A Letter From
Your President

January, 2008

Happy New Year and welcome to the first annual New York Newspapers Advertising Marketing Executives & New York State Circulation Management Association Inc. 2008 joint conference.  This endeavor to join both organizations is a groundbreaking effort to position both groups for a stronger future.  More than ever, circulation and advertising are working together.   By joining both groups for our annual conference we hope to create an event that fosters this interaction.  

We know the importance of maintaining our own traditions and while we will remain independent as organizations, by combining our resources and working together we hope to deliver a more comprehensive and powerful agenda, increase attendance and support and strengthen both groups. 

While the NYSCMA will be meeting for the 92nd time this year… it will be our first meeting joining together with advertising friends. 

Many thanks to the conference planning committee…a group of dedicated people that have developed this conference.  This group began meeting in the fall of ’07, and in this short time; they have developed the agenda, planned and organized activities and have arranged all of the details that put us in a position to have a great conference.  Here’s our NYSCMA / NYNAME ’07 –’08 conference planning committee: 

Mark Vinciguerra – Albany Times Union
Diane Lahr-Smith – Finger Lakes Times
Nancy Breault – The Post-Standard, Syracuse
Charmaine Ushkow – Albany Times Union
Paul Felicissimo – The Poughkeepsie Journal
Doug Hill – Gloversville Leader-Herald
Gina Bartosiewicz – NYNPA/NYNAME Events & Awards Coordinator 

I look forward to seeing everyone at the Gideon Putnam in Saratoga Springs in June.   

Sincerely,