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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
It has been an exciting and productive year so far. The sixth annual IBO Trade show, held in June, was a success thanks to the efforts of Chairman Jim McGuire and his committee. It provided an opportunity for IBO members to showcase their products at 32 booths. The evening finished in true Irish style - listening and dancing to Andy Cooney and his show band. A personal “thank you” to them. The annual golf outing in July was another great event thanks to the efforts of Chairman John Doolan and his committee. It was a fine day of golf, and a fantastic evening of food, beverages and prizes. If you were unable to join us you missed an opportunity to socialize and network with your fellow members and guests. Thank you to Twin Brooks golf course and the staff for all the great service they provided us.
A summer would not be complete without the annual IBO summer fest. Under a clear sky and a full moon IBO members networked and enjoyed all the amenities that Harbour Lights had to offer. If you were not there you missed another chance to meet and greet your fellow members in a comfortable social setting. Thank you to Clare Bennett for arranging another great evening for IBO members.
Our next general meeting on September 14th will be at a new location in the Midtown Executive Club a wonderful venue for the IBO. We will have 2 great speakers, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Father Colm Campbell (see below).
Come out for this exciting evening – it will be time well spent. In October we will have nominations for the election of officers for 2006. Please join us and be part of the process. The continued strength of our organization will come from all members contributing to our success. Our speaker for the evening will be newly arrived Consul General Tim O’Connor. The member profile will be Greg Shields of the Irish Emigrant. This evening will certainly be informative and exciting - write it down in your day planner and make it a part of your business day.
The November meeting will be the election of officers for 2006.We will have member profiles for the evening and no outside speakers.
Please remember meetings will begin with informal networking at 6:30. The next general meeting will begin at 7:15 sharp.
Our major event of the year is approaching rapidly. The Annual IBO Gala Ball will be held on October 14th. This event is not only our major fund raiser of the year but also an opportunity to see and be seen in very elegant surroundings. Please support our organization by purchasing tickets and/or tables to the Ball and buying raffle tickets. Another way of showing support is to be a sponsor or if you can not be a sponsor --- refer a company that can be. For more information check our website www.ibo-ny.com or call Clare Bennett at 212-750-8118.
I would like to close by quoting Bill Cullen from his book Golden Apples. Mr. Cullen states that, “Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.” Please support our organization by attending the meetings and coming to our Gala Ball and maybe you will find the “luck” you have been looking for.
Pat Sheridan
President, IBO-NY
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IBO MONTHLY MEETING
IBO NY Meeting
September 14th - 6:30 PM
Our next meeting will be located at The Midtown Executive Club (40 West 45th Street, NYC).
Don't miss September's meeting featuring our Special Guest Speakers,
NASA Astronaut Scott J. Kelly (Space Shuttle Pilot who will Command an upcoming mission to the International Space Station); and Fr. Colm Campbell (Director, NY Irish Center).
We would like to thank Gregory Shanaphy and his partners at Merrill Lynch for sponsoring tomorrow's meeting, which will be held at our new location, The Midtown Executive Club (40 West 45th Street, NYC).
Merrill Lynch Private Client Group
Financial Advisor
Phone: (212) 382-8653 / Fax: (212) 764-6822
Gregory_Shanaphy@ml.com
In addition, we would like to thank The Edison Hotel for providing accomodations for our guest speaker. (www.edisonhotel.com -- 212-840-5000).
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
MEETING VENUE CHANGE
THE MIDTOWN EXECUTIVE CLUB
Starting with our September 14th, 2005 meeting, the IBO will be meeting in our new "home" -- The Midtown Executive
Club. Housed in a turn of the century historic building, the location is in the National Register of Historic Places and was
recently restored to its turn-of-the-century elegance. The Midtown Executive Club is located between 5th and 6th
Avenues, on the south side of 45th Street. The September IBO meeting will be held in the Priestley Room, second
floor. IBO Members arriving early are welcome to relax in the Club's lounge located on the first floor.
The Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036 T: (212) 626-9300
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Official Website of the 2005 IBO Gala Ball. Click here to view.
Don't miss the event of the season ! Make sure to reserve your seats early for the IBO Gala Ball (October 14, 2005). Contact Clare Bennett at 212-750-8118 for more info (or email Clare at info@ibo-ny.com).
Last year's ball was a sell-out and we are expecting the same again this year. It's an evening of great food,
laughter, fun, dancing, and networking that is second to none. IBO Members are eligible for a significant
discount. Thus, if you have not yet renewed your membership, make sure to do so right away.
Among the many highlights of the evening:
• Live music and dancing, with entertainment
by Andy Cooney & his band;
• IBO's Annual Awards Ceremony;
• Irish music and dance exhibition (planned);
• Incredible prize give-aways, including trips to Ireland, and more;
• A silent auction with wonderful gifts and sport memorabilia;
• Formal dinner, cocktail hour, and open bar;
• Mingling and Networking
(anyone who is anyone will be there)!
To be a Gala Ball Sponsor or Volunteer, please contact Clare at 212-750-8118.
Official Website of the 2005 IBO Gala Ball. Click here to view.
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IBO CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
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September
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20th - Tuesday
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New Jersey Monthly Meeting
Molly Maguire's in Clark, NJ.
(website www.mollymaguires.com for directions). For further info, please contact Mike Christian (973-564-9800)
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6:30PM
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27th - Tuesday
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NYC Breakfast Networking MeetingFitzpatrick's Grand Central Hotel, 44th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues.
Contribution for light breakfast is $10. Any questions, contact Tom Ward at TGWard718@aol.com or 718-565-0383.
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8:00 AM
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October
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12th - Wednesday
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IBO Monthly Meeting
We have nominations for the election of officers for 2006. Please join us and be part of the process.
Our speaker for the evening will be newly arrived Consul General Tim O’Connor. The member profile will be Greg Shields of The Irish Emigrant. This evening will certainly be informative and exciting!
Our October meeting will be located at The Midtown Executive Club (40 West 45th Street, NYC).
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6:30PM
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14th - Friday
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OCTOBER 14, 2005 - The New York HILTON HOTEL
 Don't miss the event of the season ! Make sure to reserve your seats early for the IBO Gala Ball (October 14, 2005). Contact Clare Bennett at 212-750-8118 for more info (or email Clare at info@ibo-ny.com).
Last year's ball was a sell-out and we are expecting the same again this year. It's an evening of great food,
laughter, fun, dancing, and networking that is second to none. IBO Members are eligible for a significant
discount. Thus, if you have not yet renewed your membership, make sure to do so right away.
Among the many highlights of the evening:
• Live music and dancing, with entertainment
by Andy Cooney & his band;
• IBO's Annual Awards Ceremony;
• Irish music and dance exhibition (planned);
• Incredible prize give-aways, including trips to Ireland, and more;
• A silent auction with wonderful gifts and sport memorabilia;
• Formal dinner, cocktail hour, and open bar;
• Mingling and Networking
(anyone who is anyone will be there)!
To be a Gala Ball Sponsor or Volunteer, please contact Clare at 212-750-8818.
Official Website of the 2005 IBO Gala Ball. Click here to view.
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6:30PM
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18th - Tuesday
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New Jersey Monthly Meeting
Details Forthcoming.
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6:30PM
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25th - Tuesday
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NYC Breakfast Networking MeetingFitzpatrick's Grand Central Hotel, 44th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues.
Contribution for light breakfast is $10. Any questions, contact Tom Ward at TGWard718@aol.com or 718-565-0383.
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8:00 AM
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November
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9th - Wednesday
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IBO Monthly Meeting
Details TBA
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6:30PM
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15th - Tuesday
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NYC Breakfast Networking MeetingFitzpatrick's Grand Central Hotel, 44th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues.
Contribution for light breakfast is $10. Any questions, contact Tom Ward at TGWard718@aol.com or 718-565-0383.
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8:00 AM
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15th - Tuesday
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IBO New Jersey Monthly Meeting
Details Forthcoming.
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6:30PM
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December
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20th - Tuesday
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IBO New Jersey Monthly Meeting
Molly Maguire's in Clark, NJ.
(website www.mollymaguires.com for directions). For further info, please contact Mike Christian (973-564-9800)
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6:30PM
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SEPTEMBER GUEST SPEAKER
ASTRONAUT SCOTT J. KELLY, Commander USN
 Astronaut Scott J. Kelly, Commander USN
Our special guest speaker for
September is Astronaut and Space
Shuttle Pilot,Commander Scott J.
Kelly. Scott hails from NJ where
he graduated from Mountain
High School in West Orange. He
attended college in the Bronx at
New York Maritime College.After
graduating, he entered the U.S.
Navy's officer training program
and became a naval aviator in 1989.He rose through
the ranks, ultimately becoming a test pilot, logging
more than 3,400 flight hours in more than 30 different
aircraft, and 250 carrier landings.
After receiving many honors and commendations as
an aviator and test pilot, he was selected by NASA to
be an astronaut in 1996. Commander Kelly's experience
includes serving as pilot on space shuttle mission
STS-103 in 1999, logging over 191 hours in
space on the 8-day mission during which the crew
successfully upgraded systems on the Hubble
Telescope. The mission required 120 Earth orbits,
traveling 3.2 million miles. Looking forward, Scott is
assigned to command space shuttle mission STS-118
(originally planned for 2006), a mission to the
International Space Station.
Commander Kelly's twin brother Marc is also an
astronaut and shuttle pilot.Marc Kelly will be piloting
one of the next Space Shuttle missions, STS-121.
The Kelly brothers are among a notable group of
astronauts of Irish American heritage. Others include
John Glenn,Neil Armstrong,Michael Collins, Eileen
Collins (NASA's first female shuttle mission commander)
and Kathryn Sullivan (first woman to
make a spacewalk).
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SEPTEMBER GUEST SPEAKER
FR. COLM CAMPBELL, NY Irish center
 The first time Father Colm
Campbell left his native Belfast
to visit New York City was just
13 years ago. He learned firsthand
how the city could look
and feel to an immigrant. Since
then he has been helping newly
arrived Irish negotiate the streets
he once found so daunting.
Father Campbell came to the United States with an
impressive portfolio of education plus 30 years as a
research student, chaplain, councilor, coordinator &
lecturer of youth and community work in his native
Belfast & Birmingham, England.
Father Campbell has served as Associate Pastor and
National Director of Irish Apostolate USA, St.
Joseph’s Beltsville, MD, and Holy Trinity Parish,
West 82nd Str, New York. He was an Associate
Pastor and Research Student at St. Patrick’s Old
Cathedral, New York and Homilist at a Requiem
Mass for JFK junior. He was Chaplain and
Coordinator of the Irish Apostolate in Diocese of
Brooklyn and Queens and Chaplain to Irish immigrants
in Brooklyn and Queens Diocese. He is a
teacher of Theology at St. John's University.
Father Campbell is the guiding hand behind the
New York Irish Center in Long Island City. The
Center caters to the needs of all Irish and Irish
Americans. New York Irish Center offers and continues
to develop services for seniors, Irish cultural
classes, social cultural events, and, importantly, a
helpline to be available at all times to anyone in
need of someone to talk to.
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OCTOBER IBO MEETING GUEST SPEAKER
TIM O'CONNOR, Consul General of Ireland, New York
Tim was born in 1952 in Limerick
and educated in St. Munchin's
College in the city. He received a
BA Degree from Maynooth
College in 1972 and a Higher
Diploma in Education (also
Maynooth) in 1973. Tim received
an Honorary Doctorate of Laws
from the National University of
Ireland,Maynooth, in May 2005.
Tim joined the Irish Civil Service in 1974 and moved
to the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1979.
Assignments within the Department of Foreign
Affairs have included postings to the Irish Embassies
in Bonn (1982-86) and Washington (1990-94). He
has also served terms as Director of the Africa Section
of the Department during Ireland's Presidency of the
EU in 1996, and was Director of the Human Rights
Unit of the Department in 1997. Apart from an 18-
month period in 1996-97, he has been involved in the
Northern Ireland issue directly or indirectly since
1986. He served his first stint in the Anglo-Irish
Division of the Department from 1986 to 1990, and
continued his connection during his term in the Irish
Embassy, Washington. On his return from
Washington in 1994, he served as Deputy Secretary
General of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in
Dublin Castle until 1996.
Returning to the Anglo-Irish Division in 1997, he
became part of the Irish Government Delegation in
the Talks which eventually led to the Good Friday
Agreement in April 1998. He subsequently headed
the Department of Foreign Affairs team involved in
the negotiation of the North/South Bodies during
1998/99, and also served in 1999 as a member of the
Irish Government team working with Senator George
Mitchell in the Mitchell Review of the Good Friday
Agreement, which led to the bringing into force of the
institutions of the Agreement on 2 December 1999.
Tim was promoted Assistant Secretary General in the
Department of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and appointed
by the Irish Government as the first Southern Joint
Secretary of the North/South Ministerial Council, a
position he held until Summer 2005.
Tim holds the rank of Ambassador in the Irish
Diplomatic Service.
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OCTOBER IBO MEMBER PROFILE
GREGORY SHIELDS, Business Development Director
The Irish Emigrant, New York Edition
Gregory Shields is responsible for
advertising and business development
for the Irish Emigrant in New
York; covering media plans, organizing
launches, media events, planning
and projecting media initiatives,
working with publishers and advertisers.
Mr. Shields has worked in ethnic
media advertising and marketing
for several years in both North America and Europe.
Prior to the Emigrant, Mr. Shields was the Business
Development Director for the 3rd largest Russian TV
Channel in the U.S. and worked for a number of years
in the Ministry of Communications (Canada)
throughout Eastern Europe. Mr. Shields’s has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, a Masters in foreign
languages and is fluent in Russian and French.
The Irish Emigrant is a leading Irish Internet site and
Publishing Company in the United States. The mission
of the Irish Emigrant is to bring up-to-date news and
events to the Irish in the U.S. and abroad, while bringing
the special contributions of the Irish overseas back
to Ireland, and celebrating the connections between
cultures worldwide. The Irish Emigrant was founded
in 1987 by Liam Ferrie. Distributed in the U.S. under
the authority of the publisher-Connell Gallagher, the
Emigrant reaches over 50,000 readers per week.
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PICTURES FROM THE IBO GOLF OUTING 2005
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DUES/MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
A membership directory will be printed and available for the May general meeting. All members in good standing will be included. If you have not paid your dues or are thinking of joining, please do it quickly. We do not want anyone left out. If you need to change your contact information, please make sure to contact Clare Bennet (see info below).
For those past members who have not yet renewed for 2005, please renew now ! Call Clare or renew online: http://www.ibo-ny.com/join.php
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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 on (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, Eric Elias: Teledotcom Inc., 212 675 6565
Contact Information:
The Irish Business Organization of New York Inc.
FDR Station, PO Box 6425
New York, NY 10150-1901
Tel: 212 750 8118
Fax: 917.591.7649 or 570.828.6907
email: info@ibo-ny.com
www.ibo-ny.com
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