Council on Addictions of New York State

  President:
Larry Calkins

  
Vice-President:
Julie Dostal, Ph.D.

Executive Director  
LEAF Council on Alcoholism\Addictions, Inc.  
80 Water Street  
Oneonta , NY 13820  
Phone: (607) 432-0090  
Bus 2: (800) 339-1894  
Fax: (607) 432-3195  
www.leafinc.org
E-mail:julie@leafinc.org  

BOARD MEMBERS - 2009

The Board consists of  9 members 
including the Past President.

Board members elected by CANYS membership
to serve a 3 year term
 

Board members:

Nelson Acquilano , Finger Lakes
Bill Bowman, Jefferson
Larry Calkins – Seaway Valley  
Julie Dostal – Otsego
Judy Eckman - Saratoga
Laura Elliott-Engel, Cattaraugus
Jennifer Faringer, Monroe
Pat Munson, Chautauqua
Dave Ramsey –Dutchess
Dan Shubsda , Niagara
Jim Conklin, Orange

COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS
OF NEW YORK STATE

MEETING SCHEDULE

2010 MEETING SCHEDULE

MEETING SCHEDULE/ LOCATIONS

 2010

February 4-5
Albany , Holiday Inn Express 
518-438-0349

April 8-9
Geneva , Ramada Lakefront 
315-789-0400

June 10-11
Albany , Holiday Inn Express 
518-438-0349

August 12-13
Geneva , Ramada Lakefront 
315-789-0400

Sept 30-Oct 1
Albany, Holiday Inn Express
518-438-0349

December 2-3
Geneva , Belhurst Castle
315-781-0201       

CANYS  
COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS 
OF NEW YORK STATE
c/o 58 Brunlar Court , M52,  
Cooperstown , NY 13326

Please take time to renew your membership.  If you aren’t currently a member, please consider joining CANYS in 2010!

The Council on Addictions of New York State, Inc. ( CANYS ) is an organization of community-based prevention, education, intervention and treatment agencies throughout New York State . Our meetings address concerns and issues that affect prevention, treatment and recovery of diseases of addiction. We also support each other on issues related to organizational efficiency.

CANYS continues to grow! As an incorporated statewide organization, we are undertaking projects that support the mission of Council: advocating on local, regional, state and national levels; sharing resources to promote public awareness. Currently, over 85% of Councils in NYS became 2009 paid members, reflecting our growth of 15% over the last several years!  Please take time to renew your membership.  If you aren’t currently a member, please consider joining CANYS in 2010!

A typical CANYS Meeting format…

A CANYS meeting is a wonderful opportunity to network, share with colleagues both the excitement of new program development as well as the challenges we face. Often we will schedule a workshop or information meeting on Thursday afternoon, followed by, a break from our hectic work schedules, with Thursday evening dinner.  The Friday business meeting provides us all with the opportunity to share both successes and challenges, most often finding out that we are not in this alone. Most importantly the strength of the CANYS meeting gives us the opportunity to work together to assure the strength and effectiveness of all community-based prevention, education, intervention and treatment agencies in New York State .

We frequently invite key leadership to our Friday morning meetings.  Guests/Invitees for 2009 included:   Associate Commissioner Mary Ann Christopher (OASAS), Roberta Leis (Join Together), Robert Pezzolesi (Founder/Coordinator of the Alcohol Advertising Reform Initiative), John Debes (OASAS Bureau of Prevention), Greg Baydus (NY SED), and Steve Kipnis, MD; OASAS Medical Director.

Additionally in 2009 CANYS revisited and updated our 2007 Strategic Planning in preparation for our new Executive Committee which will start in January of 2010. CANYS’s Support and Development Committee produced our “Guide to Member Services” also in 2009. With the development of strategic public policy priorities this year, CANYS commissioned (4) Issue Briefing papers to be used by CANYS members on the following priorties:

·        Issue Briefing #1: Alcohol Consumption & Alcohol Related Problems

·        Issue Briefing #2: The 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age

·        Issue Briefing #3: Wine Expansion in New York State

·        Issue Briefing #4: Medical Marijuana

Each of these issue briefing papers were distributed both through the CANYS egroup and posted on the CANYS website at www.canys.net.  

What a statement it would be if EVERY Council in New York State became a member in 2010 and we are so close to reaching that goal!  The annual dues of $225 for 2010 remain the same as the annual membership dues for the last several years. But, if this presents a hardship for your budget, you may submit a request for reduced hardship dues which will be reviewed by the CANYS Board.

As 2009 comes to a close, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your ongoing support and commitment to CANYS. It has been my absolute pleasure and honor to serve CANYS as President for the last three years. Please join me now in both welcoming and extending your ongoing support and commitment to CANYS and our new CANYS officers for 2010:

Larry Calkins, President
Julie Dostal, Vice President
Dan Shubsda, Secretary/Treasurer

Please send your 2010 membership to:

Dan Shubsda, Treasurer
Northpointe Council, Inc.
800 Main St., Suite 2A
Niagara Falls , NY 14301

We thank you for your support!

Click Here to download the Updated Membership and Dues Form!

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PERSONAL FINDINGS

     "CANYS is especially helpful to me. I find mutual support from colleagues who do what I do, it helps me keep current with statewide initiatives, we share ideas and experiences with new prevention curriculums, strategies, etc., find assistance with personal issues, share Fundraising ideas, use the Thursday sessions to solve/address the concerns that we have, and it provides a forum to speak regularly with Jean Miller and Fran Harding."               -- Jim Conklin

      "I am most appreciative of our advocacy and success with "repealing" the 10% holdback of state aid. All in all from the NYSCADA days until now, the group has really functioned as a (mini) support group for executive issues. We have sponsored some trainings and rallied people to the Legislative Day, but mostly it has been support."                               -- Susan Jenkins 

      "I relish the knowledge and support of existing Directors, and I sit there like a sponge absorbing the information. CANYS keeps me informed about events, assists with things like Council posters, gives us a heads-up on funding and program issues, there is development of friendships, and a sharing of information and support networks. I especially appreciate the influence of the Councils regarding OASAS and other entities (NCADD, Channing Bete)." 
  - - Brad Finn   

       "We interface with agency Execs highly skilled in community based prevention work and surf the "public funding" streams. I have been an admirer at how much many of my colleagues have been able to accomplish in their communities. I have received inspiration and guidance from many at CANYS and I am grateful for all of your willingness to share things with me such as policies, procedures, employee manuals, & staffing & salary information. My membership in CANYS has made my work at LICADD much easier. Thank you."               -- Jim Devine

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

"Throughout history,
it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;
the indifference of those who should have known better;
the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most;
that has made it possible for evil to triumph."