Dear Members of the New York State Association of Cemeteries,

The 31st Annual Public Affairs Seminar will convene at The Desmond Hotel in Albany, New York on:

Monday afternoon, May 5, 2008
and
Tuesday morning, May 6, 2008

The Seminar will open with a regular meeting of the New York State Cemetery Board. Whether your cemetery is regulated or not, you will enjoy watching the Cemetery Board in action. This will be followed by the Annual Regulatory and Legislative Review including the New York State Division of Cemeteries, Cemetery Board, NYSAC Government and Legal Affairs Committee and an International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) Legislative Report. Paul Elvig, the ICCFA immediate Past President and representative of ICCFA’s Government and Legal Affairs Committee will deliver an informative and interesting report. Mr. Elvig is a former regulator in Washington State and was affiliated with Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Seattle until his recent retirement. Robert Weissenstein, Chief Investment Officer of Credit Suisse will speak about trust fund allocation focusing on international investments.
Tuesday morning’s program will open with a panel of cemetery insurance experts speaking to us on the subject of Worker’s Compensation: Past, Present and Future followed by the popular interactive “Ask the Lawyer” session in which experienced cemetery attorneys, with input from our state regulators, answer questions on situations we face in the operation and administration of our cemeteries. Please submit your questions by April 25th to the panel’s moderator, Tim Griffin, Esq. via e-mail to timgriffin@aol.com; fax to 914-771-6752; or regular mail to P.O. Box 156, Bronxville, NY 10708.
Please return your registration form and make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. If you are a regular attendee of this seminar, share the value and benefit of attending with a fellow cemeterian that hasn’t been exposed to the vast amount of valuable information that is offered at a relative low expense.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you on May 5th and 6th in Albany.

Yours truly,

John P. Toale, Jr.
Seminar Chairman