As the holiday season is behind us, it’s time to put to action our New Year resolutions.  The onset of the cold weather offers many of us the opportunity to concentrate on making improvement to the way our business’s function.  Perhaps it’s reviewing internal procedures, updating our customer service skills, or investigating new computer software.  Working on these items now will allow us to be better prepared for the upcoming season. 

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of the new members to the board of directors for this year and to thank Al Trudil and the previous board for the many contributions they made to this organization. 

I’m excited to work with the new board and I see a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming year.  Our goal is to provide informative and entertaining content for our members and continue to demonstrate the many benefits of being a member of ACCA. 

Our January meeting occurred for the first time at Vivaldi’s in Douglaston.  In addition to the excellent food, this location will be more convenient to our members, and come the spring, offer a beautiful view of the Long Island Sound.  Special thanks to our speakers Jay Hochheiser and Adam Goldberg from Hochheiser and Duetsch.