The Retirees' Newsletter Page 7
The Retirees's Association ( Faculty, Librarian, Administrator), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont. Canada
Vol X I I, No. 4, December 2002
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WURA web page.There are no benefits out of Province. The
Handbook for future retirees and spouses will be added to the
UWFA website and there will be a paper version.
10. Report of the Nominating Committee - Moved by S.
Cunningham (Chair) and seconded by J. Sunderlund. Carried.
11. Other Business -
-The Retirees dinner will be held every April. There were 325 at the dinner last spring.
-A seminar will be held within the next six months for future retirees sponsored by WUFA.
- Parking tickets (10) are available for $12.00.
-A. Metcalfe thanked the recent retirees who attended and added we need people to generate memberships.
The meeting adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
Minutes of a Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Retirees' AssociationTuesday, October 8, 2002, Human Kinetics Building Conference Room
Present: Alan Metcalfe (Chair), Stan Cunningham, Wilfred Innerd, John Meyer, Datta Pillay, Jane Black (Secretary)
Regrets: D. Briggs, J. Malone
Minutes: The Minutes of September 4, 2002 were approved as circulated.
Report of the Nominating Committee: Moved to accept: Cunningham/Nolan. Unanimous.
Agenda for AGM, October 16: Approved.
Motions: CURAC: To support the formation of CURAC in principle.
Innerd/Nolan. Unanimous. Information about CURAC can be found
on the website and also in the Newsletter (Sept.2002). A number of
questions need to be answered.
Three main issues for WURA: D. Pillay will formulate the motion for the three main issues (Health, The Trust Fund and Pension Benefits). There is unease about the Trust Fund.
Correspondence: S. Cunningham will reply to the letter from W. Romanow regarding the status of retirees outside Ontario.
Other business:
An Analysis of Health Benefit Plans for WURA (J. Meyer) is on the website under reports.
The Retirees' Handbook for Members of the Faculty Association (J. Meyer, ed., J.Malone, D. Noble) will be put on the WUFA website.
Human Resources - the Retirees' concerns about this position have been expressed and A. Metcalfe will also write to the Chair of the Search Committee. The use of pension funds for staffing in Human Resources as a part of the operational costs was noted.
J. Meyer will bring the constitutional amendment motion regarding the membership of the negotiating team to the R&B Committee on Oct. 10.
Sympathy cards were sent to the families of Peter Halford and Leo Miernicke and a donation of $ 50.00 each was sent in their honor to the Bursary Fund.
A certificate of recognition was proposed for J. Butler and J. Skinner.
Phyllis Nolan was thanked for her contribution to the WURA Executive Committee as Treasurer for four years.
The meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m.
Minutes of a Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Retirees' Association Tuesday, November 12, 2002, Human Kinetics Building Conference Room
Present: Alan Metcalfe (Chair), Stan Cunningham, Wilfred Innerd, Norman King, Jerry Malone, John Meyer, Gordon Olafson, Datta Pillay, Jane Black Regrets: Kenneth Pryke
Agenda
1. Welcome to new members - Alan welcomed Norman, Gordon and Ken (in absentia) to the committee and thanked Datta for returning to the committee and publishing the newsletter.
2. President's Report - Alan has spoken twice to Eric Harbottle. There is a new appointment for J. Skinner's position and it is hoped we will meet with her soon. Peter Burrell has resigned from the Trust Fund. The committee is to give thought to a new appointment and Alan will act as interim if necessary.
3. Major foci of action 2002-2002 - Health, Pension and Trust Fund
4. Development of strategies to address these issues - Strategies are key. We have held up our end of the bargain. The following were discussed:
- A paper trail - a letter was proposed identifying the failure and
inactivity to WURA requests with documented chronology to
accompany the letter. D. Pillay and S. Cunningham agreed to
prepare the chronology.
Moved: that a document be prepared of a chronological nature identifying all actions and inactions that have occurred to be received at the next meeting and that this be used as a basis for communication in a letter to the President with copies to Brian Brown and Eric Harbottle.- Innerd/Malone - Unanimous
- Issues have to be raised in the various WUFA committees. We
can make suggestions through the Faculty Association. Who are the
representatives for the D7? Few UWFA members attend committee
meetings. The Trust Fund Report and the Wyatt Report on Retiree
Benefit Options never got to WUFA until J. Meyer took the reports to
them. The Trust Fund Committee is critical. The Contract
Committee meets in April and the chair, Jang Singh, is receiving
ideas. We need a meeting on strategy with the Association. The R&B
Committee meets Dec. 11. Agenda items include the change in the
WUFA Constitution for members on the negotiating team and it is
hoped this will pass in Feb. If a quorum is not present then there will
be a written submission. They did not cost an incremental increase in
the formula for WURA, saying it was too costly. The range is 1.1 -
1.5 and not all retirees are at the same level, therefore, the cost is
not that great. We need facts to put the R&B Committee on notice
and to push for a formula improvement. This will make a case for
justice.
Moved: that our representatives bring forward the request to the Retirement and Benefits Committee that there be costing for a pension incremental increase.
Cunningham/Pillay Unanimous
- Every newsletter will contain a report on the three areas of foci.
Other business - The Trust Fund will be discussed at the next
meeting. The Wyatt Report provides five options, two are viable,
one is an unsegregated account. Copies of the May document and J.
Meyer's (rationale) and P. Burrell's (Guidance) reports were
distributed.
The meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
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