CITY OF SAN DIEGO

RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING

FEBRUARY 8, 2005

 

ATTENDANCE

BOARD MEMBERS:  Nancy Acevedo, Joan Lundy-Boyd, Joe Flynn, Sylvia Tatum, Don Robbins, Sylvia Tatum, Alice Anglim, Dave Wood, Charles Buchanan, John Tsiknas, Dave Crow, Ruth Ann Hageman, Virginia Silverman.

ABSENT:  John Casey, Adam Saling.

GUESTS:   Pat Karnes and Max Gozesky

 

President Nancy Acevedo welcomed the new Board Members and called the meeting to order at 0930.

 

MINUTES

The minutes of the Board of Director’s meeting of January 11, 2005 were approved as submitted.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:

 

All Board Members received a new Board roster.

 

CALPERS would like to send information to all of our members.  Nancy asked them to contact Sylvia, rather than give out our membership list.  So far they have not contacted Sylvia.  Nancy received an email, advising they are celebrating their 10th anniversary, and announcing new programs.  Discussion of putting their information in the newsletter.  Suggestion by Joe to have John put this information on the website.  John will take care of this.

 

TREASURER’S REPORT

Sylvia provided a handout.  She explained the problem of the debit error x2 from our account; this will revise the December and January reports. The transfer correction will show in the February report.  The current balance is $12,416.33. 

 

PROGRAMS

Nancy spoke with Adam on the phone regarding the upcoming programs. Consumer Bob is scheduled for March, Tanya Becker, president of City Beautiful for April, and General Cardenas in May.  Nancy asked Adam to see if General Cardenas would be available in July.  She suggested having a health insurance panel in June. The Board agreed to have the panel in June.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

RETIREE ISSUES TASK FORCE – Dave Crow reported they should be meeting this week or next.  We will know more after the first of March.

  

HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Dave Crow reported for John Casey, who was not present.  The Committee didn’t meet in January.  They have asked for information on out of area coverage and this was not yet available. 

 

NEWSLETTER – Joe Flynn reported Ruthann Hageman is also working on the newsletter.  There may be a change in the font due to differences in computer programs, however, content will be the same.  Ruth will be taking over for Joe in the future.

 

MEMBERSHIP – Charles Buchanan asked what we have done to actively recruit members. Nancy advised everyone gets a letter when they retire, plus there is an article in the Freespirit.  Sylvia says there are a number of non members coming today.  We don’t have access to any data base, except a listing at the Retirement Board meetings.  4,242 ballots were mailed out for the recent Retirement Board election.  Discussion on contacting the Retirement office to mail out information to retirees where we don’t have their address.  Further discussion at the retreat.

 

ACTIVE EMPLOYEE ASSOC. REPRESENTATIVE – Alice Anglim said during the last 2 weeks different groups from the City have been meeting with MEA to discuss proposals from the City Attorney.  Nothing has been resolved.  Alive gave Nancy a letter from Attorney Ann Smith which she wrote to Mike Conger refuting his claims.  Alice says the Retirement Office checked on deceased retirees benefits being paid long after they died.  They checked and there were only 8 cases where this had happened, not the 100+ as reported. 

 

WEBSITE – John Tsiknas said we have been in operation nine months and had over 11,000 hits.  We are OK for another year as far as the budget goes.  He needs someone with good organizational skills to assist him.  There will soon be a new feature – “pending items”.  Think about this for the retreat.  Nancy suggested purging old articles.  John reported he is in the process of doing that.

 

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE – Joe Flynn reported he sent a note to the overseas members explaining the additional expense for mailing.  He had responses from three out of the five, who made additional donations for postage.  Sylvia and Joe sent out thank you notes to them.   The new Advocacy Committee had a meeting and went over trying to map out coverage for the various meetings.  First round is to gather information and get back to the membership. They want accomplish this by covering the Retirement Board and its various committees. Pat and Virginia covered the Retirement Board meeting.  They do have some information now and will be funneling it to John to get the information out through the website.  John will also be able to hit the highlights in the newsletter.  Later, this will help when the Association gets actively involved in issues.  The Committee would like to suggest volunteers to assist on a particular issue.  It is easier to get willing people for an item than a two year commitment. There is a report coming out from the Retirement Board with an analysis of the City Manager’s report on the DROP program.  Discussion on the diverse makeup of the committee. 

ACTION ITEMS

 

Adam Saling – Nancy spoke with Adam regarding his wife’s health and the conflicts with scheduling which may occur.  He offered his resignation.   Motion to reject his resignation – Ruth Wiseman, 2nd – Dave Crow.  Motion passed.

 

RETIREMENT BOARD ELECTION MAILING – Nancy re-iterated her telephone conversations with the Board members in that the cost of the election mailing was more than what we had anticipated.  Motion to approve the revised cost of the Retirement Board election mailing - Dave Crow 2nd - John Tsiknas. Motion passed.  The votes will be counted this morning and certified results will be available tomorrow.

 

LIABILITY INSURANCE – Discussion regarding the history of the issue.  Nancy reported that Adam had gotten proposals of coverage for a non-profit organization.  The annual premium for $1,000,000 worth of coverage is $1,000.  Further discussion will be held at the retreat.

 

APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT ADVOCACY – Last month the By Laws change was approved for this position. Nancy said the Board has the authority to appoint someone to the position.  Nancy talked to Joe Flynn about the position.  Joe said he would rather wait for the outcome of the Retirement Board election.  Discussion of time commitments to the Retirement Board.  Continued the discussion to the retreat.

 

AUTHOR/MEMBER REQEST TO PUBLICIZE BOOK – Author Pat Estelle called Nancy regarding the publishing of her new book The Stigma of Growing Old in America – a Personal Perspective.  She would be grateful for a mention of her book in our publications.  Consensus to put a mention in the publications. 

 

BOARD RETREAT – attached is draft agenda and budget.  Committees need to work on their budgets and be ready to submit at the retreat.

 

STATUS OF RETIREMENT FUND

Nancy reported the Retirement Fund balance stood at $3.6 Billion, up $47 Million from last month.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Joan L. Lundy-Boyd

Secretary

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