It was clarified that a surviving spouse can opt into the University of Windsor Plan.

2. President's Report

The pension surplus amount will not be known until January or February. The data was submitted the end of October.

A Committee has been established by the President to organize the Faculty Retirement party April 6. Gord Olafson and Alan are representing WURA. It is proposed that all retirees be invited; this would replace the Retirees Dinner held annually at St. Clair College.

People need to be identified to serve on the Trust Fund Committee and the Committee for Involvement of Retirees at the University. Don Briggs volunteered to serve on the Involvement Committee and he will contact Mary Lou Drake. It was suggested that this committee should send a report to the VP Academic in the future.

The annual University Pension Meeting was held at the University November 29. Connor, Clark and Lunn have been replaced by McLean, Budden. All returns from the four managers are beneath the media. A quarterly report on the Pension Fund Performance from the Faculty Association as of Sept. 30 was distributed.

3. Treasurer's Report

Phyllis reported that 17 more members paid their dues with a total now of 119 paid and 3 for next year. She will obtain a list of all the number of retirees for future contact.

Mrs. Joan Singh sent a thank you note to the Retirees Association which was circulated.

4. Report on Trust Fund, R&B Committee

- John Meyer reported on the 2nd meeting of the Faculty Association Retirement and Benefit Committee. The next meeting will be Feb. 7, 2002. John, Don and Gordon Olafson represented the retirees. Jim Butler represented Jim Skinner.

- It was noted by Dan Britten that the WUFA Executive had decided that representation on the Trust Fund Committee would consist of two from WUFA and one from WURA . The motion was debated without John's presence. This fund was established in the collective agreement for the retirees and they should have significant representation. There was a discussion in the Committee and a motion was made, with unanimous support, that the executive of WUFA reconsider this decision and reconsider their position. It was moved that two members of WUFA and one of WUFA serve as committee members for the Trust Fund and that the motion should be on the next WUFA Executive Committee Agenda. Alan will contact Brian Brown to explain our position.

Diane Russet from Green Shield attended the meeting and reviewed the plan with suggestions.

The retirees have one of 10 different plans. It was decided to hold a WURA Executive Meeting dedicated to discussing the Green Shield Plan. John will provide a summary. Copies of the "University of Windsor, Group 5231, Faculty Retirees Cost Containment Suggestions " which were distributed at the R & B Committee were distributed also to the WURA Executive for review prior to the meeting.

- Retirees who are partially employed at the University are required to pay Faculty Association dues without any benefit other than being members of the Collective Bargaining Unit.

John distributed a paper titled " Some questions to ask of retirees' associations". If anyone has questions or changes for the questionnaire they should contact John.

5. Report on contacting active faculty members

Jerry distributed the paper he prepared for a discussion of a proposed sub-group of associate members of WURA. Members of the committee agreed to review the paper for discussion at a future meeting.

6. Other business

- It was clarified that the life insurance is now in effect as long as the faculty member is actively employed. The mortality rate stated in the plan is not clear , members are not informed; therefore, it needs to be more specific. This is something to consider for the next collective agreement.

Gordon and John are on the Pension Surplus Committee. An alternate is required with a financial background. Don will approach a possible alternate. The bulk of the work will begin shortly and continue for several months.

Jim Skinner will be leaving soon. It was decided that Alan send a letter to the President, Eric Harbottle and the Chair of the Board of Governors on behalf of the retirees advocating greater assistance in the area of benefits and pensions for members as one person in Human Resources is not enough to provide timely service.

Key people need to be invited to executive meetings to provide a more efficient flow of information, e.g., the person replacing Jim Skinner, Diane Russet from Green Shield.

The meeting adjourned at 3pm

Next Meeting : Dicussion of Green Shield plan for Retirees, Dec. 11, 1 pm, HK Building.

Dr. Krishan L. Duggal

Dr. Duggal Professor Emeritus - Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Economics has recently

published the following two papers :

K. L. Duggal, Warped Product of Lightlike Manifolds, Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, 47(5), 2001, 3061-3072.

K..L. Duggal., Ianus, S (Romania) and Pastore, A. M (Italy), Maps interchanging f-structures and their harmonicity, Acta Appl. Math., 67, 2001, 91-115.