Natures Shapes, 99 Hiddink St, Sayville, NY 11782

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http://www.naturesshapes.com/directions.php

Wife Heidi, son Joe and daughter Jill’s home address is 16 Cheryl Lane North Babylon, NY 11703.

All, it is with great sadness that we tell you of the sudden passing of one of our Chapter volunteers and activists.  Gerry Leibowitz died this morning.  The Surfrider Foundation would like to extend its condolences to former Secretary, Heidi Leibowitz, on the passing of her husband Gerry and their children.   Gerry was an integral part of the Central Long Island Chapter, and he was always available to lend a smile and helping hand. He will be greatly missed, and we thank him for his years of service to the Chapter.

Sylvia Kopec, Gerry Leibowitz, Heidi Leibowitz

West Islip Library
3 Higbie Ln
West Islip, NY 11795

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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.

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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

Very many thanks to the volunteer leaders who were on the Executive Committee most recently, former Chair – Katie Lawrence, Vice Chair – Jim Brady, Secretary – Heidi Liebowitz, Treasurer – Sylvia Kopec, Volunteer Coordinator – Tom Bruckner, and former At-Large Member – Frank Messina.

Thanks also to those who joined or renewed their membership at the meeting.  We’ll do a better job at retaining members if we can get more people to sign up for automatic renewal at surfrider.org.  There is a red button in the upper right hand corner where you can give yourself a username and a password.  Your email is the unique identifier or you can use your Surfrider Member Number.  Once there you can tell the system to charge your credit card once a year (until it expires)  so you’ll never forget to renew.  You can also change your address, or other contact info by using this “My Account” feature.

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Stay tuned to the website for a new schedule of meeting dates and times.  Please come out and remember, it is your chapter.

This is Your Chapter

There is a Chapter meeting tonight for Surfrider Foundation members at the Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave at 7PM upstairs.

If you are not currently a member or need to renew we can do it on the spot tonight.

There will be Chapter elections and overviews on the major issues the Chapter is working on.

Descriptions of the Elected Officer’s duties are on the chapter’s website.

Come on out, be ready to volunteer, and remember this is your Chapter.

Here is a description of the general duties of the Chapter and the Chapter’s Executive Committee as well as the specific duties of each officer.