• Morning - CONDUCTING MEETINGS: Dos • Dont's • Booby Traps • Noon - BALANCING HEATING SYSTEMS, Especially issues related to switching heating fuels. 1) Learn from ATTORNEYS • Scott Greenspun, Esq, Braverman Greenspun, PC • Steven Kirkpatrick, Esq, Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP • Gerard McCabe, Esq, FG McCabe & Associates, PLLC • Jay L. Hack, Esq, Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP • Ronald A. Sher, Esq, Himmelfarb & Sher, LLP • Steven R. Wagner, Esq, Wagner Berkow, LLP 1A) Director Meetings a) What NY Law and your bylaws require - Do you have to give notice - Special unscheduled meetings - What constitutes breaking a quorum b) Dealing with a disagreeable director c) No Proxies allowed b) No email polling by majority vote (Decisions only at a meeting, by conference call, or unanimous consent.) 1B) Stockholder/Member meetings a) NY Law and your bylaws b) List of people entitled to vote c) Responsibilities of Inspectors d) FAIRNESS of the proceedings e) Proxies allowed unless bylaws prohibit them 1C) General Issues that always apply a) Minutes - Sword, shield or booby trap b) Establish rules of order in advance (Roberts Rules were not handed down by God) c) You're Out of Order! (What is not a proper subject at a meeting, especially Stockholder/Member meetings.) 2) NOON Seminar - WHILE IT IS STILL HEATING SEASON, Address: * Banging pipes and other maladies. * If your heating system needs tweaking or balancing. * Issues & nuances when switching heating fuels back & forth. → A panel of heating professionals moderated by CHARLES E. MARINO, P.E., Braxton Engineering, P.C. When... Thursday, March 26th, 2015 8 am ... Breakfast, Registration, Networking 9:15 to 11 ... SEMINAR 1) "How To Run A Meeting" 11 to 12:30 ... Brunch/Lunch Refreshments, Networking 12:30 to 1:30 ... SEMINAR 2) "Balance Your Heating System" 1:30... 2:30 Lunch, Refreshments, Networking Where... The General Society Library Ground Floor Pavilion, General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen 20 West 44th Street (5th & 6th Aves) Convenient To #7, B, D, F, S, V, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, R, N, W, Q & Metro North Trains
Attendee Cost...SAME PRICE PART or FULL DAY * Please check one to attend.* $85 ... All NYARM Members $135 ... Non Members Interested in being an Exhibitoror Educational Sponsor? $500 ... Members $750 ... Non Members
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