THE RETIREES' NEWSLETTER

Fifth Issue Nov\Dec 1993

FALL GENERAL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 31ST IN VANIER LOUNGE

ur Constitution calls for a minimum of two membership meetings per year, of which the Fall General Meeting is one. This year's F.G.M. was held in Vanier Lounge and attended by more than 30 members.

Jim Skinner, of the Department of Human Resources, and Jim Mousseau, of Green Shield, were present at the meeting to discuss the retirees' health plan and to answer questions.

Throughout this issue, you will find reported the principal decisions taken at the meeting.

MEETING TOLD OUR FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE: DUES ACTUALLY CUT BY A THIRD

It was a most unusual move for this age of deficits and debt. The Retirees' Association's annual dues have been slashed from $15 to $10. The proposal was put before an astonished membership at the Fall Meeting by the Secretary Treasurer, Bill Phillips, and it won almost instantaneous approval.

Phillips attributed the reduction to the Association's "rigid cost controls". Costs are limited almost solely to stationery and stamps. "No perks", he said, pointing out that even donuts had been eliminated from the annual meeting, leaving only coffee, itself of uncertain vintage. All "outside" activities of the Association are on a "pay your own way" basis. The S-T granted that this smacked slightly of parsimony, but added with a shrug, "Hey, in this day and age, it's kind of nice even to be solvent!"

MEETING RETURNS PRESENT EXECUTIVE TO OFFICE FOR THE YEAR 1993-1994

The Association Executive was retained in office en bloc in the elections held at the Fall General Meeting. Norm Shklov remains President, Bill Phillips, Secretary Treasurer. These two, together with Pat Galasso and Peter Sonnenfeld, comprise the Executive Committee provided for in the Constitution.

WHAT'S OUR MEMBERSHIP? WHAT'S OUR BANK ACCOUNT?

According to the Retirees' Association records, there are approximately 100 faculty and librarian retirees who are eligible to join the Association. Of these, paid-up membership at the end of the last fiscal year, Aug. 31, 1993, was 72 members. (Hey, 72 per cent! Not bad for retired folk!).

The balance of cash in the bank reported at the Fall General Meeting was $1,140.00.

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