Core Purpose: To enhance and protect the benefits of retired educators.
	May 13-16 Minutes:     Page 1        Page 2
	CALIFORNIA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY 13,16,2004 SUMMARY REPORTS OF OFFICERS President Eva Hain presented names to fill several vacancies in committee chairs: Bylaws co-chairs: Elizabeth Mackenzie, Area III and Earl Pimentel, Area III Insurance Chair: Lee Jernigan, Area II Membership Chair: Jean Flake, Area XI Ad Hoc Committee on Committee Reorganization: Norman Gould, Area VI Nominations and Elections Chair: Douglas Bailey, Area VII. The Board approved the committee appointments. President-Elect George Avak reported that petitions have been sent to Associated Administrators of Los Angeles as part of our petition drive to repeal the WEP/GPO. Susan Goff, Executive Director, reported that we will be having another card insert program in an STRS mailing soon. She reported that an article in the "CTA Educator" mentioned CRTA as a competing organization to CTA-R, and included some derogatory comments about CRTA. Susan contacted them, but they refused to print a retraction. They will, however, print her letter. CRTA will be participating in an NRTA pilot project, the Educator Support Network, which will assist new teachers in an attempt to keep them in the classroom longer. The May hearing on our lawsuit regarding the $500,000,000 owed to STRS by the State has been postponed to allow time for discovery. The new date is September 24. We have lost three past presidents in the past few weeks. Marty Mathiesen, Jim Hull and Esther Ward. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The draft Bylaws and Standing Rules were discussed. Elizabeth Mackenzie stated that Bylaws and Standing Rules should be coordinated with like subjects in the same order. The Bylaws Committee was instructed to order the Bylaws and Standing Rules so that they match and are in consistent order. MSC that a Bylaws amendment be submitted to change the election of Area Directors so that election would take place in the spring either at the caucus of that Area at Convention or by mail ballot. All delegates in attendance at Convention would be entitled to vote, or all members of the area, if a mail ballot is used. The manner of vote would be determined by vote of the Division Presidents in the Area. The same change is to be made in the proposed Bylaws, Article VI, Sec. 40. Betty Soennichsen and Elizabeth Mackenzie will work on wording for a Standing Rule to accompany this. Bill Ruehmann explained his proposal for an Issue Management Steering Committee. MSC that CRTA would establish an Issue Management Steering Committee which would meet early in the fall. This group would identify 2 to 5 major issues to resolve and outline an action plan for the resolution of each issue. The Committee would submit its issues resolution plans to the Board of Directors in November for its approval. A subcommittee would be selected to monitor the process of each resolution plan throughout the year. The entire Committee would meet again at the May Convention to evaluate the processes used and the outcome of each issue resolution plan.
May 04 Minutes:     Page 1        Page 2 Area I,CRTA        Updated: June 10, 2004