish Breakfast will be served at a cost of only $15 per person. The IBO is looking to enhance the breakfast meetings for the benefit of the membership, so please attend this special breakfast event and give us your feedback. Please RSVP to Clare at clareb@ibo-ny.com.
This month’s speaker is Clayton James. He will speak about how to counter the effects of St. Patrick’s Day and eating Irish Breakfasts!
Clayton James has been in the health, fitness and wellness industry for over 25 years. He has
always been active in sports, competition and currently is exploring cutting edge workout concepts
such as Functional and Core training . In 2006 Clayton has been expanding his knowledge in the
fields of Muscle Activation, Postural Dysfunctions, Musculskeletal Imbalances and Faulty
Movement Patterns to promote optimal performance in life, play and sports.
Clayton received his BA in Physical Education from San Francisco State University in 1982. He is
certified as a Personal Trainer by NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine).
For the past 10 years Clayton has been a Personal Trainer at Reebok Sports Club/NY in Manhattan
and has trained celebrities such as Tyra Banks and Chris Rock. He was the Fitness Manager at the
Levi Strauss Fitness Center in San Francisco, California from 1986 thru 1993.
Clayton’s interests outside of fitness include Ireland’s culture, especially it’s traditional music. He
has lost track of the number of times that he has traveled to Ireland, but the number is somewhere
around 15. Clayton’s dream would be to retire in Ireland and help make Ireland fitter, leaner and healthier.
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March 21, 2006 (Tuesday, 6:30 pm)
IBO NJ Monthly Meeting: To be held at Molly McGuire's in Clark, NJ. For information, please contact:
Pat Sheridan: sheridan@fleetwoodonline.com
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MARCH 8TH - 7PM
IBO Celebrating St. Patrick's Day and The Immigration Reform March
The IBO will host its Annual St. Patrick's Day Networking Party on March 8th at the Pig 'n Whistle from 7pm onwards.
So call 1-800-331-9301 now to reserve your spot.
Two Hour Open Bar from 7pm to 9pm, selection of hot food, live entertainment.
MEMBERS PRICING: $45 NON-MEMBERS: $55
This year's party is dedicated to the The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) in recognition and support of the work they are doing. The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform has been set up to lobby the US government on behalf of the estimated 40,000 undocumented Irish in the US.
We recognize the need for tighter security in this post 9/11 world but the ILIR is established to help the 40,000 Irish toiling in the shadows as construction workers, nannies and waitresses. Their presence is not a threat to the United States. The undocumented Irish just want to have the same chance offered to the Irish throughout the years.
Under current immigration law, it is almost impossible for an Irish person to legally immigrate to the US. Recent proposals would criminalise the undocumented Irish already here. This would effectively end Irish immigration to the US. It would sever the centuries-old link between the countries and destroy our shared heritage.
Where would America be without the Irish? Where would Ireland be without America? These questions have to be factored into any debate about immigration. The Irish contribution, both culturally and economically, to the US has been enormous. America's friendship has been a source of strength for Ireland from the 1800s to today.
The IBO St. Patrick's Party will be at the Pig 'n Whistle located at 47th Street and 7th Avenue, Upstairs from 7pm onwards. For those of us that are unable to attend the March it is a great way for us to show our support not only of the march itself but what is our heritage thanks to the courage of the generations that have gone before us.
A petition will be available at the party for those interested in signing and we hope to have a representative at the event to talk briefly about the Immigration Reform effort.
We will also have live music courtesy of Shay Mac. So, there are a lot of good reasons to celebrate with us...good music, food and drink, great company in the form of old and new friends of the IBO, and an important cause.
So call 1-800-331-9301 now to reserve your spot.
Two Hour Open Bar from 7pm to 9pm, selection of hot food, live entertainment.
MEMBERS PRICING: $45 NON-MEMBERS: $55
IBO MEMBERSHIP DUES RENEWAL - FINAL REMINDER
If you have not already done so it is time to renew your IBO dues. To retain your member status for 2006, payment is due by MARCH 8th. You can renew on line at www.ibo-ny.com, under Join or Renew Now.
Renewed or new members can avail of member benefits. Below are some of these benefits:
Free admittance to monthly meetings. Monthly meetings give our members the opportunity to network, avail of our guest speaker program, introduce themselves and their business at our meetings. The IBO meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street.
Reduced Member pricing at our social events. Some of social events include: special speaker luncheons, St. Patrick's, Summer, and Christmas Parties, Taste of Ireland Evening, Golf Outing, Gala Ball.
Receive discounts or special offers at a selection of locations. Some of these include Joseph A. Banks, Celtic Crossroads Irish Gift Store, Irish Connections.
First option on sell-out events.
Get Your Marching Shoes On!!
The IBO will march again in the Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. CORRECTION: According to the official line of march, the IBO are lining up to march at West 48th St. (6th Ave). We are behind the County Kildare Association and are the last unit out of West 48th St. Cannon Cith High School Band are just before us. - West Side, not East. Start time = 3:05PM. After, we will continue to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Papillon Bistro and Bar, 22 East 54th Street. This pub is owned by three Irish lads, so you know the craic will be mighty!!! We'll see you there.
Come out and join our Marshall, Past President, Martin Dunne, and march up 5th Avenue with fellow members and friends.
The Formation Committee of the Parade has asked that I share the following information:
Business Attire with comfortable walking shoes required. No jeans, T-shirts, novelty hats or headbands. No facepaint.
Children marching should be dressed appropriately, representing our culture with pride and decorum.
When marching try and march in line formation for the more professional image.
JOIN THE IBO ON MARCH 29th FOR A “Seriously Funny” EVENING
OF THEATER AT THE IRISH ARTS CENTER!
IBO NIGHT: Wednesday March 29th 2006, $35 USE CODE IBO35
Reception 6:30pm, Curtain at 8pm sharp.
Enjoy a pre-show reception and then take your seat for the smash hit comedy from award winning author of STONES IN HIS POCKETS
A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER
By Marie Jones
“Night in November is a funny, tumultuous, exceptionally rewarding night of theatre” –The New York Times
“A seriously funny show”—The London Sunday Times
“A remarkable story of awakening and redemption” – Daily Telegraph
Can passion change a man?
He was a clerk in a welfare office. A Belfast Protestant who followed all the rules. He loved who he was supposed to love. He lived where he was expected to live. He fought who he was taught to fight.
That is, until one night—a night in November—when Kenneth McAllister did the most exciting, outrageous, crazy, mad thing he’d ever done. Join Kenneth on his hilarious, rebellious journey from Belfast to New York.
Following sell-out runs at the Tricycle Theatre, London and the Edinburgh Festival, the Irish Arts Center, in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller & Ed Burke, presents the return of the smash hit comedy—A Night in November—from award-winning author of the Tony-Nominated Stones in His Pockets, Marie Jones.
Use the code IBO35 to book your seat for this not to be missed evening of fun on March 29th!
*There is NO SERVICE CHARGE for booking with SMARTTIX so book your tickets today!
For tickets call SMARTTIX 212-868-4444
Or book online at www.smarttix.com
The Donaghy Theatre at the Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Aves.
New York, NY 10019
212-757-3318
www.irishartscenter.org
IBO MENTOR PROGRAM
If you have a career that you would like to develop further, run an enterprise that you would like guidance on, or simply would like a wise and unbiased head to turn to - the IBO Mentoring Program could be the answer. We have access to experienced individuals both within and outside the IBO who have offered to act as Mentors to our members.
The Program is free to IBO members and is totally confidential.
If you would like to learn more, email Simon Pereira Shorey at simonps@ibo-ny.com or call Simon at (212) 208 2526.
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NOTICEBOARD
- IBO Website Members Forum
Just a reminder that once you have logged into the Members Forum (left hand side of the IBO Home Page at (www.ibo-ny.com) if you click on to ‘Members Forum’ you will have access to pages for:
- Job Opportunities
- Members seeking positions
- For Sale/For Rent
- Misc. Event Announcements
- IBO Suggestion Box
You can post your own items and read those posted by other members. This is a new area so initially there will be only a few items there. However, the more you use it, the more useful it will become! So please post about any non-IBO events that you wish to publicize, post job opportunities that you hear about, and indeed anything else pertinent. This is YOUR area. Please use it and read it every time you come to the website.
- Success Stories
One hears of many success stories of how membership of the IBO has led to new business, a new job, etc. We are seeking to collect these so that they can be used as ‘sales points’ to attract and retain members. If you have one (or many) of these stories to tell, please email us now at success@ibo-ny.com and let us know.
- Membership Renewal
If you have not already done so, please take the opportunity to contact Clare Bennett, our IBO Administrator, to renew your 2005 Membership. Your financial support of the organization is vital to its existence and growth. Clare is streamlining the database, printing new badges for 2005 members, and will be updating the on-line directory shortly, removing inactive members. Clare can be contacted at 212.750.8118 or email at clareb@ibo-ny.com and she is available to answer any questions, concerns, comments or suggestions you may have. She welcomes your calls and shares all feedback she receives with the Executive Committee.
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About The IBO:
The Irish Business Organization of New York, Inc. is an non-profit,
non-denominational organization, which seeks to promote, foster, and
advance the business interests of Irish and Irish American business
people in the tri-state area.
The IBO News
is the official newsletter of the Irish Business Organization of New
York, Inc. It is published 10 times per year. This newsletter is distributed
to members of the IBO, guests from recent IBO meetings, and other individuals
from the NY-NJ-CT business community.
Newsletter Staff
Editor: Jim Faulkner, Flynn & Faulkner Insurance Agency. (973) 216 2479
Technical Support: Jim McGuire: Foritas Inc., (212) 675 6565
Contact Information:
For More Information About the IBO,
Please Contact:
Clare Bennett, Administrator
The Irish Business Organization of New York, Inc.
FDR Station,
P.O. Box 6425
New York, NY 10150-1901
Tel: 212-750-8118
Fax: 570.828.6907
Email: info@ibo-ny.com
Web Site:
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www.ibo-ny.com
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