 September 2006
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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
A Message From Attracta Lyndon,
IBO President, 2006
A Cara,
Doesn’t it seem that the older you get the quicker the summers go by! I hope you are all having a great summer and enjoying outdoor and vacation time with family and friends. The summer has given the IBO Executive Committee a chance to catch our breath, focus on our businesses and, most importantly, spend time with our families. We haven’t, however, forgotten the needs of the IBO and members.
September 13th our General Monthly Meeting will be held at the Midtown Executive Club, NYC. We will soon announce our guest speaker for this meeting. At this time I’d like to ask our members to please make every effort to attend the IBO Monthly Meetings. A great deal of work and effort goes into planning these meetings and developing the speaker program. We need to provide our speakers with a strong audience if we are to bring you the guest speakers and topics you want. Remember, this is YOUR organization and we need your input and experience to continue its growth.
Also, as nominations and elections approach again, please remember that to be nominated, to nominate, and/or to vote in the elections you must be a member in good standing with three documented IBO sponsored functions and paid membership by March 2006, so there is still some time available to you to get those meetings in.
On September 28th the NJ Networking Group of the Irish Business Organization of NY will hold a golf outing at Twin Brooks, NJ. If you were unable to attend the IBO’s annual golf outing earlier this year at the Irish Links or you haven’t had your fill of golf yet we look forward to seeing you at Twin Brooks.
As many of you know we chose to move our Annual Gala Ball to March 9th, 2007 and we have provisionally booked the New York Showband. In the meantime we plan on hosting a different type of 2006 fall event geared towards our members and their family and friends, so stay tuned for further details. If you are interested in helping us out by volunteering for the fall event please give Clare a call.
Slán agus beannacht leat
Attracta Lyndon
President
To see the June 2006 Message, please Click Here.
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IBO CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
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September 2006
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September 16 , 2006 (Wednesday, 6:30 pm)
IBO NY Networking Meeting
(Location: Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street)
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).
Guest Speaker: John Moroney, CEO Juvent, Inc.
Sept 13, 2006 (6:30 PM)
 John Moroney is President, CEO and a Director of Juvent,
Inc., the technology leader in drug-free therapy for the prevention
and treatment of osteoporosis.
Juvent's technology has been prominently featured in the scientific and maintstream
press in Ireland, the US and internationally. The device is manufactured in Waterford.
The Juvent 1000 has been available for sale in Ireland for several months and
will now be available for sale in the U.S. More information about Juvent is available
on Juvent's Ireland website: www.Juvent.com/ie/
More About John Moroney: Mr. Moroney also serves
as the President of Landmark Financial Corporation, which he founded
in 1983 to provide corporate finance advisory services to emerging
life sciences companies, specializing in capital raising, mergers
and acquisitions, and product licensing work. Between 1985 and 1991
Landmark was involved in an exclusive arrangement with Ladenburg,
Thalmann & Co., one of
the oldest investment banks in New York, to capitalize on emerging
opportunities in the healthcare market, where Mr. Moroney served
as a Managing Director. In 1991, Mr. Moroney became a co-founder
and Chairman of Flemington Pharmaceutical Corporation, a publicly
held development-stage drug delivery company (now NovaDel Pharmaceuticals
.AMEX: NVD). Prior to founding Landmark, Mr. Moroney spent ten years
in commercial banking with Citibank, United Jersey Bank, and Midlantic
Bank. Mr. Moroney holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Fordham University.
RSVP to: Clare Bennett, IBO Administrator 212-750-8118,
clareb@ibo-ny.com
September 19, 2006 (Tuesday, at 8:00 am)
IBO BREAKFAST MEETING (Traditional Irish Breakfast)
Special Guest:George Heslin, Artistic Director, Origin Theatre
Company.
Format: Hosted by Niall O'Leary, attendees sit around a table
enjoying a full Irish breakfast. All present introduce themselves and talk for
about a minute. The featured speaker talks for longer, then we have a formal
exchange of business cards followed by a general discussion. The vibe is informal
but focused! (Usually ends somewhere between 9am and 9.30am. If you need to leave
earlier, please let us know at the start for seating purposes).
Venue: Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel:141
East 44th Street, between Lexington & Third Ave.
Only $15 per person including gratuity.
RSVP to:
Clare Bennett, IBO Administrator
212-750-8118, clareb@ibo-ny.com
More About George Heslin: Origin Theatre
Company is a not-for-profit cross-cultural theatre company dedicated
to the cultivation, development, and interpretation of new and emerging
European playwrights by offering New York audiences American premieres
of their work. Directorial credits include the American premiere
of Crestfall by Mark O Rowe. Opening October 5th at 59E59 in Manhattan
is a co-production with Dublin based Guna Nua Theatre Company, the
world premiere of Trousers by Paul Meade and David Parnell. Set
in contemporary Ireland and New York, Trousers is a play about friendship,
loyalty, expanding waistlines and bad haircuts. Trousers explores
the meaning of life, the need for love and the healing properties
of herbal tea. A comedy for people who have meditated on the meaning
of life while having a beer.
A touching and witty play.
As an actor George recently completed the Broadway national tour
of Stones In His Pockets. Highlights in New York include Juno and
The Paycock (The Roundabout), The Field and The Colleen Bawn-Drama
Desk Nomination (The Irish Rep),Flaherty’s Window The Shaughraun,
The Blow in of Baile Gail and his off Broadway hit one-man show
Misterman which was invited to the Dublin festival where George
was nominated in the best actor category. He has played twice on
London’s West End, in Brian Friel’s Philadelphia Here
I Come and the British Premiere of Elegies.
In Ireland he has played with most theatre companies including The
Abbey, Ireland’s National Theatre, Druid Theatre Galway, The
Gate, Passion Machine and The Lyric Theatre Belfast to name a few.
He is a graduate of The Samuel Beckett Centre Trinity College Dublin
and the HB Studio New York.
www.origintheatre.com, www.59e59.org
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September 19, 2006 (Tuesday, 6:30 pm)
IBO NJ Monthly Meeting:
Location: Molly McGuire's in Clark, NJ.
The NJ meeting is growing ! Don't miss this great opportunity to network, promote
your business and meet new people with a shared heritgage. Free for IBO Members
and 1st-time guests. $20 for all others. For information, please contact: Kate
Conroy: kateconroy@gatewaychamber.com
Special Guest Speaker: TBA
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September
28, 2006 (Thursday, Time TBA)
IBO Golf Outing
Location: Twin Brooks Country Club, Watchung, NJ
A great course, a wonderful day, awards dinner and many prizes.
For more information, please contact:
Jim Faulkner (Flynn & Faulkner, Health Insurance Specialists)
Tel: 973-216-2479
Email: jpfaulkner@att.net
(Click Here For Info & Registration Form)
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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 and Irish Connections Magazine.
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 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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