Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
Depends on where in LI you are. The Central & Southern meetings wouldn't be that difficult to get to but the new $11 toll for the Verazzano and the Gothels toll would make it kind of expensive.