Bay Area Retired School Personnel: President's Message
Bay Area Retired School Personnel: President's Message
Bay Area Retired School Personnel: President's Message
Officers
President’s Message
President September begins a new year for BARSP. Our Chapter has
Joyce Sigelko reached out to new retirees in our area through a membership
drive via a letter. You too can personally invite past and
President Elect present retirees to join BARSP. Do you know an
Barb Skowronski
administrator, bus driver, custodian, food service worker, hall
Program monitor, paraprofessional, secretary or teacher who is retired?
Vice President Speak with them and share our fight to keep our health care
Janet Brandt and pension from being taken away. Invite them to join you and other Bay
Ardith Reszke Area retired school personnel for a luncheon meeting at the Lumber Barons.
Secretary
Let’s face it; it is the best $45 a retiree can spend for a year of protection.
Margaret Bird
Treasurer
Joyce
Connie Frank
Past President
Sandy DeWaele From MARSP Vanguard -Summer Edition
Local Chapter Recognition Program
BARSP
Luncheon Meetings To encourage local chapters to support the programs and goals of MARSP.
Lumber Barons
Brewery To recognize and encourage the strengths of the local chapter.
804 E. Midland St. To recognize those chapters that are most successful in supporting and carrying out those
2nd Floor programs and goals.
September 10 , 2018
10:30 To recognize those chapters that are able to successfully maintain contributing programs within the
Oct. 8, 2018 local community.
11:00
November 12,2018
Congratulations to all chapters that received seals and thank you to all MARSP local
11:00 chapters. We know you support MARSP programs and goals, and we truly appreciate you.
March 11, 2019
11:00
April 10, 2019
11:00 Congratulations to Bay Area Chapter (BARSP) for being one
May 8, 2019
10:30
of fourteen chapters to receive “Gold Seal Recognition”
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VOLUME 27 ISSUE 1 BAY AREA RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL PAGE 2
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BARSP MEETING MINUTES—May 14, 2018 NEWSLETTER: Information needs to be sent to Rika
Smith prior to August 1.
The meeting was called to order by President Joyce
Sigelko at 10:40 AM. PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Joyce suggested that one of
our service projects for next year be changed to provide
The meeting began with the “Pledge of Allegiance” and for contributions to the MARSP Defense Fund.
the singing of “God Bless America.”
PROGRAM: Janet Brandt announced the programs
PROGRAM: In the absence of a representative and a dvd planned for next year. Details are included on the last
from MARSP, Joyce Sigelko and Joan Hildinger pre- page of this newsletter. Please clip and save.
sented information relative to the MARSP Annual Meeting.
Packets were made available to members in attendance. OLD BUSINESS: A motion was made to send postcards
Issues of primary concern include BCBS health care up- to all names on the current membership list to verify cor-
dates, hearing, vision, dental, and prescription benefits. rect information. Judy Bigalke moved and Jane Muir sec-
Details can be found in recent issues of VANGUARD. onded the motion. Motion carried.
Secretary’s Report: accepted as printed. MOTION TO ADJOURN: JoAnn VanOver moved and
Shirley Clemens seconded the motion to adjourn.
Treasurer’s Report
Income 1,810.00 BLESSING: Joan Hildinger offered this month’s blessing.
Expenses 124.43
50/50 DRAWINGS: Judy Bigalke, $36; Gary Tusciuk,
Check Acc 12,378.50 $12; Dee Morelli-Farris, $12,
Sav Acc 171.08
CD 7,423.75 The first meeting of the 2018-2019 school year will be
BARSP Life Acc-CD 7,423.75 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018, at 10:30 AM at Lum-
ber Barons.
Submitted by Margaret Bird
Cindy Shaheen moved and Janet Brandt seconded a mo-
tion to accept the treasurer’s report as presented.
Did I read that sign right?
MEMBERSHIP: Dee Bishop reminded members to up-
date their contact information with Phil and Sandy Paulus In a Laundromat
by June 1 in order to be included correctly in the new di- Automatic washing machines: Please remove all
rectory to be published in the fall. Names of members clothes when the light goes out.
from the disbanded Midland Chapter will be included in
the next directory. Deceased members were remem- In an office
bered: Marie Dardas, Erma Kisser, and Virginia Post. A After the tea break ,staff should empty the teapot
motion was made to lower BARSP membership to $5.00 and stand upside down on the draining board
for members who have reached age 85. Jane Muir
In a farmer’s field
moved and Florine Schutkowski seconded the motion.
The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for
Motion carried. free, but the bull charges.
BAY AREA RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL
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