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The Retirees' Newsletter
The Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Issue #19 -- October, 1996
MOTION WHICH WOULD BROADEN MEMBERSHIP TO BE MOOTED
A motion to go before the Fall General Meeting would open membership in the Association to "certain employees" who retire from senior administration.
THE FACULTY RETIREMENT PLAN is known as the University of Windsor Retirement Plan for Faculty and Certain Employees, these being principally members of senior administration. They are covered by the identical retirement plan as faculty and librarians. Human Resources advises that they are mainly directors and vice presidents.
The proposal to extend to them eligibility for Membership in the
Association has support of the Executive Committee. As senior
administrators, they are mostly long-time employees in the academic
operations of the University. As retirees, they share with faculty and
librarians an identical interest in the pension plan and other
retirement benefits. They number some 15 to 20 persons.
JAMES SKINNER WILL BE UNABLE TO
ATTEND FALL GENERAL MEETING
Faced with heavy pressure of work in the wake of the recent contract, Jim Skinner will be unable to attend the Fall Meeting. His reassuring presence will be missed. Nevertheless Jim asked Norm Shklov to bring to the meeting the two topics he had intended to discuss: car insurance premiums for retirees, and the possible integration of retiree and Faculty Green Shield Plans. Both these are bound to be of intense interest to our Membership, and will be fully reported in the next Newsletter, in December.
ASSOCIATION FACTS
THE TOTAL COST OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING ONE ISSUE of The Newsletter is, conservatively, about $210. This breaks down roughly between (1) costs of preparation (including supplies of paper, disks, cartridge toner, etc. used in the preparation), which average about $20 an issue; (2) costs of photocopying, collating and stapling, which are done by a professional firm and average about $100. And (3) postage costs, which average about $90.
And the rest? The leg work? The planning? The layout? The writing? The typing? The folding? The stuffing, the stamping, the addressing? the mailing? hmmm...Dunno.... yuh kinda wonder!
EXECUTIVE WILL PROPOSE SLATE;
MEMBERSHIP WILL DO THE CHOOSING
THE ASSOCIATION'S CONSTITUTION requires that "elections of the Executive take place at the Annual General Meeting (the Fall Meeting) each year". It further states that "all matters pertaining to the election will be as agreed by the majority of members present at that meeting".
This year, the Association's Executive, meeting Sept. 25th, prepared a slate of candidates which it will recommend to the Fall Meeting for endorsement. Members may, of course, reject the Committee's choices, nominating others; and a secret ballot election will, in such cases, decide the issue.
The current elected executive is as follows:
Edwin Habib, President
William Libby, Secretary-Treasurer
David Booth,.Committee Member at large
Robert Whitehurst, Committee Member at large
In addition, the Constitution provides two additional seats on the Executive ex officio. The two ex officio posts are for the Founding President and for the Editor of The Newsletter (non voting).
At the meeting on Sept. 25th, William Libby indicated that he was not in favour of the Executive's
decision to add to the post of treasurer the additional responsibility of membership convener (as
described on page 2 opposite) and consequently decided not to stand for the post of either
secretary or treasurer at this time. David Booth also decided not to stand, citing his recently-acquired duties heading up The Friends of Budimir Library.
The Committee members present at the meeting thereupon unanimously endorsed a "slate" of
candidates to recommend to the Fall Meeting for the members' endorsement. Those
recommended are the following:
President: Edwin Habib.
Secretary: TBA
Treasurer and Membership Convener: Bill Phillips.
Member elected at large: Bob Chandler.
Member elected at large: Idalia Rappé.
THE FALL MEETING AGENDA
from Edwin Habib, President
1) Approval of Minutes
2 ) Jim Skinner's Report
3) Financial Report
4) Changes in the Constitution
5) President's Report
6) Norm Shklov's Report
7) Social Committee
8) Election of Officers
9) Other Business
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