City of San Diego Retired Employees Association November 13, 2018 General Meeting Minutes Veterans present were recognized for their service. Elections for Board members were held, with no nominations from the floor. M/S/C to elect the following members to the [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association November 13, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:30am. Board Members Present: Jim [...]
Were you there at our October meeting? Maybe I missed seeing you? It was a treat to hear our October guest speaker, former City Manager Jack McGrory, explain about the proposal for using the Mission Valley land now occupied by [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association October 9, 2018 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the September 2018 meeting were approved. SDCERS Board Representative Charlie Hogquist reported that the payments on the 13th Check are being calculated; the Board [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association October 9, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:35am. Board Members Present: Jim [...]
I've been absent from my Presidential duties this month traveling to Sacramento to train CHP about bicycling and to New Orleans (wow, it was humid and hot, but interesting there) to a WalkBikePlace conference. Thank you to Dave Twomey, Mike [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association September 11, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Dave Twomey, acting on behalf of President Jim Baross, [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association September 11, 2018 General Meeting Minutes The August 2018 Treasurer’s Reports were approved. Joan McNamara announced the October 10 tour to the Balboa Art Conservation Center. Mike Bresnahan announced the next two speakers. [...]
Well, I offer thanks to the Board and Dave Twomey for my opportunity to be the August Speaker on my favorite topic, how we are being coaxed into accepting people bicycling on our roads. I hope to have provided useful [...]
Retirees: This is one of those situations where we gain no satisfaction from saying, "We told you so," because the results are even more deleterious than we suspected. In looking at the photo of Prop B supporters, optimists all, I [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association August 14, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes NOTE: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Jim Baross at 9:35am. Board Members Present: Jim [...]
City of San Diego Retired Employees Association August 14, 2018 General Meeting Minutes The minutes for the July 2018 meeting and the July Treasurer’s Report were approved. President Jim Baross announced that a Nominating Committee is being formed. One member [...]
Retirees: City of San Diego employees have been most fortunate to have been represented by MEA and their outstanding attorney, Ann Smith. With difficulty, I condensed a list of descriptive superlatives to just one, "outstanding." Over the years Ann Smith [...]
Retirees: In case you missed it, here is a letter to the editor from one of our retirees, Chris Brewster. Joe Flynn, Retiree August 3, 2018 U-T Letter writers Re “Supreme Court rules San Diego skipped key legal step in [...]
Retirees: This is news that a few years back would have had the paper sellers downtown yelling, Extra, Extra, Read all about it,............. This news will have the elected officials and budget analysts in City Hall burning the mid-night oil. [...]
Happy Summer to all! I hope that those of you that are able to attend our monthly General Membership meetings are keeping up with the changes in speakers scheduled. VP Dave Twomey works diligently with assistance from Board members to [...]