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RETIREES' NEWSLETTER
Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association
Sixth Issue University of Windsor Feb/Mar '94
IMPORTANT MEETING
SLATED MARCH 24TH
The Spring Meeting on Thursday, March 24th promises to be a milestone in the Association's history. "We're now at a point in our development where we have to make hard decisions, " said a gentleman interviewed on McEwen St. last week. "Right", added his friend, as he pushed his trailer onto his lawn through the snow. "We should be deciding how we can help others. That's assuming, we do want to help others, which might be a debate in itself."
These folks were not members of our Association and it is not clear who interviewed them or why. But they had a point. Our Association is now four years old. It has a place in the life of most of the faculty and librarian retirees. Perhaps it is time to expand our horizons a bit. Just a bit, to be sure. No big leap into the unknown!
For one thing, the Executive of the Association has been looking into the possibility of establishing, within the University's Office of Scholarship Finance, a fund to be known as the Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Scholarship Fund. We have so far had no policy to be followed on the occasion of a member's death. If we had such a Fund, the Association could make an automatic donation to the Fund in memory of the deceased person, informing the bereaved family that this had been done. Also family and friends of the deceased might appreciate having this alternative available for a memorial donation.
In time the Fund would grow. This would allow the Association to follow an appropriate and equitable policy when a member dies. Accounting, tax exemption status, etc. would be in the hands of the University. The cause itself would be a good one and the Association would have input into the actual disposition of the Fund.
On another page is a letter from David Booth with an idea he wants to put forth for consideration as well, having to do with a donation to the University to help in its campaign to beautify the campus.
The major agenda items for the March 24th meeting will be found in the annoucement on p. 4.
PSST!! WANNA TALK ABOUT DUES?
Of course not! Anyway, most members are paid up to the end of the 1993-1994 year. But if it has slipped your mind to this point, please get your cheque in now. It's only $10.
Remember, your Association runs on the same year as the University - September to August. Dues are payable as of the Fall General Meeting each year, or thereafter. To help you recall, we've listed on another page the paid-up names for 1993-1994.