CITY OF SAN DIEGO RETIRED EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEETING MINUTES November 13, 2007 

 
War Memorial Building, Balboa Park
Meeting called to order by Nancy Acevedo.
Minutes considered passed, as there were no corrections.

TREASURER'S REPORT- Sylvia Tatum
Grand Total Reserve-Operating Balance on 10/1/07 was $35,177.76
Receipts $1,895.50
Expenditures/Transfers $1,532.00
Operating Fund Ending Balance 10/31/07 was $4,570.66
Grand Total Reserve-Operating Fund on 10/31/07 was $36,480.29
Legal Fund Money Market ending balance on 10/31/07 was $26,823.73

NOMINATING COMMITTEE- Patricia Karnes, Ross McCollum, Mike Stepner
The slate, as recruited by the nominating committee, was passed: Nancy Acevedo as President. Ty Rogers as Vice President/Chair of Advocacy. Ruth Ann Hageman and Patti Karnes switching Program chair and Secretary duties. Board members, Virginia Silverman and Ross McCollum, are replaced by Bob Korch and Alyse Ford. Swanson and John Casey will continue until Nancy appoints a replacement newsletter editor and a parliamentarian. Other positions remain the same.
Patti briefly mentioned the nominating committee's difficulty in recruiting Board members. She added that Ross had worked on possible changes to the structure, duties and length of terms of the CSDREA Board members. Possible changes will be discussed at the Board's January 22nd retreat.

The Board is polling members regarding cutting the number of annual meetings. The poll will be conducted at the November meeting, the Holiday party, and newsletter with responses via email to Ruth Ann, and telephone responses to Lynn and Virginia. Results to be evaluated separately. The November meeting poll were 4 for cutting for cutting the number of meetings and approximately 46 wanting monthly meetings.

CORBETT /13TH CHECK
SDCERS will not hold up the checks, according to Rebecca Wilson at SDCERS. The revision of the Waterfall Ordinance is not being heard yet.

CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTS FOR RETIREE RECORDS-Nancy Acevedo
SDCERS is notifying retirees whose records the City Attorney has requested for excess of IRS "415" payments.

ADVOCACY REPORT: Ty Rogers
Ty requested members attend the second Special SDCERS Board meeting on Purchase of Service Credits on November 16th at 8:30a.m.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Alyse Ford
Alyse announced the 2nd Wednesday of the month, at 7:00p.m., is a support group for Alzheimer's caregivers to vent and learn how to cope. SD Rehab Bldg., Avarado Hospital,  6645 Avarado Road, 3rd floor Conference Room. Call 858-492-4400 for the Alzheimer's Association.

TELEVISING SDCERS MEETINGS -Joe Flynn
Joe announced he will be using his 3 minutes of non-agenda comment at the SDCERS Board meeting to talk about the volume of recordings at meetings and also he will ask to have SDCERS' committees televised, unless SDCERS committees expand their summaries at the Board meetings.

ASSOCIATION OF UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES- Richard Wilken is asking SDCERS to put meetings in the "streaming" format on their web site for retirees outside the City who do not receive City Cable 24.

SAFETY DURING HOLIDAYS- Mary Bush
Mary suggested keeping your electronic car keys next to your bed to use your car alarm if you hear noise outside. If you are outside use the keys if you see danger (if a person is at home to hear your car alarm).

MEETING ADJOURNED.
Submitted December 26, 2007 by P. Karnes
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Secretary's Note: Winner of our annual recognition award, SDCERS Board member and actuary, Bill Sheffler, received his award from Joe Flynn at this program, rather than December. Sheffler thanked retirees for attending SDCERS Board meetings and inspiring him to continue working for the right action of the SDCERS Board. The SDCERS Board needs to know you care. Write them and attend meetings so they know their decisions are important to you. Thank you, Patti.