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Rome, NY 13440-5809

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Griffiss Social Activities Club Archives

The Chamber, in cooperation w/ GLDC and Griffiss employers, is working to create an atmosphere at the Park that assists employers in maintaining and growing a productive workforce. Employees of Griffiss civilian firms and military organizations are volunteering their time as members of GSAC and exploring various entertainment, cultural, and recreational options that Park employees might enjoy. Representatives of Griffiss employers interesting in participating in GSAC are encouraged to email info@romechamber.com.

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Just a short ten minute drive from your office is the largest curling facility in the East Coast of the United States ... visit www.uticacurlingclub.org. Mohawk Valley Applied Technology Corporation sponsored an event in 2007. If you're interested in attending another event, email the chamber and let us know.

To suggest GSAC activities, or find out more about current and planned events (golf, volleyball, and softball leagues; theater and concert trips; sporting event packages), email info@romechamber.com.

Past Events

2008 Parties are sponsored by:

More than 250 people attended the Party at the Park, organized by the Griffiss Social Activities Club of the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce, and held at the Oneida Financial Center at Griffiss Business & Technology Park on July 26, 2008. The Chamber organizes events such as this to provide employees with the opportunity to socialize with their counterparts at neighboring businesses and organizations located at Griffiss. Patricia Manuele of DFAS was winner of the Wii, which was given as a free prize. She's shown with sponsors Frank Marrotta and Sal Calcara of Sal's Barbershop and Doug Bartell of Oneida Savings Bank. Doug is also Chairman of the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Other sponsors besides Sal's Barbershop, Oneida Savings Bank, and the Chamber were Thirsty Owl Winery, Griffiss Local Development Corp, and Cathedral Corporation.

Posted: 12 Aug 2008

The "Crazy Fun" Gopher Open

4-Person Golf Scramble & Happy Hour

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Rome Country Club

Posted: 02 July 2008

Party @ The Park

2008 May 28 Party sponsored by:

The May 28th Party on the Park featured "DVD The Band"

The next party is Wed. July 16th
(featuring "Bernie Clark and the Rhythm Sharks")

Posted: 5 June 2008

Bowling

Posted: 18 Jan 2008

Planning Meeting

Members of GSAC, a committee of the Chamber that meets regularly to organize events and activities for employees at Griffiss Business & Technology Park, met early in August at Oneida Savings Bank to recap summer '07 happenings (the “Parties at the Park” in June and July, the golf outing in June, establishment of the GSAC golf league) and begin planning for fall/winter events.

Seated left to right are Roberta Cavano, The Printed Word and Chamber Board Member; Kelly Murer, Rome Lab; and Nancy Roberts, Rome Lab. Standing: Kevin Korzenski, Empire Aero Center; Joan Moylan, DFAS; Brian Monahan, Assured Information Security; Rob Duchow, Griffiss Local Development Corp; Frank Marrotta, Sal’s Barber Shop; Brendan Ryan, Nunn’s Home Medical Equipment and GSAC co-chair; Sarah Bennett, AmeriCU Credit Union; Erin Weiman, Nunn’s Home Medical Equipment and GSAC co-chair; Barry McKinney, Assured Information Security; Mike Geer, NEADS; and Doug Bartell, Oneida Savings Bank and Chamber 1st Vice Chairman.

(The Chamber, in cooperation w/ GLDC and Griffiss employers, is working to create an atmosphere at the Park that assists employers in maintaining and growing a productive workforce. Those pictured above are a handful of employees of Griffiss civilian firms and military organizations who are volunteering their time as members of GSAC and exploring various entertainment, cultural, and recreational options that Park employees might enjoy. Representatives of Griffiss employers interesting in participating in GSAC are encouraged to email alexa@romechamber.com.

Incidentally, shown in the background of the above pic is one of several historical photos in the bank’s conference room denoting the Griffiss timeline, from the WWII era to today. Circa 1943, it’s a picture taken during the Rome Air Depot’s Employee Appreciation Day (the depot was established in 1942, went thru numerous name changes and re-designations until 1948 when it was renamed in honor of Lt. Col. Townsend Griffiss of Buffalo, an Army Air Corps pilot who died in an aircraft accident in England in 1942 -- the first US airman to lose his life in the European Theater during WWII).

Posted: 27 Aug 2007