Executive Committee Updates: January 2024

Executive Report for January 2024

Happy New Year, everyone! All the best in 2024! Welcome to the January updates from the Executive Committee. There is lots happening as the organization continues to update and to grow. Updates from the past month of operations, meetings and planning as well as upcoming events and plans for January and the start of a new year are listed below:

Have you emailed your MLA or MP lately? Think about reaching out and sharing your insights on our community or the Teachers Pension. Remember to focus on one issue though, and give your reason for doing so and a solution that you see
(this helps our partners see a resolution to the concern and pathway forward). Keep your email short as your MLA or MP is very busy, you want your message to be easy to read and they will follow up if they want to discuss things in greater detail.
Our office will be connecting with our local politicians to schedule meetings with them in 2024. Our "RTAM requests for action" are important issues that we want to continue relating to them as well as solutions to those concerns.
Thank you to everyone who responded to the Luscious Orange survey. Over 500 members took time to share their input as to how to make our website serve their needs. In 2024, we are planning to launch our new much easier to access website.
Continue to focus on your personal wellness. Take care of yourself as you start 2024. Visit our website for free online seminars being planned weekly throughout 2024 and paid events and programs you can take part in if you want to stay active or interact with other retirees.
We are opening our RTAM hosted vacation to Croatia (with a visit to Slovenia) in the coming weeks. Visit our website to learn more about the trip and our host, from the RTAM Board of Directors Peter Narth!
Our Board of Directors is approving a multi-year strategic plan this month. The "strat-plan" as it's commonly referred to will help the organization plan long term goals and be a support tool for the office and Directors moving forward. We will be working through the strategic plan in January and February, to ensure the Board is comfortable with the new format and we hope to share the document leading up to the 2024 AGM.
Pre-Retirement seminars become a large focus for us and our partners at MTS as we start the new year. Please see our RTAM website to learn more about the seminars being offered by both groups and please help us share the information with potential retirees and those looking for a community in retirement.

The RTAM Executive

Linda Blair, President

Gabe Mercier, Vice President

Jayesh Maniar, Secretary

Brent Corrigan, Treasurer

RTAM MEMBER BENEFITS	STUDENT BENEFITS
1. The project will provide the means and incentive to increase communication between RTAM members and their family high school students they are sponsoring.	1 Portfolios encourage the collection of artifacts and evidence by the student to support their successful writing of award and scholarships applications.
2. Recognizing the importance of a post-secondary education, RTAM members can feel pride in the role they will play in supporting their family members to be awarded funding to help with the high costs of today’s world.	2 Portfolios help students focus on their knowledge, skills and attitudes to support their successful applications for bursaries and scholarship.
3. This project will provide RTAM members with an opportunity to experience renewed passion in their roles as teacher and mentor working with their family members.	3 Portfolios help students track their changes and growth in important leadership skills through their high school experience.
4. RTAM member involvement with their family members will promote positive mental health opportunities during a time when COVID has caused many to experience social and physical isolation.	4 Portfolios assist the student in becoming more aware of their own learning experiences and history.
5. RTAM member involvement will support a sense of purpose in their lives and offer them a sense of social value to society.	5 Portfolios provide a framework to encourage students’ self-assessment leading to a more accurate choice of how they want to spend their future, their career aspirations.
6. RTAM members will increase their opportunities to know and understand their youth family members’ challenges and issues while developing a relationship and creating a sense of trust.	6 Portfolios provide a framework with resources for building a resume and completing university/college entrance applications as well as job applications.
7. RTAM members can offer direct input into the writing of the applications to enhance the students’ chances of being successful.	7 Portfolios save the student the time and agony of trying to recall their experiences and gather all their information to complete applications in their graduating year.
	8 Portfolios provide students support to practice informed decision-making regarding their personal and professional opportunity selections.

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