The Retirees' Newsletter
The Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

Issue # 15 -- December, 1995

MORE NEWS FROM THE OCTOBER 26TH MEETING

SKINNER EXPECTS TO SEE EASING OF MEDEX RATES

GOOD NEWS for those who may be planning out-of-country travel!

Jim Skinner announced at the October meeting that the Harris government's raising out-of-country travel coverage to $400. per day, which was effective September 1st, could be expected to result in some reduction in our Medex rate. This would be made known to retirees by mail no later than May 1st; and payment would have retroactive effect. So eat, drink and be merry, and count your change!

HABOWSKY ASKS IF WE CAN HAVE EARLIER AGENDAS

GOOD NEWS TOO for the future role of the agenda. Distribution of copies of the agenda at the outset of the meeting brought from Joseph Habowsky the question why these could not be made available to members well in advance of the meeting, to allow time to consider the implications of agenda items. Chairman Habib said this was a valid request and would be respected in future.

IT IS EXPECTED the agendas for the Spring and Fall meetings can be included in the February and October Newsletters respectively. The alternative would be to incur special postage costs, a no-no!

MEETING ATTENDED BY 34 MEMBERS

THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS SIGNED THE ATTENDANCE BOOK at the meeting Oct. 26, 1995. Signatures in the order shown:

Joan Hackett, Moe Taylor, Eugene MacNamara (Sp?), John LaGaipa, Martin Basic, Win Benedict, Krishan Duggal, Norm Shklov, John Huschilt, Cecil Birch, Claude Vincent, John Callaghan, Jan T. Laba, Bob Whitehurst, Ronold S. Pazik, Bob Chandler, Kumar Chatterjee, Joseph Habowsky, R.K. Cowan, Maxwell Brownlie, Gino Fracas, Bruce McGarvey, Aranka Kovacs, Phyllis Nolan, Sue Goerzen, Cormac Smith, Roland Engelhart, David Wearne, D. Puroshotham, Idalia Rappé, Zbigniew Fallenbuchl, Ed Rosenbaum, Bill Phillips. Bill Libby. Regrets, Pat Galasso.

MEETING SUPPORTS FEES REMAINING AT $10. P.A.

In a spectacular reaffirmation of the Association's financial motto "parsimony at all costs", the meeting unanimously agreed to keep the annual dues at $10 for the current year at least.

As a reminder to members, our "financial" year is roughly the same as that of the University - from fall to fall. We are currently going into the l995-l996 year, and the fee for that year became payable as of the October meeting. Many paid their fee at that meeting. If you did not pay at that time, please try to pay by the end of the year - that is, by December 31st, 1995. That will save the treasurer hours of his (donated) time trying to keep good books. But, hey, if you miss that deadline, pay up when you can. It's OK.

A complete financial analysis of our operation since inception was included in Newsletter #12.

OUR BURSARY PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT US AS RETIREES

Reporting to the meeting on the growth of the Association's Bursary Fund for Students, Bill Phillips, Chairman of the Bursary Committee, stressed that the Fund is concrete evidence that the Association is a serious and credible entity on campus, and it is increasingly recognized by the University as such.

"We are all retirees now, first and foremost, regardless of our former academic bases... and it is important when we ask concessions from the University, that we can show we are not just another pressure group, but are dedicated to helping students and the University in a concrete way".

The Fund, he said, has grown incredibly fast since its inception a year ago. Iit is now nearing $8,000., closing in on the $10,000 level at which it can start to spin off bursary assistance to needy students.

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