Everyone Invited to Spring Sessions

April 3–5, 2009
Friends Academy
Locust Valley, N.Y.

Long Island Quarterly Meeting welcomes everyone to Spring Sessions, to do the business of the Yearly Meeting. The active participation of all is needed to expand the life and witness of our Society. This is the opportunity to bring our meeting concerns to the attention of the Yearly Meeting, and to report back the decisions of the sessions. Thus we can increase communication and fellowship among Friends.

F/friends are welcome to arrive on Friday evening, although there is no program planned. Those being met at airports will be taken to Westbury Monthly Meeting, where host families will meet you. Those arriving by car will get directions to the host family or the motel or will be directed to meet their hosts at Matinecock Meeting. The Host Committee is requesting that those requesting hospitality and/or pick-up return their registration forms no later than March 22.

Meals: Meals and snacks will be provided by Friends Academy staff, including vegetarian, non-vegetarian, and vegan items. Lunch on Saturday and Sunday will cost $10.95 and Saturday dinner will be $14.25. We ask that participants indicate their food preferences on the registration form to aid the planning for meals.

Hospitality is available with local Friends for Friday and/or Saturday nights by request on a first to ask, first assigned basis. A list of motels will be sent to anyone requesting this information on the registration form. Friends Academy is in a residential area, so that those using a motel would need their own transportation.

Registration: You may register in two ways, electronically or by mail. To register electronically, fill out the registration form, save it, and e-mail it to Carolyn Emerson at cemerson [at] suffolk.lib.ny.us. You may pay your registration fees electronically using the PayPal “DONATE” button below. If using PayPal, please add $3.00 to your total registration amount to cover NYYM’s PayPal expense. You may also print out your registration form and mail it to: Elaine Learnard, 122 Randall Ave., Port Jefferson NY 11777. The registration deadline is March 22, 2009. All checks should be made payable to NYYM.

Meeting and Display Space: Requests for committee meetings and display space should be directed to Richard Goodman, 631-271-4672; goodpeople [at] optonline.net.

Childcare: Children will be supervised in play areas during the day. Parents are responsible for their children during meals. Please note your needs on the registration form.

Transportation

Airports: Local airports include La Guardia, Kennedy, and MacArthur-Islip. To arrange for pickup, please note your needs on the registration form and mail before the March 22 deadline. After this date, you can make alternate arrangements with Classic Car Service by dialing 20 from the airport courtesy phone. From JFK, you can take a L.I. Rail Road train to the Jamaica station and transfer to the Oyster Bay line to Locust Valley. Check with the Local Transportation desk for details.

Driving Directions to Friends Academy, 270 Duck Pond Road, Locust Valley, NY 11542: Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to exit 39, Glen Cove Road. Turn left westbound or right eastbound onto Glen Cove Road north. Continue past Northern Blvd. (Rte. 25A) to Cedar Swamp Road exit (approximately 6 miles). Bear right onto Cedar Swamp Rd. (name will change to Glen St.). At large grey stone church on right turn right onto Pearsall Ave. Stay to the right on Pearsall to railroad tracks. Turn right over tracks onto Duck Pond Road. Friends Academy is at the corner of Piping Rock Rd. on the right, approximately 1 mile.

Train: Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station via the Oyster Bay line to Locust Valley takes 1 hour 10 minutes. Friends can be met Saturday and Sunday morning. At press time the LIRR April train schedules are not available, however we expect to meet the train arriving in Locust Valley around 9:30 A.M. We will post the arrival time on the NYYM Web site www.nyym.org/events/springsess09 when it is available.

Price and schedule information is avalable at www.mta.info/lirr.

For car service or any other travel information cotact the host committee.

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