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(NYSSBA) Annual Conference (date to be announced), New York City

(RSA) Annual Conference Information, Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown, NY

(NYAPT) Annual Conference Packet, Saratoga Hilton Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY

(NYSABO) Annual Conference, Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY

For details about the Albany Cyber Crime Seminar, click here.

NYSIR is joining with the New York State Association of School Business Officials (NYSASBO) to present a free half-day seminar for all New York State public school districts on how to deal with cyber crime. To facilitate attendance, the same seminar, which will discuss current issues, causes and steps districts can take to reduce exposure, will be held in six regions of the state on six different dates.

Those dates and regional locations include:
• March 29 – Batavia, at the Holiday Inn, 8250 Park Road, (585) 344-2100
• March 30 – East Syracuse, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6004 Fair Lakes Road, (315) 431-4800
• April 12– Smithtown Long Island, at the Long Island Sheraton, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, (631) 231-1100
• April 13 – Suffern, at the Holiday Inn, 3 Executive Blvd., (845) 357-4800
• April 26 – Poughkeepsie, at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 2361 South Road, (845) 463-7500
• April 27– Albany, at the Crowne Plaza, Ten Eyck Plaza, State and Lodge streets, (518) 462-6611

Registration for all seminars begins at 8:30 a.m. and presentations by experts from the FBI, New York State Police Cyber Crime Units, J.P Morgan Chase Bank and the NYSIR Risk Management Department will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Lunch will follow. To register, click here.

NYSIR received permission from Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi and Nassau County Commissioner of Police Lawrence W. Mulvey to make this information available to its subscribers.  The document highlights a new video on hate crimes and was produced by the Nassau County Police Department.  It features a number of local students and youths from Nassau County and is titled Hate – Crossing The Line. (more…)

International Eagle. That’s the name of the award recently presented by the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International to Kishore Kuncham, deputy superintendent of Freeport Public Schools and a member of NYSIR’s Board of Governors.

ASBO’s 2009 International Eagle Award is the highest recognition bestowed by the association, and singles out school business officials who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and exemplary commitment to education, students and the profession. It was presented during a recent ASBO International Conference in Chicago.

Kuncham was cited for contributions made over his 15-year tenure in Freeport, including success in leading the district from financial crisis to a top bond rating. ASBO also noted Kuncham’s role in helping to pass $52 million in bond issues at little or no cost to taxpayers, open the first magnet school on Long Island, launch a full-day kindergarten program, reduce class sizes and open an alternative high school.

NYSIR adds its congratulations, and proudly notes that Kuncham has been a member of the NYSIR Board of Governors since 2005.

Kishore Kuncham

Photo complements of NYSASBO