UCI  EMERITAE/I  ASSOCIATION
MINUTES   FEBRUARY 3, 2002

 
  Present 
David Easton, Julian Feldman, Richard Friedenberg, Ann Heiney, Judd and Renée Hubert, Isabelle Hunt, Sam McCulloch, Ron Miller, Kivie Moldave, Bob Montgomery, Lyman Porter, Lorie Reed, Roland Schinzinger, Ann Stephens and John Swett
                    
 
The meeting was called to order by Chair Lyman Porter at 9:15 am.
 
           
    I.    Minutes of December 2nd meeting:  The minutes of the December 2nd meeting were approved with the correction the spelling of Mitch Spann’s name.
 
   II.    Treasurer’s Report:   Treasurer Kivie Moldave reported a balance of $2,448. as of the latest
financial report, dated 13 January.  He also reported that there have been recent deposits of about $1500 from dues payments.
 
  III.     Program Committee Report:  Ann Stephens reported an attendance of 25 persons at the association sponsored well-received talk by Ruth Kluger, held at the University Club on January 14th.   The next program will be planned with the help of Mitch Span of the Chancellor’s Club.  Stephens reported a recent phone conversation with Jerry Tobis regarding the possibility of a program focusing on the proposed new UCI hospital.  A long discussion ensued regarding broader issues relating to UCIMC, and it was decided to pursue a program around those issues which would include the proposed new hospital structure, the accessibility of outpatient health care resources for faculty
and students on campus.
 
   IV.   Newsletter Report:   John Swett has not yet received any new items to be included in the spring issue.  Porter suggested keeping the Newsletter in mind when talking to colleagues who might contribute articles in the future.
 
   V.    Association Name Issue, raised by Joe McGuire:  McGuire recently sent a brief memo requesting changing the name of the association to something less awkward.  Extensive discussion ensured, and the consensus was to keep the name as it is now:  Emeritae/i Association.
 
  VI.    Retirees’ Association Report:   In the absence of Dennis Clark, Porter reported that he and Clark met in December with Gail Brooks, Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Human Resources at UCI, to talk about how to build support for a UCI retirement center.  Brooks agreed to meet jointly with the executive committees of the Emeritae/i Association and the Retirees Association to discuss the steps involved in moving the center idea along.  It was agreed to distribute previous correspondence on this matter to the members of our executive committee for discussion at our next meeting (March 3), before meeting with Brooks.
 
VII.   Panunzio Award Committee:   Moldave reported he has collected only two of the necessary documents to be submitted on behalf of our nominee.  It was agreed postpone the submission of a nominee for this year due to the lack of the necessary documentation from the nominee’s department, and to hold the nomination for submission until next year.       
 
   VIII.    Brochure Review:   Roland Schinzinger distributed a draft of proposed wording for the new brochure and asked for suggestions and editing by members of the executive committee.  Schinzinger displayed an aerial photo of the campus which could be used on the cover.  Two alternative paper sizes of 8 ½ x ll and 8 ½  x 14 were shown, one a tri-fold and the other a simple fold.  The same text was suggested on each, the font size being larger on the larger sheet of paper.  Schinzinger suggested executive committee members send their suggestions to him via electronic mail so that he can make a final presentation at the next meeting.
 
    IX.    Awards:   A presentation of awards was given by Schinzinger to Sam McCulloch and Julian Feldman for their outstanding achievements during the last two years.   The members assembled extended a hearty round of applause to the two award recipients.
 
     X.    New Business:   (a) Julian Feldman passed out copies of a report from the New York Times 2/2/2003 edition about how to deal with HMO’s. It is also available on the web.  It was suggested that this information be included in the next Newsletter.  It was also suggested that there be an article in the next Newsletter interviewing Joe Walsh about the different problems people may be having with the new health care benefit programs. 
 
            (b)   Isabelle Hunt suggested we become more active in recruiting new members.  Lorie Reed volunteered to check into securing lists of the names and addresses of those faculty members who have retired within the past few years so that we can inform them about the association.
 
The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 am
The next meeting will take place on March 3, 2003