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Board of Directors for 2011-2012

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:59:56 -0600

Board of Directors: Richard R. Benoit, Winnipeg, President; Wayne Hughes, Winnipeg, Vice President; Jag Malik, Gilbert Plains, Treasurer; Directors-at-large: Winnipeg: Dolores Hebert, Barbara McDole, Anne Monk, Dr. Mary Pankiw, Peggy Prendergast , Ted Poulter, Val Smyth; and throughout Manitoba: Ron Kalinchuk, Virden; Judy Olmstead, Brandon; Carol Pelton, Thompson; Doreen Sage, Neepawa; John Sushelnitsky and Norman Wiebe, Portage la Prairie..

Board of Directors for 2010/2011

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:48:58 -0500

Name	Chair
Officers:
P. Pres. Pat Bowslaugh	AGM Elections
Pres. Richard Benoit
V.P. Dr. Mary Pankiw
Secretary: Rita Warrian
Treasurer: Jag Malik
Members-At-Large:
Rosalie Bornn Bylaws & Policy Tom Cameron
Guy Hansen

Wayne Hughes	Political Action

Ron Kalinchuk Communications
Vel McAdam Educational Advocacy
Anne Monk	Pensions

Peggy Prendergast	Wellness
Maureen Recksiedler	Travel
Doreen Sage
Ray Sitter	Membership & Chapter Formation
John Sushelnitsky William Taylor

Carol Gillis	Executive Assistant

Pension Committee

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:22:16 -0500

REPORT OF THE PENSION COMMITTEE April 23, 2009

The Pension Committee has written a report providing information and analysis on the recent TRAF announcement regarding COLA, for the information of the board, chapter presidents and members.

The Pension Committee will be studying the Pension Adjustment Account (PAA) Valuation Report.

1. JULY 1, 2009 COLA

The TRAF cost of living adjustment (COLA), effective July 1, 2009, as an adjustment to the base pension, is 0.37%. The consumer price index (CPI) for Canada for December 2008 over December 2009 is 1.2%. Therefore, inflation protection provided by the TRAF COLA is 30.8 % of CPI.

Cost of living adjustment (COLA) - 0.37%
Consumer Price Index (CPI) - 1.2%
% of CPI - 30.8%
No 2/3 COLA
No surplus for a reserve in the PAA

Dollar Increases in COLA

Base Pension $ COLA % Annual Increase $ Monthly Increase $

$ 10,000 x 0.37% $ 37.00 $ 3.08

15,000 55.50 4.63

20,000 74.00 6.17

Web Committee

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:08 -0500

Website Committee Report for March 2009

The new website design is beginning to take shape as technical problems are being dealt with. The ability to add and manipulate HTML pages has "simplified" the process of transcribing information from the old site to the new, since most of the main pages from the old site were written in HTML. One example that you can check out is the Links page which has been transposed from the old to the new. We have also enhanced this page with graphical links to randomly selected sites from the previous "list" method. The list of links still remains and all the links seem to be working properly. Please report any non-working links to the webmaster. A couple of new links have been added, as listed in KIT. Any others that would be of use or interest to our members would be graciously accepted for inclusion in this page.

We have added the new board pictures, plus "the board at work" pictures as well as a listing of all the committee chairs and committee members as listed in KIT. I wasn't sure about adding all that personal information to the website, but it is all in KIT and KIT is available on the web, so there is nothing new about that information being disseminated. All of this information is posted on the new site and a link to this page is placed on the old site. It was getting too cumbersome to keep trying to place information on both pages (the old and the new), so we have decided to place links to the new page and eventually, when we transition to the new site, the older archived pages will be referenced with links. This will seemingly be a complex process because links back to the new site will need to be constructed as we make the changeover.

President's Report

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:06:06 -0500

April 2009

This has been a busy month, possibly because is was a shorter time between Board Meetings and the fact that we are on the cusp of the AGM.

I have visited four chapters and had mail or phone contact with several others:

March 27: BOYNE Chapter: The roads that day were treacherous so I arrived a few minutes late for the breakfast meeting. I was asked to give a short update on RTAM proceedings following their AGM. Although the attendance was challenged by the weather conditions, this chapter is vibrant under the leadership of Lana Rinn who will continue as president.

April 16: Retired Women Teachers of Manitoba - It was the AGM of this very vibrant group who have numerous plans for the forthcoming year as well as a full slate of officers with Barbara McDole continuing as president.

April 16: (evening) EMR Chapter: At their meeting Shannon Patershuk gave a full report on the various benefit plans and answered numerous questions. They were also having their AGM.

April 20: The Dauphin and Area Chapter: At this meeting there were some active teachers present and included with the very large turnout of retired teachers. I was asked to present on the activities of RTAM. Numerous questions and spirited dialogue took place. I acknowledged the motion received by RTAM at the last meeting and tried to emphasize that RTAM is willing to talk. I had a copy of "Ready, Set, Retire" with me which was requested by one of the members along with the promise that President Rosalie will take a supply back to Dauphin. Rosalie did a stellar job of bringing news to the people and seeking feedback on the proposed mini-rally.

Committee Reports

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:54:08 -0500

Check the following links for reports from the RTAM board committees. Only reports that have been approved for public distribution will be included in these pages. Oftentimes reports are in draft mode or incamera mode and will not appear on these pages until approved for publication.

President's Report

Website Committee

Pension Committee

Photo Album

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:40:54 -0500

These are the photos of the 2008-2009 RTAM board. Click a picture to get to the slide show.

RTAM Board at Work

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:36:44 -0600

RTAM Board Working Hard at a Board Meeting at McMaster House, November 2008

Serious deliberations about New Directions following the Passing of Bill 45

RTAM Chapters 2010

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:20:46 -0500

Updates and corrections

Please notify RTAM (rtamweb@rfnow.com) of any changes in the information on this page - names, addresses, email or web creations. Underlined names of Chapters are working links to their website. If you have a website that you want linked to this page, let the webmaster know.

Boyne Chapter of Retired Teachers President: Lana Rinn

Dauphin Area Retired Teachers’ Association President: Rosalie Bornn

Educatrices et Educateurs Manitobains a la Retraite (EMR) President: Gerald Dureault

Hanover Association of Retired Teachers President: Ric Goerzen and Brian Gadsby

Interlake Retired Teachers’ Association President: Joie Van Dongen

Intermountain Retired Teachers’ Association President: Ron Landry

Neepawa Area Retired Teachers’ Association President: Joan Rink

Northeastman Chapter President: Don Nichol

North East Winnipeg Retired Teachers’ Association President: Garry Bowles

Okanagan Chapter of RTAM President: Lorna Rothwell and Lorne Lisik

Portage la Prairie Retired Teachers’ Association President: Evelyn Rheaume

Retired Women Teachers’ Association of Manitoba President: Mary Pankiw

Riel Retired Teachers’ Association President: June Acason

St. James Assiniboia Chapter President: Connie Newman

RTAM Board Members 2009-2010

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:08:20 -0500

Officers

President: Richard Benoit Past President: Pat Bowslaugh

Vice President: Dr. Mary Pankiw

Secretary: Vel McAdam Treasurer: Jag Malik

Directors

Rosalie Bornn Bill Cann

Guy Hansen Wayne Hollier

Wayne Hughes Ron Kalinchuk

Lynn Land

Brian Paterson Peggy Prendergast

Maureen Reckseider Doreen Sage

Ray Sitter John Sushelnitsky

Admin. Assistant: Carol Gillis

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Benoit, Richard

Bowslaugh, Pat

Cann, Bill

Gillis. Carol

Goble, Joan

Hansen, Guy

Hollier,Wayne

Hughes, Wayne

Kalinchuk, Ron

Malik, Jag

Marshall,Dick

McAdams,Vel

Monk,Ann

Patterson, Brian

Prendergast, Peggy

Reckseider,Maureen

Sage, Doreen

Sitter, Ray

Sushelnitsky, ,John

RTAM Board at Work

RTAM Chapters 2010

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