New York Association of Convenience Stores

2016 Fall ConFerenCeand Chairmen’s Open Golf Tournament

September 21-22, 2016Thousand Islands Harbor Hotel, Clayton NY

Hotel InformationThousand Islands Harbor Hotel

200 Riverside DriveClayton NY 13624

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$169 Village View$189 River View

Please call hotel directly toreserve your room before

September 8. Be sure to tell them it is for the New York

Association of Convenience Stores event:

315-686-1100

* Conference and golf registration formwill be mailed/

emailed to you separately

ConFerenCe HigHligHts“Fresh (and Scary) Data on New York’s Illegal Tobacco Trade”The nation’s highest cigarette tax rate makes New York a hotbed for illegal trafficking. Cigarettes are smuggled from states with sharply lower tax rates, or from Indian reservations where state excise taxes are ignoref, putting law-abiding retailers and wholesalers at a huge competitive disadvantage. Philip Morris USA, a division of Altria Corp., recently conducted its first statewide analysis of empty, discarded cigarette packs to trace their origin. Come hear what their findings reveal about the breadth and depth of cigarette tax evasion in New York.

“How NYACS Members are Preparing for the Labor Cost Tsunami”Upstate New York’s minimum wage is now scheduled to climb 70 cents an hour each year for the next seven years, reaching $12.50 by 2021, driving labor costs through the roof for New York convenience stores. The Obama administration has compounded the problem by elevating the federal overtime threshold effective December 1, 2016, playing havoc with C-store manager salaries. What strategies are NYACS members pursuing?

“The Crisis in Convenience Store SNAP Eligibility”The U.S. Food & Nutrition Service wants to alter the eligibility criteria for accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits so drastically that it threatens to disqualify thousands of responsible New York convenience store operators from participating -- many of whom currently are the only SNAP access point in their small community. Find out what you can do to avoid losing this important customer service.

NYACS Vendor Appreciation DinnerEach year at the Fall Conference, a dinner is held to salute our Associate Members -- the suppliers, service providers and equipment dealers -- for their year-round contribution to NYACS and the convenience store industry as a whole. Their involvement and enthusiasm have been crucial to NYACS’ success during its first 30 years. Come take a bow! After dinner, enjoy the comedy of Mike Gaffney.

Chairmen’s Open Golf TournamentA day of golf and networking at picturesque Thousand Islands Country Club, a 15-minute drive from the hotel. Includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, prizes, and a 19th Hole lunch at the clubhouse afterward. The event benefits Convenience PAC, the political action committee through which NYACS contributes to candidates for state offices.

Thousand Islands Fishing ExcursionBoats will pick you up at the hotel dock at 8 a.m. and return around noon. You’ll fishing Northern Pike, Bass, and Walleye in U.S. waters. You must have, and bring, a U.S fishing license (a one-day license is fine). All equipment, including poles and bait, are included. If you want to keep the fish you catch, the guide will fillet and bag for you. You must bring your own cooler for this purpose; they’ll provide the ice. NYACS will supply lunch and beverages.

Fall ConFerenCeWednesday, September 21, 2016Thousand Islands Harbor Hotel, Clayton NY

11:00 am NYACS Board Meetings (board members only)

2:30-3:30 pm Legislative & Membership Committee Meetings Not on a committee? Come sit in anyway! All are welcome.

3:30-5:15 pm General Membership Meeting ▪ Fresh (and Scary) Data on New York’s Illegal Tobacco Trade ▪ How NYACS Members are Preparing for the Labor Cost Tsunami ▪ The Crisis in Convenience Store SNAP Eligibility

6:00 Reception featuring Kevin’s Clams

7:00 pm Vendor Appreciation Dinner Saluting the Associate Members (suppliers, service providers, and equipment dealers) who keep NYACS vibrant year-round9:00 pm The Comedy of Mike Gaffney ►

10:00 pm Firepit Afterglow

CHairmen’s open golF tournamentThursday, September 22, 2016Thousand Island Country Club, Wellesley Island NY

8:00-9:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Shotgun Start

1:30 pm 19th Hole Buffet Lunch

For Non-Golfers

8:00 am-1:00 pm Thousand Islands Fishing Excursion

We cordially invite you tojoin NYACS for our annual

Fall Conference andChairmen’s Open Golf

Tournament.

You’ll exchange ideas andsolutions with New York’s

top convenience storedecision-makers in an

atmosphere of cameraderie.

All in the picturesqueThousand Islands Region,

where NYACS got itsstart 30 years ago.

Relaxing

Informative

Thought-Provoking

Entertaining

Sunset on the patio of theThousand Islands Harbor Hotel

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