Meeting at The West Islip Public Library Wednesday February 15th 7:30 P.M.
Topics to be addressed: the pressing issue of sewage treatment plants,
Membership and Beach Access.
West Islip Library
3 Higbie Ln
West Islip, NY 11795
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The year is underway and the first meeting was a success. The windy cold weather did not keep people away and we are ready to mobilize.
Congratulations to Larry Moriarty elected as Treasurer and Dan Volpe as Member-at-Large. The Executive Committee is now complete.
Three goals have been established for the next few months as we continue to organize. They are: (1) Membership (2) Beach Access (3) The Spill Bill and Privatization of Water Treatment Plants in Nassau County.
In order to address these goals we are actively putting together committees. If you are interested or want to learn more, please contact us at Chair@centralLI.surfrider.org. 
The new Executive Committee is eager to meet chapter members new and old and share their ideas on the coming year. Elections will be taking place for Treasurer and (1) At-Large-Member. If you are interested in any of these positions or would like more information please email: Chair@centralli.surfrider.org
The meeting will also address Membership, Beach Access and specific environmental concerns and committee formation. We are urging everyone to attend to get the year off with a strong start.
Central Long Island chapter of Surfrider Foundation will be moving the meetings around our area so all members have a better chance to attend meetings. The following meeting dates and locations have been set with exact meeting locations to be announced shortly.
The meetings will be held the third Wednesday of every month.
February 15– Babylon
March 21- Farmingdale
April 18-Long Beach
May 16-Sayville
June 20, 2012-Beach Location
The Central Long Island Chapter was successful in having the Town of Babylon add covered recycling containers on the beach alongside the trash containers at the town-operated Gilgo Beach. For a long time there were only trash containers on the beach and no recycling at Gilgo town beach. The existing trash containers were open and often spilling over with garbage, especially after busy summer weekends. Much of this plastic waste surely ended up on the beach or in the ocean. The Chapter wrote a letter to the town Supervisor Steve Bellone, encouraged our members to write the town, and were getting petition signatures when the town produced the recycling bins just in time for the summer season of 2011. The Town of Babylon prides itself on its curbside recycling program and other environmental measures within the town, so it only made sense for them to provide that on their beaches too. NY now has an expanded bottle deposit law (see April 2009 victory) so all those plastic water bottles are now worth five cents.
And 09/1 -09/15th, The Quiksilver Pro Contest