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Updates from NYPGA - December 26, 2014
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NYPGA publishes updates like this one at least once per week, typically Friday afternoon
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Long Island & Toys For Tots
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Elaina DiBiasi-Messina of the Long Island Propane Gas Association sends word of the LIPGA Annual Christmas Party held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ronkonkoma, NY.
Every year LIPGA comes together as an organization to celebrate the holiday season and the completion of another successful year, according to DiBiasi-Messina. This year, LIPGA was proud to announce its First Annual Toy Drive benefiting the Long Island Chapter of Toys for Tots.
At the LIPGA October meeting, LIPGA had the pleasure of meeting with Staff Sgt. John Grigg, the Suffolk County Coordinator of Toys for Tots. Since 1947, The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program has collected new, unwrapped toys annually to distribute to community centers, churches and other nonprofit organizations. Over its life span, the Marine Toys for Tots Program has distributed over 469 million toys to over 216 million less fortunate children.
LIPGA's collection effort began mid-October with donation boxes placed at individual propane companies that make up LIPGA. LIPGA reports that they were not sure of what kind of response they would get, but they report that in the end, "EVERYONE got in the spirit!" LIPGA collected hundreds of gifts for children in its communities.
NYPGA congratulates LIPGA on its very sucessful event.
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Northeast Pipeline Publication from NYPGA
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The Northeast Pipeline is a publication of the New York Propane Gas Association. This full format, color publication features: - Full color 8.5 by 11 inch format
- Published 3 (three) time per year
- Distribution Method: Electronic format
- Audience: Members of the New York Propane Gas Association "NYPGA"
- Numbers: +/- 1,000 industry contacts
- Accepts display advertising (from NYPGA members only)
- Typically 32 pages in length
- Available in www.nypropane.com web site
- Publication months, typical: February, June, October
- Deadlines - On or about first of the months noted above
To see a previous version of the publication, or for ad placement, contact NYPGA at nypga@nycap.rr.com or call 518-383-3823
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Job Fair
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Hudson Valley Community College's Center for Careers and Employment Office is sponsoring Spring Part-Time Job Fairs, to be held on Wednesday, February 4 and Thursday, February 5, 2015. The job fair will be located in the Siek Campus Center, first floor, from 10am-1pm.
Employers may only attend one day, and there is no cost for registration, says HVCC.
Register at the link below. HVCC says all employers must register before receiving a confirmation of a reserved table from the Center for Careers and Employment Office.
Please contact HVCC at (518) 629-7326 with questions.
https://www.hvcc.edu/news_events/calendar.php#Part-Time Job Fair
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Propane Educators' Summit in January
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The 2015 Propane Educators' Summit will be held January 14-15, 2015 at the North Carolina Propane Gas Association offices.
The two-day event includes workshops on - Partnering with the Risk Management Team with Kathryn Regier of Schlee, Huber, McMullen & Krause
- PERC Update with Courtney Gendron / Stuart Flatow
- CETP Certification with Committee Chair Eric Kuster of Fairmont Specialty
- NPGA Certification Update with Mike Caldarera of NPGA
- Industrial Training Services Update with Janet Arnold
- CAI Advanced Training Techniques
- Trainer Open Discussion
- Trainer selected Professional Development Session
- Roundtable Discussion
For information, contact NYPGA. 12.19, 12.26
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HOS Changes
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You have read and heard about it, but who must comply?
FMCSA says that most drivers must follow the HOS Regulations if they drive a commercial motor vehicle, or "CMV."
In general, a CMV is a vehicle that is used as part of a business and is involved in interstate commerce and fits any of these descriptions:
- Weighs 10,001 pounds or more
- Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more
- Is designed or used to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) not for compensation
- Is designed or used to transport 9 or more passengers (including the driver) for compensation
- Is transporting hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placards
FMCSA publications state the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 was enacted on December 16, 2014, and this suspended enforcement of requirements for use of the 34-hour restart.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but note that at press time FMCSA was re-arranging its web site, so the direct link we had is not working today. For information on FMCSA's Federal Register notice, follow....(we will update next week)
www.fmcsa.dot.gov
For a full Summary of the Hours of Service Regulations for Property and Passenger Carrying Drivers Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, see
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Meehan new NYPGA Marketing Committee Chair
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Matt Meehan of NYPGA member Mirabito Energy has been named Chair of the NYPGA Marketing Committee.
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Matt succeeds Larry Young of SuperiorPlus, who left as Chair after years at the helm of that Committee. Larry remains active in NYPGA and NYPGA thanks Larry for his past efforts.
Matt is Vice President of the Home Comfort Division for Mirabito, based in Binghamton, NY. Reach him at matt@mirabito.com
12/26/14 |
| 2015 Sponsors So Far | |
The offering has only been out two weeks and we are pleased to announce the 2015 Sponsorship commitments received thus far are as follows: 
Corporate Sponsors
Crestwood
Kurtz Truck Equipment Inc  
NGL Supply Wholesale
Bergquist
A.R.M Solutions
Ray Murray Inc
 Advertising Sponsors Smith Gas Liquids Hiltz Propane Systems  Crown Energy Solutions LLC It is early yet and the format is available via the link in this sentence or by emailing Barb at  nypga@nycap.rr.com 12/12, 12/19, 12/26 |
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Newsletter List - Verification Requests Going Out
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As published earlier this month, NYPGA has begun to send confirmation requests to everyone that is on the weekly newsletter list. The purpose will be to:
- verify that we have complete information on all NYPGA contacts
- ensure that all those on the newsletter list are aware of the new weekly publication
NYPGA sends newsletters like this to over 460 member contacts using Constant Contact. Constant Contact tells NYPGA how many recipients are opening the newsletters, how many addresses are valid, how many are not valid, and so on. The verification letters will be sent using email, fax or mail, depending on the information NYPGA has on file for the contact, and the letters will ask that any amendments to the contact's information be either emailed, faxed or mailed back to NYPGA so the association can update the contact's information.
If by some chance you are reading this because you received it from someone other than NYPGA, please send your complete contact information to NYPGA and we will make sure you are added to the list to receive future publications directly.
BOUNCED: We have a VERY short list of email addresses that are reported to us as not getting to the intended recipients. We work to cure these one at a time, and attempt to re-send them from another email address, or fax a pdf version of the newsletter when we can.
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Add NYPGA to your Safe List
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The new weekly update is emailed only. Make sure your the NYPGA newsletter is on your email "safe list". The settings of your email client, Microsoft Outlook, as
an example, may impact how the NYPGA
newsletter is being delivered. In some cases, your mail server may also be intercepting NYPGA newsletters. To ensure you receive the weekly updates, please check the settings on your email client (software), or check with your mail server provider about "white listing" NYPGA.
See
http://support2.constantcontact.com/articles/FAQ/2753 for instruction on how to change your settings to ensure the NYPGA weekly update is not redirected to a SPAM folder.
12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2014
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Membership in NYPGA
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NYPGA regularly publishes the name of new members here, as well as those that sponsored the new member. Ask us for a recent list of NPGA member companies - and/or - get a membership applicationto pass on to prospective members.
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Send NYPGA Your News
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Have news that you would like to get out? Send your company news to NYPGA, and we will do our best to publish it in the weekly NYPGA publication. Please add us to your list.
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PO Box 760
Clifton Park, New York 12065
518-383-3823
518-383-3824 (Fax)
Contacts
Shane Sweet
NYPGA Executive & Technical Director
shanemsweet@gmail.com
802.558.6101 cell/text
855-NYS-1075 (855-697-1075) FAX
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Barbara Roach
NYPGA Associate Executive Director
nypga@nycap.rr.com
518.961.0435 cell
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