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Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association
University of Windsor
Sixth Issue , Feb/Mar '94
THE LETTER BOX
HELLO OUT THERE! ...HEY! THERE IS LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT! But one wouldn't know it from the amount of MAIL we get!...Gad. Talk about the Maytag Repairman!
But maybe things will pick up. This time we have two interesting items to pass on to you from your colleagues, included below. BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? Whatever you're doing, somebody's bound to find it of interest. ARE YOU DOING ANY TRAVELLING? The FUN kind of travelling, that is! After all, your editor made over 100 round trips to Central Africa when he was being paid for it, and three times around the world to boot, but he never heard of FUN travelling until he retired... DEVELOPED ANY NEW INTERESTS? A new little business perhaps? Doing lots of NEW READING you hadn't time for while working? That's what retirement is all about. AND THE REST OF US WOULD LOVE TO HEAR OF YOUR DISCOVERIES: the new books, the new activities, the new ideas!
More than that. Maybe you'd like to sound off on a "weightier" topic, in a medium free of referees, and where
academic jargon is the eighth deadly sin. You must have some favorite question:What do our membership
think of all the so-called development in Windsor? What's with the Casino? Would university retirees make
good croupiers? What do you think about all these "bans" creeping into Canada's legal system? Heard any
good gossip off the computer networks? Hey, let me know! I'm supposed to be your Editor! David Booth (966-2547) writes
Bill Phillips, Editor.
For the past three years President Ianni has commissioned a University of Windsor art student to paint campus scenes, which would be made into Christmas cards. The 1993 Christmas cards included original paintings of Dillon Hall and the Student Centre. (I'll show these next meeting.).
Three hundred dollars is needed to frame these pictures according to Caroline Rourke, who heads the "Arts Among Us" program that handles art purchases and picture framing for the University. Since we have about $1000 now in our treasury, we could spend $300 for the framing of the 1993 paintings, and still have funds to cover contingencies.
I think this kind of gift is well suited to our association. We have spent a long time in the university. A gift such as this would symbolize the fact that we still remember the beauty of the univeristy, and that we want others to enjoy it too.
Walt Romanow writes from Edmonton
Have you been able to make any headway with the Academic VP concerning retirees and research? In the last Newsletter (in December) you mentioned that he was still thinking about the matter. It's really a pity that Universities can't move faster in their affairs. In this instance it appears, to me at least, to be a win-win situation for all concerned. And the benefits, largely, are to be accrued by the University...I'm wondering about the U of W's response because of the Canadian Assn of Emeriti and Retired Academics scheduled for June 9 in Calgary...It might be an interesting matter to raise at that meeting even if you haven't had any success. Ed Note:Thanks, Walt. Have heard nothing yet. Glad to know you're enjoying the West again. We had already received notification of the planned initial meeting of retiree organisations at the Learneds in Calgary and are considering if any action is advisable and possible. The subject may well come up at our meeting on March 24th.