April CORE meeting to be held Friday, April 24, 2009

From Mary Ellen Angeletti, April 10, 2009

Once again the STRS meeting agenda for April is UNCERTAIN! No information has yet been released by STRS other than the fact that the meetings will be held the week of April 19th. We do not have word on what topics will be discussed on what days. However, we have heard a rumor that the two topics of most interest to retirees (Health Care issues and Staff Benefits (bonuses) will be scheduled on Friday, April 24th. For this reason, we plan to hold our April CORE meeting on FRIDAY, April 24th.

We made this decision in the interest of giving our members as much time as possible to plan for the changes from our usual CORE meeting day. So CORE (Concerned Ohio Retired Educators) will hold its April meeting on FRIDAY, April 24th at the STRS Building at 275 East Broad Street in Columbus. Parking is free in the STRS parking garage behind the building. Map/directions to STRS, 275 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215

We encourage you to attend the regular STRS meeting which usually begins at 9:00 a.m. in the meeting room on the 6th floor but this beginning time varies from month to month. For this reason, we encourage you to check the STRS website (www.strsoh.org) to confirm the time & the agenda. It is assumed that the Thursday, April 23rd STRS meeting will occur at the usual 9:00 a.m. time BUT we suggest you check this information on the STRS website if you plan to attend the Thursday STRS meeting. We also encourage those attending on Thursday to sign up to speak during Public Participation.

CORE meeting attendees usually leave the STRS meeting around 11:30 in order to go to the cafeteria on the 2nd floor to get our lunches. We then take our lunches to the small cafeteria room behind the Sublett Room where the CORE meeting will begin promptly at 11:45 on FRIDAY.

If you have suggestions for the April CORE meeting agenda, please let John Curry know (curryjo@watchtv.net). He will relay this information to CORE President, Dave Parshall.

At this meeting, CORE plans to hold important discussions with the membership concerning STRS Board election updates and email voting which have occurred mid-month by the CORE trustees and officers. Plan to attend and bring a friend. STRS Board election flyers and CORE pamphlets will be available. Visitors are always welcome!

If you cannot attend the Thursday or the Friday STRS meetings, please phone Laura Ecklar at STRS at 614-227-4077 or email her at ecklarl@strsoh.org to request the recorded CDs of the STRS meetings which she will send to you.

Link to CORE membership registration form: http://concernedohio.org/CORE_Membership.pdf