Volume 2, Issue 1
Table of Contents

Cover Story:
For RBD, It Was
a Very Good Year

Feature Stories:
Lessons Learned
Starting a small business can be a daunting proposition
Web Masters
RBD's online presence is a natural progression

RBD Round-Up:
How's Business?
The results are in from our
first survey
RBD Business Survey
What's your take on the rising cost of healthcare?

DEPARTMENTS:

Economic Round-Up
• The Smart Investor
How to minimize the affect of the Alternative Minimum Tax
• Economic Viewpoint
Interpreting the Inverted
Yield Curve
• Visitor's Guide
Tour busses in Rockland?

Retail Round-Up
• Where the Jobs Are
Tips for students looking
for work

Business Round-Up
• PSI Health Plans
Offer flexibility and
cost savings
• Marketing By Design
The top 15 campaigns of the last 100 years - Part 2

Ask The Expert
• The Human Factor in
Human Resources

Invest in Your Community
• Looking For a Better Way
Tomorrow's Workplace
offers help
• Leadership Rockland
Graduates class of 2007
• Youth Forum & Awards
Rockland Youth Volunteers Honored

Odds & Ends
• Letters to the Editor
• Rockland Newsmakers

Dedicated Section:
Rockland Business Association:

The President’s Desk
Heart-felt Congratulations
to Rockland's only B2B resource

RBA/United Way Golf Outing
A beautiful day for all

RBA Happenings
• Committee and Council Info
• Calendar of Events
• New Members

Calendar of Events

July 2007

Monday, July 9
Economic Development Committee
4 - 6:00 pm
IONA College (concourse level-next to escalator)
Two Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, NY
No charge; RSVP required

Wednesday, July 11
Government Affairs
8 - 9:30 am
IONA College (lower level-next to escalator)
Two Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, NY
No charge; RSVP required

Wednesday, July 11
Building Enrichment Network
6:30 pm
Comfort Inn & Suites (Continental Caterers)
425 East Route 59, Nanuet, NY
$23 for dinner, pay at door
No charge; RSVP required

Thursday, July 12
Networking With Breakfast
7:45 - 9:30 am
Casa Mia Manor
577 Route 303, Blauvelt, NY
Mmbrs $20 Non-Mmbrs $35
Registration & cancellation deadline: 7/6/07

Friday, July 13
Hospitality & Tourism Alliance
8:45 - 10:30 am
The Thayer Hotel
674 Thayer Road, West Point, NY
No charge; RSVP required

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Business After Hours
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Garden Terrace
The Thayer Hotel
674 Thayer Road, West Point, NY
Sponsor: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Mmbrs $20 Non-Mmbrs $35
Cash Bar - RSVP Required

Thursday, July 19, 2007
General Membership Luncheon
11:30 – 1:30 pm
Location to be announced
Sponsor: Park Ridge Marriott
Members $35 in advance, $40 at door
Kosher Meals $55 if not provided by facility
Non-members $55
RSVP Required

Monday, July 23, 2007
Prospect Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am
Location to be announced
Prospective Members only
RSVP required

Wednesday, July 25
Women’s Forum
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Dominican College
495 Western Highway, Blauvelt, NY
Overcoming Business Fears
Presenter: Peter DeLisser
No charge; RSVP required

Thursday, July 26
Small Business Council
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
IONA College (lower level-next to escalator)
Two Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, NY
No charge; RSVP required

August 2007

Thursday, August 9, 2007
Networking With Breakfast
7:45 – 9:30 am
Holiday Inn Orangeburg, 329 Route 303, Orangeburg, NY
Members $20 Non-Members $35
Registration & Cancellation Deadline 8/3/07

Friday, August 10, 2007
Hospitality/Tourism Alliance
8:45 – 10:30 am
Location to be announced
No Charge RSVP Required

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Member Orientation
8:30 – 10:00 am
Location to be announced
RSVP Required

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Women’s Forum – August Tea
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Stony Point Conference Center, Gilmore Sloan House
17 Crickettown Rd., Stony Point, NY
$25 Paid in Advance RSVP Required
RBA Members Only

Thursday, August 30, 2007
Small Business Council
8:00 – 9:30 am
IONA College, Two Blue Hill Plaza
Lower Level, Pearl River, NY
No charge; RSVP required