January 2010 Newsletter - manliuschamber.com · TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 7:00 PM IN THE RECREATION BLDG. ON STICKLEY DRIVE The nominating committee consisting of Jeannine Masucci, Cheryl

ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 7:00 PM IN THE RECREATION BLDG. ON STICKLEY DRIVE

The nominating committee consisting of Jeannine Masucci, Cheryl Schotz, Mary Dunaway, Kim Kutzer, and Judy Dardzinski have announced the following Slate of Officers for 2010. President - Marc Baum Three Director positions to be filled: 1st Vice President - Cheryl Schotz Tim Buckles, Wine House 2nd Vice President - Jeannine Masucci Beth Engle, Holiday Inn Secretary - Donna Goyette Heather Graham, Key Bank Treasurer - Gary Rein, CPA Dr. Joseph Rosney, TLC Chiropractic Past President - Barbara Barnell Mark Tetley, CNY Agency Heidi Tyler, Eagle Newspapers

YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!

Mini Trade Show and light dinner will be served.

President’s Notes Page 2

Member Events Page 3

Chamber Events Page 3

Membership Reminder Page 5

Learning Corner Page 6

Community Corner Page 7

Board of Directors/Mission Page 8

What’s Inside:

CHAMBER HAPPENINGS

Fayetteville Manlius Minoa Inspired by the Past . . . Building for the Future

Volume 19, Issue 1 January 2010

All Chamber events are open to the community

Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

305 E. Seneca St. F Manlius, NY 13104 F Phone: 315-682-7400 F Fax: 315-682-5655

On Thursday, December 10 about 90 Chamber members and their guests gathered at the HSBC Bank in Manlius to celebrate the holiday season. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a light buffet dinner were served as everyone enjoyed mingling, visiting, and sharing a little holiday cheer. A special thank you to HSBC Bank for hosting this great event!

As the New Year, 2010 is upon us; new roads are also available and assessable for us to travel on. New ideas, new ways of doing things, new friend-ships are aplenty, just waiting for us all to make the most of. All we have to do is open our minds and hearts to the endless possibilities that present them-selves to us.

And so it is with the Chamber, 2010 brings in new possibilities with new leadership, new ideas and new energy to make things happen. Give the leadership team your support and your ideas, as the Chamber is here for YOU. Your feedback is vital to help the Chamber grow and be the best that can be for you. Your voice matters.

I wish everyone PEACE, HARMONY and JOY this year and in all that follow. Thank you all again for your support over the past year.

Barbara Barnell President


PRESIDENT’S NOTES . . .

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Chamber Happenings


MEMBER OF THE MONTH

We are pleased to announce that beginning next month the Business of the Month featured in the monthly newsletter will be chosen randomly from our membership list. The featured business will be notified by the tenth of the month and requested to submit an article to the Chamber by the twentieth of the month. In addition, that business and their employees will be awarded a Certificate of Recognition at the next Chamber event. Another great reason to get your membership renewal in ASAP!!

SECNY CREDIT UNION 115 Fayette Street Manlius

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS Thursday, January 21

5:30 - 7:30 pm

WHAT’S COMING UP

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CHAMBER EVENTS


MEMBER EVENTS

Tuesday, January 12 General Membership Meeting

and Annual Election of Officers Mini Trade Show (spaces still available)

7:00 pm at Manlius Recreation Bldg. Light dinner will be served.

Please RSVP by Friday, January 8

Saturday, January 16 Chamber Night at Crunch Hockey

Syracuse Crunch vs. Rochester Americans War Memorial at the OnCenter Discounted tickets are available

in the Chamber Office

Thursday, January 21 Board of Directors Meeting 8:00 am at Chamber Office

Thursday, January 21

Business After Hours SECNY Credit Union

115 Fayette Street Manlius 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Refreshments will be served.

A Syracuse Institution Moves to Manlius! St. Laurent Framing, the owners of the framing business that was located at Commercial Art Supply for over 30 years, has joined forces with Ironstone Gallery in Manlius, and has moved this week. The business that Doug St. Laurent started in 1987 had purchased the fram-ing business of The Art Store in 2004, and opened Iron-stone Gallery in 2007 in Manlius. When asked the rea-sons for the move, Doug St. Laurent said, “We do an amazing amount of framing every year and I found myself spending a lot of time running between the 3 stores. I really wanted to refocus on our customers instead. I realized that if we brought our best people into one location we could really serve our customers better”. Big plans are in the works for St. Laurent and Ironstone. Coming soon will be regular receptions to introduce the public to local emerging artists. Also art classes for kids and adults being planned. An expanded showroom will make more room for art and more room to work with designers and clients. For artists, St. Laurent and Iron-stone will soon be offering mat boards, foam boards, frames, glass and other materials at wholesale pricing that will rival mail order but without the costs of shipping. The Manlius Historical Society is pleased to announce our 34th Annual Antique Show to be held: April 10-11, 2010. Change in location: This year’s show will be held at the Manlius Village Centre, 1 Arkie Albanese Ave., located immediately off of Rt. 92 in the Village of Manlius. We are very excited about this new central location, as it is adjacent to the library, senior center, the local Swan Pond Park, and area businesses. After the well-received addition of a “restoration corner” at last year’s event, we will once again give the public the opportunity to learn more about restoration while they shop for new treasures. We are inviting specialists to sign up for a Speaker Series to be held over the weekend to attract wider audience to the event.More details to come soon. We are accepting dealers and restoration specialists into the Show. Please contact 315-682-6660 or email [email protected] for more information.

Saturday, January 16 Chamber Night at the CRUNCH!

Discount Tickets are

available in the Chamber Office

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Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa Building Community Together . . . . Fayetteville Manlius Minoa

REMINDER If you haven't sent in your 2010 Membership Renewal yet . . . don't forget to do so ASAP. If you cannot locate your prefilled membership renewal form that was mailed to you a blank form is avail-able at the Chamber website- www.manliuschamber.com All memberships received by the end of January will be included in the 2010 Direc-tory. To those of you who have sent in your membership re-newal thank you for your continued support.


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If you have an ad, member

event, or business announcement that you

would like listed in

CHAMBER

HAPPENINGS

please email Donna Goyette at

[email protected]. All articles must be

received by the 20th of the month.

LEARNING CENTER

The Transportation Secu-rity Administration is start-ing a program to deal with a problem that has haunted it for years: innocent pas-sengers being delayed and questioned at airport check-in because their names match or approximate the

name of someone on the terrorist watch lists. As part of the new initiative, you will also need to provide your birth date and gender when making a reservation. A new federal initiative called Secure Flight re-quires that the name on the ID you use at the air-port security checkpoint precisely matches the name on your airline ticket. Secure Flight takes effect for domestic passengers early next year and for international passengers by the end of 2010. Under Secure Flight, the federal government will

have a single version of your name on file, along with your gender and age. That same information is supposed to be on your boarding pass. The problem could be if your passport or driver’s li-cense has a different version of your name, which could delay you while your identity is verified against the watch list. So - it could be in your interest to ultimately change your driver's license to match the name on your passport and while your at it, make sure your name on your frequent flyer number with the air-lines matches your name on your ticket, your driver's license and your passport. A word to the wise - take time now to make sure everything is a match or you might be spending time in the security line. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to Judy at [email protected]

Travel Tips Provided by Judy Dardzinski, Worldlink Travel

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COMMUNITY CORNER

“Toot Your Own Horn” and Be Featured in the

Hats Off Column

Tell us what good things you have been up to so that it may be featured in the “Hats Off” section of the

Chamber Happenings Newsletter.

Simply email your information to [email protected]

8160 Cazenovia Road Manlius, NY 13104 Dr. Jennifer Goetz • Dr. Deanna Rodriguez

Complete Conventional, Complementary & Alternative Veterinary Medicine

Acupuncture • Boarding • Prescription Diets • Grooming Phone 682-2200 www.manliusvet.com

Custom Framing - Frames Made in the USA and It-aly - Mirrors - Monthly Art Exhibitions

Unique Jewelry - Art Installation - Book Binding Art and Photo Printing on Paper & Canvas

(315) 632-4445 www.LimestoneArt.biz

LIMESTONE ART GALLERLIMESTONE ART GALLERLIMESTONE ART GALLERYYY & FRAMING & FRAMING & FRAMING

M-F 10-6 Sat. 10-2 207 Brooklea Drive - Fayetteville - NY - 13066

The Greater Manlius Chamber of Commerce salutes our schools - ♦ Fayetteville-Manlius High School has again been honored as one of the top high schools in the nation. The

2010 U.S. News & World Report Americas Best High Schools listed F-M High School as a “Silver Medal School.” The designation puts F-M among top 5 percent of schools in New York State

♦ Local dignitaries joined school officials and students honoring the outstanding achievements of the boys and

girls cross country teams. The boys team took first place in the state and regional meets and ninth place at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon Dec. 5. The girls team won the national championships for the fourth straight time, besting the second place time by a near-record 74 points. ESPN recently named the F-M girls as its "Team of the Decade" for dominating the sport in recent years.

♦ The F-M High School Student Government donated $3,000 to charities and organized a blood drive that

attracted 84 donors. ♦ The F-M High School Musical Theatre Department proudly presented the Central New York High School Pre-

mier of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. ♦ Three F-M teachers earned tje nation's highest level of teacher certification. Mrs. Julie Gratien, Mr. Kory

McMahon, and Mrs. Lisa Geraci-Civiletto received certification by the National Board for Professional Teach-ing Standards (NBPTS)

♦ Last year the Dance Marathon held at the FM High school donated more than $110,000 to the non-profit or-

ganization Camp Good Days and Special Times that helps children, adults and families touched by cancer and other life challenges.

The deadline for the January newsletter is January 20th, 2010.

Please have your information submitted by that date in order to be included.

MISSION Our goal is to serve the local community by promoting and encouraging business growth and developments within the Town of Manlius, while at the same time supporting those civic and cultural programs which enhance our lives.

We hope to increase public awareness of the many fine products and services and promote the advantages of living and shopping in Manlius.

Our members are an integral part of this com-munity, and we share your desire to preserve and enhance the image and integrity of the Greater Manlius area. We invite businesses and individuals to join with us to accomplish these goals.

2009 Directors Heather Graham Jeannine Masucci

Marc Baum

2010 Directors Judy Dardzinski Maria Dawson Renee Dellas

2011 Directors

John P. Goodman Kim Kutzer

Mike Skeele

President Barbara Barnell

682-2934 1st Vice President

Cheryl Schotz 682-9500 x129

2nd Vice President Rob Richardson

682-4800 Secretary

Donna Goyette 637-9092

Treasurer Mary Dunaway

682-2541 Past President

Jeff Solomon 682-5146

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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January 2010 Newsletter - manliuschamber.com · TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 7:00 PM IN THE RECREATION BLDG. ON STICKLEY DRIVE The nominating committee consisting of Jeannine Masucci, Cheryl