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California State Retirees1108 O Street, Suite 300Sacramento, CA 95814
CHAPTER 06 MEETINGS
NEXT MEETING
June 18, 2015 10:30 amFlip-It Café (formerly Big Apple)18080 Arrow Blvd Fontana, CA 92335(909) 428-6514
$5.00 per person
www.CaliforniaStateRetirees.org
P R E S I D E N TDee Stoddard
(909) 862-1870 • [email protected]
2 0 1 5 Q U A R T E R L Y N E W S L E T T E R
VICE PRESIDENTRobert Rice
(909) [email protected]
RECORDING SECRETARySharon Huddleston
(805) [email protected]
T R E A S u R E RWillis Huddleston
(805) [email protected]
M E M B E R S H I PMerilee Colton(760) 895-4174
D I S T R I C T G R E P.Gene Waggoner II
(760) [email protected]
We Are The Largest, Most Experienced OrganizationExclusively Representing State Retirees
California State Retirees Chapter 06Meeting Minutes 03/19/2015Flip-It Restaurant Fontana, CA.
Call to Order: Meeting was called to order by President Dee Stoddard at 10:53 am.
Pledge of Allegiance: Guest speaker Henry Jones led the meeting in the Pledgeof Allegiance.
Introductions: The introductions where dispensed with to move the agendaforward.Approval of Agenda: Agenda was approved as written. M/S/C.
Approval of Minutes: Motion was made by member Sam Juardo to acceptminutes as printed. Motion was seconded by Pat Busby. Motion Carriedunanimously.
Special Guest Speaker: Henry Jones spoke to those present on many differentsubjects of concern to those present. Among those items were.1. CalPERS has rebounded nicely since the financial down turn of 2008 and is
now funded at 77%. During the financial down turn the fund lost over 60billion dollars, but since that time has rebounded and now is over 300 billiondollars. -
2. What effect the bankruptcies of Stockton and San Bernardino have had on theCalPERS Pension System. Stockton since their bankruptcy has continued to payinto CalPERS. Stockton employees have agreed to pay more on theirinsurance. San Bernardino has started paying into the fund after 18 monthswithout paying.
3. COLA – Again this year there is a Cost of Living Adjustment. This yeardepending on when you retired the COLA will be from 1.62% to 2.0%. TheCOLA is based on the CPI.
4. The former mayor of Fresno is attempting to reduce retirement benefits ofthose who are already retired.
5. CalPERS is in support of Governor Brown’s pay as you go plan for future retireehealth plans.
6. Monies in the CalPERS pension plan comes from three Entities State, Counties/Municipalities and Classified School Employees.
Awards: President Stoddard and Recording Secretary Sharon Huddlestonpresented the awards received from State Senator Jeff Stone and Riverside CountySupervisor John J. Benoit to the chapter membership.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Willis Huddleston report consisted of a Bank ofAmerica Chapter 06 sheet Dated March 17, 2015. A Quicken print out of expensesfrom January 1, 2015 to March 17, 2015. A quicken print out of categories. Aprojected 3 year (2016-2017-2018) budget for information in case the CSR Boardchanges the chapter’s income these can be revised and approved. It was M/S /C toaccept the 3 year budget and report as presented. At this time Pat Busby made amotion. Motion Pat Busby, I move that California State Retirees Chapter 06continue to contribute Time and Finances to help defray expenses of presenting theHealth Fair in Desert Hot Springs. Motion was seconded by Sam Juardo. MotionCarried unanimously.
Motion was made by Willis Huddleston Motion states. I move that the CaliforniaState Retirees Chapter 06 instruct President Dee Stoddard to donate $250.00 fromthe chapter funds, to Center for Individual Development (CID). Motion was secondby Sam Juardo. Motion Carried unanimously.
District G Representative: Gene Waggoner gave out two phone numbers, inWashington DC for members to call, concerning the threatened cuts to Medicare.Those numbers are: Congress: 1-800-826-3688----President 202-456-1414
PAC Report: Bob Rice reported that 94% of the legislators that California StateRetirees supported for office were elected.
Membership: Merilee Colton was unable to make this meeting. Bob Rice reportedthat Merilee had handed out 4 membership applications at the health fair.
Bylaws and Governing Rules: Christine Thomas gave a brief report of thiscommittee. Christine said the BGR committee will be having a meeting andworkshop at the April workshop of the CSR workshop meeting.
Next meeting will be:
June 18, 2015Time 10:30 am
Location Flip-It Café18089 Arrow Highway, Fontana
September meeting: Will be a combined Chapter Meeting and Mock GeneralCouncil on September 24, 2015. All delegates are requested to be there. Locationwill be at the Flip-It Café, 18080 Arrow Highway, Fontana
CSR Chapter 06 - Meeting Minutes
Can you believe that 2015 is half over. We have really been busy inour Chapter the last few months. I was hoping to have the resultsof our voting for Officers and Delegates but we will have it by ourmeeting. At this time we need all the people that ran asdelegates. Final decision should be in the mail soon (probablybefore you get this).
Lobby Day was in April and there were 5 of our members whoparticipated. We were able to see someone from all the legislativeoffices in our chapter area. Most of the time we talked to the officepeople because there was voting on several matters that therepresentatives had to be present for. Remember when you go toa legislator’s office that it is just as important to talk to their officeworkers because they are State employees so they are veryinterested in what matters to us and pass it on.
I was very impressed with Senator Mike Morrell. He was one thathad to be on the floor for a vote but he made sure he met us longenough to apologize to us. He called while we were in his officeand asked us to meet him in the Senate chambers for a picture sohe could post it on his Facebook page.
Our September meeting will be very important to the Delegates.We will be going over General Council and Delegate Assembly,which will be held in Sacramento in October.
Our next meeting will be September 24th at the Flip It Café inFontana. See you there.
Dee
DO YOU KNOW THESE RETIREES?
We are trying to locate these missing members.We need an updated address.
Below you will find their names, the year they retired and the departmentthey retired from. If you have any information, call Membership Coordinator
Merilee Colton at 760-895-4174. Thank you!
Manolo Borbon, 2012, CorrectionsPatricia E. Brown, 2006, State Comp
Sara L.Corbett, 2005, CSuSBWalter M. Dew, 2011, EDDCalvin I. Hughes, 2007,DSS
Robin W. Leslie, 1996, Parks & RecBetty J. Russell, 1999, DHS
Kidrat Shoakzode, 2008, Fairview SHPatricia A. Warren, 1993, Corrections
Jo Thompson, 2004, CSuSB.
Remember to always let CSR know when you move,or your phone or email changes.
PERS does not inform CSR or CSEA of changes after you retire
Willis Huddleston, Secretary/Treasurer
Merilee Colton is a relatively new member to Chapter 6, having movedhere from Northern California three years ago. She has jumped in withboth feet as our Membership Coordinator. She was also appointed tothe statewide Membership Committee, where she monitors theAmbassador Program in five Chapters including ours.
Every month ,for Chapter 6, Merilee sends a welcome letter to each
new member and searches for our missing members when we havereturned mail from the post office.
She is also compiling a Membership Coordinator Manual, to helpCoordinators in other chapters all over the state with their duties.
We are lucky to have Merilee in our chapter!
Bob Rice,Vice President. and PAC Committee member
Last month on April 8th, five members from Chapter 6 had the privilege ofattending the CSR annual lobby day held at the State capitol in Sacramento. BobRice, Dee Stoddard, Willis and Sharon Huddleston, and Gene Waggonerrepresented Chapter 6. During the day we contacted several assembly membersand two State Senators, who represent districts within our Chapter boundaries.We wanted to relate to them was our position on maintaining our presentretirement benefits. In every visit, each and every Assembly person along withthe two Senators indicated that they were on our side. They all basically stated
that we had nothing to worry about, but we are committed to keeping thepressure on. One of the Senators, Mike Morrell , who centers out of RanchoCucamonga ,was unable to spend time with us because he had a meeting toattend ,let us into the Senate chambers, where he took a picture with us. SenatorMorrell traditionally has been very supportive of our cause and continues to do soalong with Senator Jeff Stone from Riverside County.
A very good and informative time was had by all. Any chapter member whowould like to participate next year, just keep it in mind and when the time comes,express your desire. Regards to all, Bob
Health Fair 2016
The California State Retirees is sponsoring and Chapter 06is supporting the Caliente Springs Health and Resources Fair
that will be held in Desert Edge, California.
The date of the event will be on January 23, 2016,time will be from 9am until 2pm. Address is 70-200 Dillon Road.
Please look for more informationon this informative event in our next newsletter
Health Fair Coordinator Sharon Huddleston
Newsfrom the
PresidentDee Stoddard
Member Highlights
The Veep Corner
CSR Members picture on the California Senate Floor in April for Lobby DayRepresenting our members. Pictured L-R: Bob Rice, Sharon Huddleston, Dee Stoddard,
Senator Mike Morrell, Willis Huddleston and Gene Waggoner.
CSR Members making an official visit with State Senator Jeff Stone on Lobby DayPictured L-R: Willis Huddleston , Bob Rice, Senator Jeff Stone,
Sharon Huddleston and Dee Stoddard,
