Next CBID Meeting January 25th

339 8th St @ 6th Ave - 7:00pm

President's Message

This will be my last President's letter. My two year term is up and at the January 25th meeting a new President will be elected. One of my promises when I was elected was to have a contested election for the office when I left. That did not happen but we do have a talented and capable person in Asher Novek who is running for the position so I am happy to hand things over to him.

I was thinking I should write some profound recollection of my time serving CBID as your President. It was a very challenging time with the election of a person who will undoubtedly go down as our worst president ever. There is a lot I wish we had done as a club but I think we should look to the future now and this year's election cycle.

We should work hard to get rid of the IDC, all it's members, Hamilton for sure, but also whatever we can do against the others as well.

We should pick a candidate against Donovan and we should support Andrew Gounardes.

And of course, we need to support David Pechefsky in his race against the Trump-lite Lee Zeldin. David would be a great addition to Congress and a great public servant.

I have enjoyed my time as President of CBID, I hope I left the club stronger then when I came in and I look forward to working with you all in the years ahead.

Benjamin Solotaire

2018 Women's March

Saturday, January 20th
Meeting point: Uptown Roasters (355 7th Ave btw 10th and 11th)
Meeting time: 9:30am, march around 11am

Come march with CBID and other community activist groups in this year's Women's March. We will meet at 9:30 at Uptown Roasters, and travel together to the march.

More info below (via march organizers):
The main entrance point will be between at 72nd & Central Park West. The rally (starting at 11:30EST) will be at Central Park West & 61st/62nd street. The full block in front of the stage (61st to 62nd on Central Park West) will be reserved for those with disabilities. The march (starting around 12:30EST) will go past Columbus Circle, East on 59th Street, and South on 6th Avenue with exits at 45th/44th/43rd streets. We will have many after march activities (indoors) for you to choose from. See our FAQ for more details and, soon, a map.

FAQ: https://womensmarchalliance.org/2018-womens-march-on-nyc/2018wm-faq/

VOLUNTEER: Be part of the movement! https://womensmarchalliance.org/2018-womens-march-on-nyc/2018wmvolunteers/

DONATE: The 2017 march on NYC cost $60,000. This march can't happen without your generous donations: https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/WomensMarchAllianceCorp/2018wm

OTHER MARCHES: https://www.facebook.com/pg/womensmarchonnyc/events/

2018 Club Elections

Nominees for Club Officers

Asher Novek - President
Joy Romanski - First Vice President
Eric Fields - Second Vice President
Erica Cohen - Corresponding Secretary
Melissa Turoff - Recording Secretary
Marty Bernstein - Treasurer

Nominees for Executive Committee
Chris Barron
Rich Bennett
Richard Bruce
Dan Campanelli
Mary Beth Carroll
Thomas Carroll
Marcia Kannry
Lucy Koteen
Cheryl Krauss
David Michaelson
Warren Miner
Alison Mingus
James Morgano
Alice Ott
Nathan Rubin
Jessica Selecky
Matt Shahabian
Louis Schwartz
Chris Stauffer
Hilary van Santen
Ben Theodore
Cheryl Wertz
Dan Wise
Peter Zessos

Nominations with a second may be made from the floor at the meeting before the Annual (January) Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, nominations of officers of the Club may be made from the floor only (i) if no eligible candidate has been otherwise nominated, or (ii) if any nominee for officer shall withdraw their acceptance of the nomination after the notice to all nominees has been mailed to the membership in which event nominations may be made from the floor for such office only. If the number of candidates nominated for the Executive Committee by the Nominating Committee, by petition and Paragraph 1(d) is less than 20% more than the number of positions open, nominations from the floor shall be open for the Executive Committee.

All members in good standing who shall have been members in good standing as of sixty (60) days preceding an election shall be entitled to vote.

Upcoming Meeting Schedule:

General Meetings, held at Camp Friendship at 7pm

Thursday, Jan 25
Thursday, Feb 22
Thursday, March 22
Thursday, April 26th

Executive committee, 7pm, locations TBD

Wednesday, January 31st **note date change**
Monday, Feb 26
Monday, Mar 26

President's Picture of the Month

Photo Credit:

Préfète Duffaut, The Bay of Jacmel, 2009

CBID Executive Committee

Officers
President - Benjamin Solotaire
First VP - Joy Romanski
2nd VP - Eric Fields
Treasurer - Marty Bernstein
Corresponding Secretary - Asher Novek
Recording Secretary - vacant

Executive Committee
Joanne Boger, Richard Bruce, Dan Campanelli, Thomas Carroll, Erica Cohen, Fathi Hegazy, Ben Karl, Lucy Koteen, Cheryl Krauss, David Michaelson, Warren Miner, Richard Morrell, David Pechefsky, Warren Radford, Nathan Rubin, Hilary van Santen, Louis Schwartz, Matt Shahabian, Jessica Selecky, Josh Silverstein, Melissa Turoff, Cheryl Wertz, Dan Wise, Peter Zessos

Ex-Officio:
Hon. Jake Gold, Hon. Lori Citron Knipel, Hon. Josh Skaller, Hon. Anne Swern