Minutes of the June 10, 2010 CORE Meeting

From Marie Fetters, June 23, 2010

The Concerned Ohio Retired Educators (CORE) held an abbreviated meeting on June 10th in the Sublett Room of the STRS Building in Columbus. President Dave Parshall opened the meeting at 12:05 p.m. by welcoming four first-time attendees and greeting the customary attendees.

Mary Ellen Angeletti moved to accept the May minutes. After Carole De Paola seconded the motion, the minutes were approved by the membership. The brief treasurer’s report by Herman Fisher informed all that our treasury was “holding steady.”

President Dave reminded the members to think of position-type questions, concerning retirees and our pension system, to ask candidates. He is requesting that people send potential questions to him before August. The final results will be posted in early fall so that CORE members (and other retirees) will be armed with questions to ask potential representatives. (This will also enable retirees to be more informed about matters pertaining to our retirement when they vote.)

President Parshall proceeded to explain the invitation to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. Thanks to John Curry, Cordray’s office consented to have the attorney general address CORE and answer questions members might have. Dave had invited the STRS Board to join us and be a part of our gathering, but the executive director, Mike Nehf, and the Board decided to host the attorney general at their lunch, prior to our meeting.

Parshall reiterated the need for CORE to keep active at least until legislation is in place, which more than likely will be after January 2011. Dave further encouraged the 39 in attendance to contact state representatives and state senators with concerns and questions in order to find out where these people stand on support for retired educators. (Specific questions, designed by our membership, should be available in late August.)

Wrapping up the meeting quickly so that we could move to the larger room to hear the attorney general, President Dave Parshall thanked John Curry for his excellence in getting information out to CORE members. Parshall again expressed his great appreciation to John for arranging to have Richard Cordray address our group.

Parshall reminded the group that our next meeting is scheduled for August 12th, since there is no STRS Board Meeting in July. The meeting was adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Marie M. Fetters
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