Minutes of the Sept. 16, 2010 CORE meeting
From Marie Fetters, September 26, 2010
Since the CORE meeting unexpectedly started at 10:30, due to the STRS Board going into executive session at 10:15, and I arrived in the Sublett Room shortly before 11, my actual minutes are starting at the point where the 18 members present were in the throes of a discussion about the ORC plan. However, I’m inserting the following two paragraphs based on notes from President Dave Parshall.
According to the CORE President, prior to my arrival, President Dave Parshall had presented a slate of officers and trustees; they’d been approved by acclamation, according to President Dave. Also, Treasurer Herman Fisher had given his treasurer’s report (over $10,000 in account) and the minutes from the August meeting had been approved. The attendees also had discussed the new HCPA Plan, which is supported by ORTA. (Parshall further stated that a motion will be made by Bob Stein and Jim McGreevy to study a plan which could help retirees who have a final average salary (FAS) of $30,000 or less.)
President Dave gave a plea for all members to contact candidates for state offices, using the questions CORE sent out earlier. (He himself has already sent our questions to 21 candidates in Central Ohio.)
Focusing on ways to help ourselves, the president urged members to be careful about what we say. He asked members to stop e-mail attacks on STRS because revisiting the past at this time does no good. Groups who wish us harm are reading our e-mails and blogs, Dave continued. Dave stressed that we need to re-focus our attention on the attacks against educators being waged by the media and others. Parshall stated that it is time to be politically smart and direct our attention to the pension problem. After the pension mess is fixed, we can revisitany problems see in STRS. “It does us little good to win a few battles, but lose the war,” President Parshall concluded.
Five additional CORE members arrived as President Parshall was delivering his cautionary remarks about attacks on STRS. The 23 in attendance then were reminded of the next CORE meeting on Oct. 14th in the Sublett Room of STRS. It is supposed to start at 11:45. (But retirees might want to arrive earlier! However, this month’s early start of this CORE meeting is a rare occurrence and is unlikely to happen again!)
This meeting adjourned at 11:45 so that people could attend the afternoon session of the STRS Board Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Marie M. Fetters
CORE Secretary
Since the CORE meeting unexpectedly started at 10:30, due to the STRS Board going into executive session at 10:15, and I arrived in the Sublett Room shortly before 11, my actual minutes are starting at the point where the 18 members present were in the throes of a discussion about the ORC plan. However, I’m inserting the following two paragraphs based on notes from President Dave Parshall.
According to the CORE President, prior to my arrival, President Dave Parshall had presented a slate of officers and trustees; they’d been approved by acclamation, according to President Dave. Also, Treasurer Herman Fisher had given his treasurer’s report (over $10,000 in account) and the minutes from the August meeting had been approved. The attendees also had discussed the new HCPA Plan, which is supported by ORTA. (Parshall further stated that a motion will be made by Bob Stein and Jim McGreevy to study a plan which could help retirees who have a final average salary (FAS) of $30,000 or less.)
President Dave gave a plea for all members to contact candidates for state offices, using the questions CORE sent out earlier. (He himself has already sent our questions to 21 candidates in Central Ohio.)
Focusing on ways to help ourselves, the president urged members to be careful about what we say. He asked members to stop e-mail attacks on STRS because revisiting the past at this time does no good. Groups who wish us harm are reading our e-mails and blogs, Dave continued. Dave stressed that we need to re-focus our attention on the attacks against educators being waged by the media and others. Parshall stated that it is time to be politically smart and direct our attention to the pension problem. After the pension mess is fixed, we can revisitany problems see in STRS. “It does us little good to win a few battles, but lose the war,” President Parshall concluded.
Five additional CORE members arrived as President Parshall was delivering his cautionary remarks about attacks on STRS. The 23 in attendance then were reminded of the next CORE meeting on Oct. 14th in the Sublett Room of STRS. It is supposed to start at 11:45. (But retirees might want to arrive earlier! However, this month’s early start of this CORE meeting is a rare occurrence and is unlikely to happen again!)
This meeting adjourned at 11:45 so that people could attend the afternoon session of the STRS Board Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Marie M. Fetters
CORE Secretary
posted by Kathie Bracy at 3:59 PM
<< Home