The Retirees's Association ( Faculty, Librarian, Administrator), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont. Canada

Vol IX, No. 4, October 1999

Membership Fee Increase to $ 20

A Notice of Motion was served at the March 1999 Spring General Meeting of the Retirees Association with justification to increase the fees. Members are urged to support the motion and facilitate the business and activities of the Association.

Retirees' Association Constitution Amendments

A Notice of Motion with the proposed amendments to the constitution was circulated at the Spring General meeting on March 12, 1999. Such changes were summarised in the April 1999 Newsletter and copies will be available at the Fall General meeting when these proposed amendments will be considered. (Click here to read Notice of Motion)

Further changes to the constitution are necessary, due to the newly acquired representation for Retirees on Faculty Association Committees A new Notice of Motion will be served for additional constitutional amendments to be considered at the Spring General Meeting in 2000. (Click here to read this Notice of Motion)

Supplementary Pension Surplus - Retirees Lose Out Again

Ever since the notification that there was another surplus of $ 2.89 million, the Retirees had some hope that the Faculty Association was bargaining to designate the entire surplus towards health benefits for all retirees. However, after the information meeting between the representatives of Retirees Association and the Faculty Association Negotiation team, it was clear that we were back to square one. The University was not favour of incurring additional costs, in excess of the available $ 1.59 million. The disbursement of the surplus was deferred back to the next round of negotiations, in about 18 months.

Retirees Representation on Faculty Association Committees:

Congratulations to the Faculty Association for finally acknowledging the Role of Retirees and accepting their request in total and according them representation on their Committees. This has been a significant achievement for the Retirees Executive Committee and the Association in General, that the Retirees now have a voice and input on crucial issues, that affect their pensions and benefits..

Can Queen's University Pension Plan Work in Windsor

Your Executive Committee has all the relevant information about the Queen's University Pension Plan. Informal discussions with certain Faculty Association Executive Committee members and Faculty Association Pension and Benefits Committee members are encouraging because of their support and desire to seek assistance from a Pension Consultant to learn more about the Queen's Pension Plan. We are eagerly looking forward to the consultant's report.

Datta Pillay

The Retirees' Association (Faculty, Librarian, Administrator) at Windsor was formed in 1990, to give a unified voice to retirees; to provide a bridge for communication with the University; to encourage social contact among the retirees; and to open a few doors through which retirees could continue to contribute to the University of Windsor.

Thus the Association is meant to fill what could otherwise be a void in the lives of retirees - possible isolation from the University and from their former colleagues; and possible lack of understanding of vital pension and health issues that affect them directly.

There are only two meetings of the full membership per year: in the spring and the fall. An informal social committee arranges several other events per year - dinners, plays, picnics, and so on -all of which are paid for by those who take part. The Association encourages smaller special interest groups to form as occasion and their interests warrant. Because of extreme economy of operation, dues have been kept at the level of $10 per year. This includes five issues of The Retirees' Newsletter .

Officers of the Association are:

President: Stan Cunningham

Secretary: Datta Pillay

Treasurer & Membership: Phyllis C. Nolan

Elected Members of the Executive Committee: Bob Chandler; Gerard Monforton; Joseph Habowsky; Alan Metcalfe

Ex Officio Members:

Immediate Past President: Kumar Chatterjee

Founding President: Norm Shklov

Committee Chairs:

Social Committee: John LaGaipa

Bursary Fund Committee: Cormac Smith

The Association's Address is:

Faculty/Librarian Retirees' Association,

University of Windsor Post Office,

Windsor, ON. N9B 3P4

Email: pillay@uwindsor.ca

Home Page: http://www.uwindsor.ca/newsstnd/uwflra/index.html

Newsletter online: http://www.uwindsor.ca/newsstnd/uwflra/news.htm

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