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NYSRPS Welcomes the 72nd Annual Conference and Business Expo Delegates and Exhibitors

NYSRPS Welcomes the 72nd Annual Conference and Business Expo Delegates and Exhibitors. Annual Board Meeting March 25, 2012. 72nd Annual Conference. 2012 Conference Committee. Conference Chairs — Pete Finn, Active Retiree

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NYSRPS Welcomes the 72nd Annual Conference and Business Expo Delegates and Exhibitors

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  1. NYSRPS Welcomes the 72nd Annual Conference and Business Expo Delegates and Exhibitors Annual Board Meeting March 25, 2012

  2. 72nd Annual Conference 2012 Conference Committee Conference Chairs— Pete Finn, Active Retiree Awards Co-Chairs—Charry Lawson, Town of Onondaga Parks & Recreation; Ed Fronckwicz, Garden City Recreation Exhibitor Chair— Mark Tolley, US Sports Institute Fundraising/ Promotion Co-Chairs— Chris Soi, Briarcliff Manor; Matt Nordt, Town of New Castle Parks & Recreation Hospitality Chair— Elaine Apfelbaum, Town of Clarkstown Parks & Recreation Logistics/ Audio Co Sally Rogol, City of Rye Recreation; David Goldberg, Town of Poundridge Moderator Chair— Matt Arone, Dobbs FerryParks & Recreation Off-Site/ Transportation Chair— Jason Gallo, Town of Bethlehem Program Chair— Donna Esperito, Town of New Castle Parks & Recreation Student Recruitment Chair— Sally Veltidi, Eastchester 2012 Awards Committee Co-Chair— Charry Lawson, CPRP, Town of Onondaga Parks & Recreation Co-Chair— Ed Fronckwicz, Garden City Recreation Capital Region Representative— Myla Kramer, Town of Clifton Park Parks & Recreation Central Region Representative— Kristine Zingaro, Town of Manlius Recreation Genesee Valley Representative—Mike Stockman, Town of Victor Parks & Recreation Hudson Valley Region Representative—Daryl Willenbrink, Hudson Valley DDSO Long Island Representative— Jack Fass, Town of Huntington Parks & Recreation Metropolitan Region Representative— Debbie Lake Westchester Region Representative— Kevin Cook, Westchester County Parks

  3. NYSRPS Executive Board President Jennifer Fava, Town of Yorktown Parks & Recreation President-Elect Gregg Goodman, CPRP, Town of Gates Parks & Recreation Past President Kevin Ocker, Garden City Recreation VP of Professional Development Donna Esperito, CPRP, Town of New Castle Parks & Recreation VP of Programs and Services Joanne Coast, Retired Professional, Town of Irondequoit Treasurer Pete Finn, Retired Professional Secretary Vacant Region I Representative Lisa Goldberg, Great Neck Parks District Region I Representative Sally Rogol, City of Rye Recreation Region II Representative James Raulli, Town of Sullivan Parks & Recreation Region II Representative Jason Gallo, Town of Bethlehem Parks & Recreation Region III Representative Tom Venniro, Town of Chili Region III Representative Martin Denecke, Town of Hamburg Recreation

  4. Past NYSRPS Presidents In honor of the individuals who have dedicated their time and expertise to lead The New York State Recreation and Park Society through the years. Here are the names and years of service of the Past Presidents of NYSRPS. *(Notates Deceased) Arthur H. Mittelstaedt, Jr. 1983-1984 John Silsby 1984-1985 Barbara Manzo 1985-1986 Charles Tokarz 1986-1987 Michael Oropallo* 1987-1988 William Simione 1988-1989 James A. Donahue 1989-1990 Joseph A. Stout 1990-1991 John Silsby 1991-1992 Dan McBride 1992-1993 Butch Martin 1993-1994 Bryon Bissonette 1994-1995 Tom Kehoskie 1995-1996 William Barber 1996-1997 Paul Blake 1997-1998 Dan Wiles 1998-1999 Bob Robare 1999-2000 William Zimmermann 2000-2001 Tom Kehoskie 2001-2002 Ann Smiley 2002-2003 Richard Rose 2003-2004 Edean Casey 2004-2005 William Riddell 2005-2006 Gerard Byrne 2006-2007 Elaine Apfelbaum 2007-2008 Ray Gomes 2008-2009 Jeffrey Myers 2009-2010 Kevin Ocker 2010-2011 Jennifer Fava 2011-2012 Peter J. Mayers* 1940-1946 William M. Leonard* 1946-1947 Carl E. Waite* 1947-1949 Helena J. Hoyt* 1949-1951 Myron H. Hendricks* 1951-1953 Sal J. Prezioso * 1953-1955 Sidney G. Lutzin* 1955-1957 J. Glenn Hudson* 1957-1959 Matthew M. Dolan* 1959-1961 Ralph Daniano* 1962-1963 William Foley* 1963-1965 Louis Pierro* 1965-1966 Arthur Bleau 1966-1967 Vincent Fowler 1967-1968 Edward Dyroff 1968-1969 Donald Saltzman* 1969-1970 James Arles 1970-1971 William Theobald* 1971-1972 William Lederer 1972-1973 Angelo Palermo* 1973-1974 Howard A. Oaks 1974-1975 Edward Ghiazza* 1975-1977 Francis Tokar 1977-1978 Kenneth Batchelor 1978-1979 Robert A. Gullie* 1979-1980 Salvatore DeSantis 1980-1981 Frances Wallach* 1981-1982 Joseph E. Curtis* 1982-1983

  5. NYSRPS Executive Office Staff EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Barbara Diesem-Zimmons DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Meaghan Wilkins PART TIME BOOKKEEPER Debbie Dundon MARKETING COORDINATOR FOR GRANTSAshley Simoncavage

  6. Highlights 2011-2012 Membership • NYSRPS has 588 members (YTD as of February), including 19 new members and 192 • renewed members this year. We also have 42 Commercial members (10 new and 13 • renewed since last year), and 9 Business Partners. • The Executive Board awarded lifetime memberships to Bill Barber in December 2010. • District & Affiliate members – LILSA, CNYRPS and GVRPS all remain strong district members. HVLSA and WRAPS remainin good standing as affiliate members. The Niagara Frontier. And the Adirondack District are experiencing a significant resurgence during this past year. The Adirondack District declined the offer to merge with the Capital District. NYSRPS will continue to work to help revitalize the Capital District in the coming year.

  7. Highlights 2011-2012 Conference and Education The 17thAnnual Downstate Conference was held on November 17, 2010 and saw slightly more than 100 delegates and xx vendors. The 18thAnnual Downstate Conference is scheduled for November 14, 2012 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY. The 2012 Committee is currently planning their initial meeting for April 2012 and shortly thereafter will accept proposals for presentations. Please visit the Events section of the NYSRPS web site, www.nysrps.org, if you are interested in being a presenter. The Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSI) course, sponsored by NYSRPS and the NRPA was held September 20-22, 2011 in Lancaster, NY. NYSRPS and NRPA plan to hold another course in Lagrangeville, NY from May 22 – 24, 2012. CPO – A successful CPO course was held in Ellicottville in November 2011. Another session will be scheduled for the Spring 2012. Our pricing is very competitive when compared to other CPO sessions, therefore a great membership benefit. One-Day Seminars –We worked with Pete Finn and held a series of one-day seminars on finance and budgeting, delivered throughout the state in the second half of 2011. If you have additional program ideas for the 2011-2012 FY, please email them to info@nysrps.org.

  8. Highlights 2010-2011 Partnerships • We closed out the 2010 STOP grant through the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and also received approval for 2011’s grant. No further future funding appears available in the STOP grant from OCFS. • Headway has been made in communications with NYCOM, they are now helping us publicize our CPSI and CPO courses. • A great partnership is developing with USTA Eastern Section!

  9. Highlights 2010-2011 NYSRPS National Representation MARN – New York State is represented on the Mid Atlantic Regional Network of NRPA by the following professionals: Gerry Byrne, Jennifer Fava, Rich Rose, and Bill Zimmermann. NRPA Congress – The 2011 National Recreation and Park Association Congress was held October 25-29, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. President, Jennifer Fava, President-Elect, Gregg Goodman, and Executive Director, Barbara Diesem-Zimmons were all in attendance. The 2011 Congress will be held on November 1-3, 2012 in California. National Legislative Forum – The 2011 National Legislative Forum was held on March 16-19 in Washington, DC. Legislative Chair Richard Rose Jr. represented New York in our advocacy efforts.

  10. Highlights 2011-2012 814) Finance and Fundraising • The 2010 Ticket Consignment Program saw participation from 13 agencies and 8 • individuals, with a total of 3,143 tickets sold. The program generated net revenue of • $36,393, based on the figures below. (net increase $33,814 over last year) The ticket program is currently being offered to the membership for 2012. The ticket order form is available on the NYSRPS web site, at www.nysrps.org.

  11. Highlights 2011-2012 Finance and Fundraising • Fund balances as of February 2012 are: • Smith Barney – $113,542.29 • Fidelity – $39,903.34 • Saratoga National – $146,214.94 • Friends – $30609.71 • STOP - $42,469.15 • Overall, funds are slightly up from last year, the graph below includes grant money that is about to be distributed

  12. Regional Highlights REGION I: Hudson Valley, Westchester, Metro & Long Island Hudson Valley Happenings: • Membership has remained consistent in delivery of services as well as remaining fiscally sound and creatively productive! 20 Commercial Members; 26 Municipal Members; 10 Therapeutic Members; 1 Student Member; 2 Retired Members; 1 Commission Members • This year HVLSA continued to offer current and dynamic presentations to its membership with CEUs at each. NYSRPS Executive Director spoke about the current trends and changes in the Society “Dynamics of Change– Understanding Generation Z,” by Larry Force, Ph.D. “Stay Fit Seniors” Annual Holiday Party (sadly not eligible for CEUs, although very entertaining!) NCTRC TR Specialties Our terrific “Vendors Showcase” “The Gangs of the Hudson Valley” HVLSA Annual Awards, Grants & Scholarship Banquet (to be held in May)

  13. Regional Highlights REGION I: Hudson Valley, Westchester, Metro & Long Island Westchester Happenings: 240 members 2011-2012 had a full slate of monthly lunch seminars along with a kick off BBQ Vendor luncheon and Holiday Party. WRAPS’ Annual Awards & Scholarship Luncheon was held in June 2011 at the Shenorock Shore Club in Rye.  2012 is scheduled for the same time. Our Annual Meeting of Board members and Committee chairs was held in August. Past President Dana Mayclim and Kim O’Brien represent WRAPS on the Downstate committee and will be co chairs for the 2012 conference.

  14. Regional Highlights REGION I: Hudson Valley, Westchester, Metro & Long Island Metro Happenings: Metro was a solid contributor to the Downstate Conference. They really stepped up to fortify the therapeutic portion of the conference. Thank you! Save the Date! Metro’s Metropolitan New York Recreation & Park Society, Inc. full day conferenceApril 19, 2012125 Barclay Street New York, NY 10007. Fantastic speakers regarding topics like health, sports and therapeutic recreation!

  15. Regional Highlights REGION I: Hudson Valley, Westchester, Metro & Long Island Long Island Happenings: LILSA had a fairly quiet 2011, which saw the Executive Board add new members, and the association develop new programs to serve it’s members. Town of Huntington Recreation Supervisor Jack Fass, and well known Therapeutic Recreation Consultant Robin Wexler joined the LILSA Executive Board, and have begun to make contributions to the Association. Once again, LILSA co-sponsored a one day conference with Saint Joseph’s College in Patchogue NY. The Conference offered sessions which were of interest to professionals in both the Therapeutic and Municipal fields. Attendance was again strong, and the evaluations of the conference were very positive. LILSA again participated in the Downstate Recreation Conference, with Board Member Lisa Goldberg representing us at conference planning meetings, and President Paul Blake assisting on occasions when Lisa was unavailable. For 2012, Lisa will be joined on the Downstate Committee by Jack Fass.The LILSA Holiday Social was reinstated, and an enjoyable evening was had by all who attended at the Black Forest Brew Haus in Farmingdale. New Board Members were welcomed, friendships were rekindled, and several program ideas were developed during the evening. A spring program, focusing on maintenance of artificial and natural turf fields is currently being planned, with a date and location to be announced.A golf outing is being planned for later in the summer of 2012, to be held as a fund raising event for both the LILSA and NYSRPS Friends Foundation. Date and location will be announced. Looking forward, LILSA is hopeful that another one day conference can be planned for this fall, again to be held at, and co-sponsored by, Saint Joseph’s College

  16. Regional Highlights REGION II: Adirondack, Capital & Central Adirondack and Capital Happenings: • Capital Parks & Recreation, with the help of NYSRPS, reached out to Adirondack last summer to discuss a merger, but Adirondack wants to maintain its autonomy. • The Adirondack and Lake Champlain Recreation Park Society, is forging forward, re-organizing, and looking forward to a bright future.  Bryon Bissonette, Bob Robare and John Taillon are leading the group back into action. • The Capital region will be exploring non-traditional methods, such as Skype, Facebook • and conference calls, to connect/reconnect with membership and increase participation • of member agencies. Several potential new members are here at this conference!

  17. Regional Highlights REGION II: Adirondack, Capital & Central Central Happenings: • CNYRPS signed up some new members and made a push to get more students involved at the state and local levels. CNYRPS also made a push to get more of its members involved, we have found out that we have a lot of members that are fairly inactive, so it has been our goal to get those members more involved. May - Members from CNYRPS gathered for annual election results, board meeting and a cookout on the shores of Oneida lake.  This is CNYRPS's last meeting for a few months as most members are to busy during the summer to get together. August - Members from CNYRPS held a foul shooting contest at the Cicero Gus Macker Basketball tournament to raise money for the scholarship fund and to increases CNYRPS's presence within the local communities. September - CNYRPS along with the NYS Disc Golf Association held a disc golf tournament at Central Park in the Town of Clay.  The tournament was held to raise money for the scholarship fund. October - CNYRPS sponsored a Playground Safety Seminar, two staff members from Parkitechs came out to Oneida and went over the latest playground safety issues with CNYRPS members. November - CNYRPS members attended the annual Cortland Park and Recreation Conference, CNYRPS also provides lunch for CNYRPS members and holds a general membership board meeting. December - CNYRPS held its annual Holiday luncheon at Arrowhead lodge, 25 - 30 members came to participate in the festivities. January - CNYRPS members had the opportunity to tour the newly built SRC athletic field house located on the Onondaga Community College campus before our regular monthly meeting. February - CNYRPS president-elect Jim Raulli made trips to Cortland and Ithaca colleges to speak to park and rec. students on the benefits of joining professional associations like CNYRPS or NYSRPS. March - CNYRPS president-elect Jim Raulli and president Luke Griff went to Mohawk Valley Comm. College to speak to park and rec. student on the benefits of join professional associations like CNYRPS and NYSRPS.  CNYRPS also held their annual awards banquet, 50 people attended the event at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Syracuse, NY.

  18. Regional Highlights REGION III: Genesee Valley & Niagara Genesee Valley Happenings: This past year – The GVRPS Annual Golf Tournament was held on September 16 at Victor Hills with 29 golfers in attendance; The GVRPS partially sponsored two SUNY Brockport students to attend the NRPA in 2011. Our Annual Conference and Awards Presentation was held on November 18th at the Holiday Inn Rochester Airport, where 85 professionals, students and vendors registered for the conference; The GVRPS Bowling night was held February 3rd GVRPS and ZuperMovies/ZuperBounce again provided a Professional Scholarship for attending the Annual NYSRPS Conference. The scholarship was awarded to Tom Venniro; GVRPS hosted a WNY regional conference on Wednesday, February 16 at Perinton Community Center. • Upcoming Events – The Genesee Valley Recreation and Park Society is happy to bring the 2013 NYSRPS conference to Rochester!

  19. Regional Highlights REGION III: Genesee Valley & Niagara Niagara Frontier Happenings: • NFRPS has been working to increase membership & membership involvement while focusing on providing quality membership services, continuing education and networking opportunities. • November: Children in Nature Presentation in association with Landscape Structures. • December: Presentations from Jim Hornung from Erie County Parks and Shauna Dosser (BWI Wellness) • January: 3 Board members attended the NYSRPS Strategic Planning meeting and worked on committees to develop the new mission, goals and action plans for the Society. • February: Hosted Matt Long from USSI to discuss summer camp options, a representative from USTA and someone from the Character Council in Hamburg also presented to the group. Several members attended the GVRPS mini conference. • March: Several members attended the State Conference • In April the Society will collaborate with Western Zone AHPERD to put on a one day conference at Canisius College. • BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND : In May at the Town of Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center NFRPS will host an Aquatics Roundtable. • NFRPS is thrilled to announce that one of its long time and faithful members, Jack Voelker of the Chautauqua Institution will be receiving the 2012 Distinguished Service Award at the State Conference.

  20. Friends Foundation Update Friends of NYSRPS was formed to enhance the professional opportunities and growth of the state organization, affording members, fellow professionals, and the public the opportunity to make tax-deductible donations, which will be used for the advancement for the leisure service field. The primary focus is to generate resources initiating educational scholarship and development opportunities for students pursuing careers in the leisure service field, to foster advancement in research, and afford membership new professional training experiences. Funding- Provided great resources to help diminish the out of pocket costs to thevounteersfor the Strategic Planning session undertaken in January 2012. Scholarships – This year two scholarships will be awarded to students from St. Joseph’s College and SUNY Cortland. Fundraising Plans- are underway to replenish this great resource, possibly a golf outing in Saratoga in October 2012

  21. 2012-2013 Initiatives Annual Conference & Business Expo 73rd Annual Conference & Business Expo March 17-19, 2013 The Radisson, Rochester, NY Committee Chairs: Jeff Meyers, Perinton Recreation and Parks; and Linanne Conroy, Penfield Parks and Recreation Others interested in participating on the Conference Committee should contact the Jeff or Linanne.

  22. 2012-2013 Initiatives Governance • The Secretary Position of the NYSRPS Executive Board, is vacant Board position. If interested, please contact the NYSRPS office. • Lisa Goldberg of the Great Neck Park District joined the Board as the Region I Representative • As mentioned previously the Board approved the Strategic Planning process undertaken in January of this year. • Special thanks to all our outgoing Board members for your time, services, and dedication! We also welcome all new Board members!

  23. 2012-2013 Initiatives Membership • Examining our membership benefits and seeking methods to • better serve the needs of our members. • The 2011 Grant was written to secure a membership benefit paying for certified youth sport trainings from an agency of the member’s choice! • A USTA Eastern Section grant for $160,000 was written and secured, it is expected to benefit 20 members with existing tennis programs with awards of $3,000 to $6,000per member. • Initiated a discount ski ticket consignment program for members for 2011-2012, the weather was not in our favor, but membership appeared interested!

  24. 2012-2013 Initiatives e Communications We started the re-vitalization of the Communications Committee who would assisted in obtaining and providing articles for the various Society publications. The committee is comprised of interested members. If you enjoy writing or are aware of articles that may be of interest to NYSRPS Members please contact Meaghan Wilkins: meaghan@nysrps.org

  25. Message from President, Jennifer Fava NYSRPS is a leading organization in New York State supporting the field of parks, recreation and leisure services.  We continue to provide resources of many different varieties for our members including educational, informational and networking opportunities. A major goal undertaken this year which I am very proud of is the Strategic Plan.  The Society had not done this in over 20 years and over the past several months, a task force comprised of members, has worked very hard to represent the entire membership and establish a plan to guide the Society through the next three years.  I believe this will be an instrumental tool in leading us in the near future and will assist us in better serving our membership.  I hope you will join us for an Open Forum as we present the plan following this meeting. Special thanks to: The Annual Conference committee, led by Pete Finn.  Planning a conference takes a lot of work and I thank each and every person on the committee and those who have assisted along the way with this year’s conference. Our commercial members and our business partners who continue to support and contribute to our Society. The NYSRPS staff for doing an excellent job through some difficult conditions. The many NYSRPS volunteer members who helped craft the strategic plan that will carry us through the next few years. As my term as President of the Society winds down I want to take this occasion to thank the members of the Executive Board, our Executive Office Staff, and our membership for giving me the opportunity to serve NYSRPS and I look forward to helping to bring the strategic plan to fruition and to continue serving the Society through additional rolls.

  26. Thank You to our Conference Sponsors Landscape Structures Anaconda Sports The Brain Show Vermont Systems Wade Tours JAAC Promotions Adirondack Lake Champlain Recreation and Park Society Capital Region Parks and Recreation Association Central New York Recreation and Parks Society Genesee Valley Recreation and Parks Society Niagara Frontier Recreation and Parks Society Long Island Leisure Services Association THANK YOU!

  27. Thank You to our Business Partners ACM Playgrounds Anaconda Sports BSN Sports Maxian + Horst Parkitects/Site Specialists RenoSys Corp. SUNY Youth Sports Institute Vermont Systems ZuperEventz

  28. Thank You to our Commercial Members Adventures in Climbing, LLC American Recreational Products Aquatic Facility Design, Inc. Barton & Loguidice, P.C. Bears Playgrounds Big Toys Playgrounds Capturepoint.com Century Sports, Inc. Commercial Recreation Specialists Copeland Coating Company DeLailo Sod Farms, Inc. Dynamo Industries Economy Handicrafts Franklin Paint Company GameTime Playground Equipment Garbo Grabber, LLC Great Lakes Athletic Fields Kompan, Inc. L.K. McLean Associates LAIRD LA Modern Precast Concrete Morgan Recreational Supply, Inc. MuscoLighting LAIRD LA Modern Precast Concrete New England Playground Surfacing Parks & Pastimes, Inc. Paul O. Brown Co., Inc. Pettinelli & Associates Playground Medic Playsites + Surfacing Quassy Amusement Park R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co./Pilot Rock Rileigh’s Outdoor Supply SealMaster Buffalo Super Seal Coating Terrabilt, Inc. Universal Play Systems US Specialty Coatings US Sports Institute USA Again (200), LLC Velvetop ProductsWho Skates Young Explosives Display Fireworks

  29. Thank You to our Conference Exhibitors ACM Playgrounds Advance Specialties Advantage Sport & Fitness Adventures in Climbing, LLC American Cancer Society American Ramp Company American Recreational Products Aquatic Development Group Bikepath Country Brain Show BSN Sports Century Sports, Inc. Commercial Recreation Specialists Copeland Coating Company Dynamo Industries Economy Handicrafts Franklin Paint Company Fun Flicks GameTime Playground Equipment Garbo Grabber, LLC Greek Peak Mountain Resort Innova Disc Golf Ithaca College iZone JAAC Promotions Kompan, Inc. LAIRD LA Landscape Structures Meteflex Maxian + Horst Mobi-Mat Modern Precast Concrete Morgan Recreational Supply, Inc. Musco Lighting New England Playground Surfacing NYSRPS Partac Peat Corporation (Beam Clay) Paul O. Brown Co., Inc. Pettinelli & Associates Playground Medic Playsites + Surfacing R.C. Systems, Inc. RenoSys Rose & Kiernan, Inc. Rosetta by DKI SealMaster Albany Slack Chemical St. Joseph’s College SUNY Cortland SUNY Youth Sports Institute Surface America Terrabilt, Inc. Treatment Specialties Turbo Roster US Specialty Coatings US Sports Institute USTA Eastern Unity Surfacing Val’s Sporting Goods Velvetop Products Vermont Systems Windsor Barrel Works Young Explosives Display Firework ZuperEvents

  30. NYS Recreation & Park Society Thank you for coming and we hope you enjoy! For more information on the programs and services of the New York State Recreation and Park Society, please visit our web site at www.nysrps.org.

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