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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
A Message From Attracta Lyndon,
IBO President, 2006
We haven't had time to catch our breath so far this year - we hit the ground running!
On behalf of the Executive Committee, I'd like to thank you for your support. Your suggestions, offers of help, eagerness and excitement about being a part of this great organization make all the hard work very worthwhile.
I am so proud to say that our February meeting was filled to capacity as guest speaker, Bill Cullen, Author of "It's a Long Way from Penny Apples" and "Golden Apples – Six Simple Steps to Success" was introduced to the IBO by Consul General, Tim O'Connor. It was a personal pleasure to have Bill here with us, and it also gave me an opportunity to catch up on how he and Jackie are doing. As you may know, Jackie has donated a stay at her five-star hotel "Muckross House" to our gala ball for several years now, and we are so appreciative of the support both Bill and Jackie have provided the IBO.
No sooner was the February meeting over that we hosted a special luncheon on February 22nd with guest speaker, Mark FitzGerald, CEO of Sherry FitzGerald. We had 130 people at the lunch held at Rosie O'Grady's Manhattan Club. The event was a huge success. I'd like to thank our lunch sponsors, Country Bank and The Padded Wagon. And of course a great thank you goes to Sherry FitzGerald, who made a donation to the IBO in recognition of the work we put into putting this special event together.
On March 8th, we held our St. Patrick's Day Party in support of the ILIR at the Pig 'n Whistle. It was a great evening and went on into the wee hours of the morning. Music was provided by Shay Mac and we look forward to seeing Shay at future meetings and events.
We proudly marched up Fifth Avenue on March 17th in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade. This year we invested in sashes, a banner pole and flag carriers - and the investment paid off. We received accolades from John Dunleavy, Chair of the NYC Parade, for our professionalism and appearance.
Well done to everyone who marched with us! Sarah Jones, how did we look from your perch on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral??
I am proud and delighted that, as a result of all these events, the IBO has been receiving constant and intensive media coverage from the four Irish papers - The Irish Emigrant, Irish Examiner, Irish Voice and Irish Echo.
Also, The Irish Emigrant is graciously donating space to the IBO for our use every other week. This will provide us with a great opportunity to keep the community informed about the IBO, our membership, and our events.
IBO Theatre Night, March 29th at the Irish Arts Theater, was well attended and we thank the Irish Arts Center for working with us to put together this excellent evening. The play "A Night in November" was simply wonderful and enjoyed by all. We look forward to more nights like this.
Our Advisory Board has several long-term irons in the fire that we will be filling you in on at a later date. Our Advisory Board Members are Bernadette McManus, Simon Pereira-Shorey, Mike Carty of Rosie O'Grady's, John Guerrera and Brendan Dunphy. Our Constitution and Membership Committees are organized and ready to get going.
Our April 14th our guest speaker will be Niall O'Dowd of the Irish Voice. May’s guest speaker is still in the works, and this will be when all of your wonderful suggestions and ideas from January’s meeting will be brought to the table and discussed as a whole.
The IBO Golf Outing will be on June 2nd at the Irish Links at Union Vale. Martin Dunne, Maeve O'Malley and others are working away on the details which will be sent out to all of you shortly. We are thrilled that we have the opportunity to use the Irish Links - we feel that as an Irish Business Organization, it is important to support our own and hope that all of you will support this great day in some form.
We are moving the IBO Annual Gala Ball to March 9th, 2007. As many of you are aware, it is getting more difficult each year to find a suitable date in September and October as more and more organizations are holding similar events. We also feel that being a uniquely Irish business organization it would be most appropriate to align ourselves with March and St. Patrick's Day. We are pulling together a committee to work on this, so if you are interested, let Clare know. We already have several enthusiastic members.
Seeing as we are moving the ball to March we are discussing ideas for a fall event. If you have any thoughts, please do not hesitate to share them with Clare either via email at clareb@ibo-ny.com or phone 212.750.8118.
We are working on a very special summer event - details coming soon...
On behalf of the Executive Committee and myself, I thank all of you for your support. We ask that you continue to grow with us as we plan throughout the year. We welcome your participation in the various committees, as every hand helps. If you haven't paid your dues, please take a moment to do so as your financial support is vital to the success of this great organization.
Slán agus beannacht leat
Attracta Lyndon
President
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IBO CALENDAR
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April 2006
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April 12, 2006 (Wednesday, 6:30 pm)
IBO NY Networking Meeting.
(Location: Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street)
This month, our featured speaker will be Niall O'Dowd, founder of Irish America Magazine and Irish Voice and Chairman of The Irish Lobby For Immigration Reform (ILIR). Networking Starts at 6:30 pm sharp. Don't be late ! Free for IBO Members and 1st-time guests. $20 for all others. For information, please contact Clare Bennett: 212-750-8118 (clareb@ibo-ny.com).
More About Niall O'Dowd:
 Among the many hats he wheres, Niall O'Dowd is the Chairman of the Irish Lobby For Immigration Reform (ILIR). The ILIR has been set up to lobby the US government on behalf of the estimated 40,000 undocumented Irish in the US.
Niall is the founder of Irish America Magazine and Irish Voice newspaper in New York. The Irish Voice played a key role in the setting up of the Irish Immigration Reform Movement in 1987. That movement, composed mainly of young Irish undocumented themselves, was hugely responsible for the subsequent Donnelly and Morrison visa programs which legalized tens of thousands of young Irish in the following half decade.
Niall also initiated the Irish American Peace Delegation in 1992 that played a key role in bringing about the 1994 IRA ceasefire and involving President Clinton in the Irish peace process.
An accomplished writer, Niall's book "Fire in the Morning" was a best-seller in Ireland. "Fire in The Morning" is an account of the Irish at the World Trade Center on September 11 2001. He is an expert on Northern Ireland, and his columns have appeared in The New York Times, the Irish Times and numerous other publications. He has also been a frequent guest analyst on CNN and has also appeared on Good Morning America and The Today show
Member Profile (April 12, 2006):
Christopher Reardon, Reardon Communications Group
Christopher Reardon is a business communications professional and published fiction writer. He combines the two disciplines into an innovative tone that differentiates his business writing from the chorus. Having spent more than 20 years in corporate communications on the client side, Chris understands the needs of businesses of all sizes and industries. His creative writing brings a fresh voice to business outreach to the community, customers and employees, alike.
Christopher's fiction has been published in New Authors Journal.
Reardon Communications Group,
2101 Park Place
Springfield, NJ 07081
chris@reardoncommunications.com
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April 18, 2006 (Tuesday, at 8:00 am)
IBO Breakfast Meeting (Traditional Irish Breakfast).
(Location: Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel, 141 East 44th Street).
The IBO Breakfast meeting is hosted by Niall O'Leary. A delicious 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.
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April 18, 2006 (Tuesday, 6:30 pm)
IBO NJ Monthly Meeting:
Location: Molly McGuire's in Clark, NJ.
The NJ meeting is growing ! Please don't miss this great opportunity to network and meet new people with a shared heritgage. For information, please contact: Kate Conroy: kateconroy@gatewaychamber.com
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IBO MEMBERSHIP DUES
If you have not already done so, please pay your 2006 IBO Membership dues. You can renew on line at www.ibo-ny.com, under Join or Renew Now.
IBO Members can avail of the following 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.
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 IBO Membership. Your financial support of the organization is vital to its existence and growth. Clare is streamlining the database, printing new badges for IBO members, and will be updating the on-line directory shortly, and 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.
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:
email: info@ibo-ny.com
www.ibo-ny.com
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