UCI EMERITAE/I ASSOCIATION MINUTES

MEETING: OCT. 6, 2003

Present : David Easton, Sam McCulloch, Ronald Miller, Kivie Moldave,

Lyman Porter, Lorie Reed, Roland Schinzinger, John Swett and Jerry Tobis.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Lyman Porter at 9:18 am.

I. Minutes of the Sept meeting were approved as distributed. Following approval each month, minutes are posted on the UCIEA web site. The possibility of emailing agendas of the monthly Executive Meetings to all Emeritae/i Association members was discussed.

II. Treasurer’s Report: Lorie Reed announced a balance of $1,245.54. In addition, $2,000 was secured by Porter in his meeting with the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.

III. Program Committee Report: On Thursday, October 9, from 4-6 p.m., there will be a memorial for Grover Stephens. John Swett announced plans for an October 21 luncheon at which Michael Rose, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will speak on “Postponing Human Aging” at the University Club in room “C” at noon. There will be a buffet luncheon preceding the talk. The cost will be $15 per person, checks to be made payable to John Swett and mailed to Audrey Wicks.

In addition, Joe Walsh will speak to the Emeritae/i Association on November 14^th at the Student Center’s Emerald Bay Room E to inform attendees on the changes in the Benefits Program which will primarily consist of increases in health care costs. This meeting will take place at 3 pm. There will be no cost to the attendees.

IV. Newsletter Editor’s Report: The Newsletter was delivered to the Clone Copy Center on this date.

V. Awards Committee Report: Henry Fagin, who brought the UCIEA to fruition and who was the first editor of the newsletter, was unanimously approved to be the next recipient of the annual UCIEA award. David Easton is to be nominated for the Panunzio award. Porter noted consideration of expanding the single University-wide award to an award for each campus.

The proposed mentorship award was discussed in detail. Tobis reviewed recent discussions by the Awards Subcommittee. Easton recommended we ask Advancement or the Chancellor's Club to provide a stipend and plaque for this award. Reed and Porter recommended the award be restricted to academic mentoring Schinzinger stated that several organizations on-campus utilized volunteer mentors, and Tobis is to contact Meredith Lee for further information. The subcommittee is to have further deliberations and report back to the executive committee.

VI. New Business: Minutes of previous meetings were searched for information regarding the admittance of emeritus librarians to this organization. A request was made in Dec. 2000 by Julian Feldman to amend the by-laws allowing the inclusion of librarians in UCIEA. Feldman was to contact the local librarian’s association for more information and in March of 2001 it was noted that he had spoken with the chair of the librarian’s council who stated librarians would welcome the opportunity to join the Emeritae/i Association. Feldman was to draft a change to the by-laws, but the subject was not mentioned in minutes beyond that date. It was recommended that we obtain information regarding UCLA's Emeriti Association's inclusion of librarians, and that we obtain information regarding the librarian categories in the UC system. Reed noted one can be a member of UCIEA without being an emeritus (she mentioned wives as an example).

Porter reported that Adrian Harris, who chairs the CUCRA-CUCEA joint benefits committee, states Benefits is not considering adding long-term-care insurance. TIAA-CREF and PERS offer long-term-care policies which are available to University annuitants. However pretax retirement dollars cannot presently be used for this purpose according to current IRS regulations.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 am.

The next executive committee meeting will take place November 3, 2003.