CENTRAL WESTERN ZONE EXECUTIVE MEETING
NEW YORK STATE RETIRED TEACHERS
Thursday, May 2, 2019 Meeting: Coffee 9:30 & 10:00 Meeting
Legacy, Victor, NY
AGENDA
County Unit Presidents: If you cannot attend the meeting, please arrange for someone to come in your place
Call to Order
- Cares and Concerns
- Pledge to Flag & Moment of Silence
- Introductions
- Secretary Minutes for March 7, 2018 Meeting – Elaine Leisure
- Corresponding Secretary – Pat Dick THANK YOU!!!
- Treasurer’s Report – Betty Pilato
- Standing Committee Reports
- Membership – Jane Crosby
- Membership Incentives (Zone $1000, Unit member $50)
- Find out names/contact info for 2019 retirees
- Encourage state membership, especially for officers
- Encourage Lifetime members to give to President’s Appeal
- Newsletter-Jane Crosby
- Bulk Mail-Jane Crosby
- Legislation- William Lesniak
- Website- William Lesniak
- Nominations – VACANT “Units fall apart when membership does not step up to take office.” Each unit needs to provide a person for the Nominating Committee
- Friendly Service- Barb Rosecrans (FS is unique to RENY!)
- Community Service-Joan Handfield
- Healthcare- survey – Betty Weber-Worden
- The Statewide Health Insurance Information Network
- Healthcare Initiative (How do our school districts match to county lines? Any overlap?) Monitors? Each unit needs to provide a person to sit on the Healthcare Health Ins. Info. Network
- Awards- Judie Byndes/Phyllis Dunlap
- Barrie Fleegle (newly retired)
- Epke-Meagher Active Educator
- Hudson –Kramer –Sandy Kushner
- Bylaws – Bruce Croucher
- Resolutions- Judie Byndas
- Public Relations- Phyllis Dunlap
- Historian- Phyllis Dunlap
- Fundraising – Betty – basket raffle at CWZ annual meeting?
- Unit Presidents’ Reportl
- CWZ Presidents’ Goals– to fill officer and committee positions, disseminate information, have a good turnout at the annual meeting
- Vice-president Report- VACANT
- Old Business
- Money from state discuss what used for
- VP/Chair of Annual Meeting
- CWZ Annual Meeting (see below)
- New Business
- Marketing + New Brand
- Adjournment
- Grace and Lunch
-County Meeting Dates and CWZ Executive Meeting Dates for 2019 – send to Co-Presidents and Bill Lesniak for the website (see draft attached)
-New County Executive Rosters – send to Co-Presidents and Bill Lesniak for the website (see draft attached)
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The next CWZ meeting is Aug. 1.
CWZ Annual Meeting September 19
King’s Catering
Program: Ron Sherman- Rhodes Scholar trips, retired from Pittsford.
Kevin Mulligan, President of RENY would like to visit to make a personal connection at the Annual Meeting and have the opportunity to speak for about 20 minutes.
NYSRTA/RENY Annual Convention
Turning Stone October 9-11