The Retirees' Newsletter

Faculty & Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor,

April, 1995. #12

NEWS FROM THE ANNUAL SPRING MEETING

SHKLOV EXPLAINS EXECUTIVE'S DECISION ON NOMINATION

PAST-PRESIDENT Norm Shklov told the Spring Meeting March 23rd, that the decision to reject one nomination for the presidency had been a 3-to-1 split decision. The position of the majority of the Executive Committee had been that the nominee was not a member of the Association and could not, under the terms of the constitution, become a member prior to retiring, which would not have been until some time after the election was scheduled.

THE DECISION had been reported in the issue #11 (Jan/Feb '95, page 1) of The Newsletter, without making clear that it was a split 3-to-1 decision.

SHKLOV, in his final report as the Association's first president, reviewed the uneven pension performance as between money-purchase and g'teed minimum during the past year and the change in one of the investing companies.

HE REFERRED ALSO to the Association's continuing good working relationship with the University. The Association is continuing in its efforts to be accorded direct representation on the Pension Committee of the Board of Governors. (See story, this page).

GOOD NEWS ABOUT HEALTH COSTS: THEY WENT DOWN!

IN THIS ERA of rising costs and expectations, the Spring Meeting got welcome news from Jim Skinner, of the University's Human Resources. Most members will actually experience reductions in their Green Shield Health care premiums.

SKINNER REVEALED that the University had entered into an "administrative services only" agreement with Green Shield under which the University takes over certain accounting and other functions, with a resulting saving that, in the vast majority of cases, can be passed on to users in the Form of lower premiums, effective May 1st, 1995.

HE STRESSED THAT THIS IN NO WAY AFFECTS THE COVERAGE under the plan.

MOTION OPPOSES ANY CHARGES ON USAGE OF H.K. FACILITIES

A PROPOSAL was outlined to the meeting by Pat Galasso concerning possibility of future charges on the use of H.K. facilities. (See Report in Newsletter #11, Jan/Feb. 1995, page 8). Zbigniew Fallenbuchl, then moved; sec. Anna Gupta, and approved: "That the University and the Faculty Association be requested to support the current policy of allowing the retirees to utilize the Human Kinetics facilities and programs where applicable". The Association proposes to send the required communications to the University and Faculty Association.

REPRESENTATION ON BOARD COMMITTEE POSSIBLE: HABIB

IN HIS REMARKS to the Spring Meeting, Ed Habib, newly-elected president, referred to the possibility of the Association gaining representation on the Pension Committee of the Board of Governors.

THE PROPOSAL for such representation originated with the Pension and Benefits Committee of the Faculty Association, on which our Association has representation.

ONE PROBLEM,. he told the Spring meeting, has been the University's fear that giving representation to the Fac/Lib Retirees' Associaton would spark similar requests from other groups.

THE PENSION COMMITTEE of the Board of Governors consists at present of two representatives of the University and two from the Faculty Association.

ONE POSSIBILITY, broached by Dr. Habib and others, is that the Faculty Association might offer one of its seats on that Committee to the Retirees' Association. As yet, however, the matter is still quite uncertain and no commitments have been made.

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