| NOTICE TO ALL PRE-1969 MEMBERS: These are the main topics covered at our meeting. If you need more details, please contact a member of the Coordinating Committee. The Pre-1969 Teachers' Coordinating Committee met Feb. 28 in St. Paul. Joe O'Neill and our volunteer lobbyists, Tom S. & Rick W. were present along with a good portion of our metro-area members. Thanks to Diane K. we can give you the main items covered: Internet Updates: Rick W. said that the website has been updated and contains the new language of this year's bills. If a member has a new email address or has moved, he/she needs to contact Joe and John Gindele: [email protected] If Pre-69ers want to receive action alerts and updates from us, they need to ask their internet service provider to unblock these addresses: [email protected] [email protected] and [email protected] Volunteer Lobbyists: Rick Winters and Tom Selwold, our fantastic non-paid, volunteer lobbyists continue to work hard for us. We are very grateful for their continued efforts on behalf of all of us. Diane K. is facilitating several contacts with key legislators. Joe and John G. will print lists of constituents of legislators who are authors of our bills. They will also print lists of constituents of Pension Commission members. These will be given to the legislators to show the number of Pre-69 teachers in their districts. Plans are underway for our volunteer lobbyists and Joe O'Neill to meet with legislators, legislative staff, and constituents. UPDATES: IMPORTANT NOTICE: There will be a Pre-1969 Teachers' Association meeting in the Southeast metro area. The meeting will be Tuesday, March 22, 6:30 PM in the Westcott Library Community Room, Eagan Library (651-688-1500), lower level, on 1340 Westcott Road and Pilot Knob Road in Eagan. We will invite the legislators from Senate districts 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 57, 63, and 64. Representatives Lynn Wardlow, 38B, and Dennis Ozment, 37B, are new members of the Pension Commission. Our volunteer lobbyists, Tom S. and Rick W. will be there to explain our efforts. If you are a Pre-1969 member who lives in or near these Senate districts, please make every effort to be at the meeting. If you plan to attend, inform your legislators that you will be at the meeting and you hope to see them there. MARK YOUR CALENDAR TODAY! March 18 is a meeting of Education Minnesota Retired. Pre-69 teachers who are members should attend. You need to pre-register at 1-800-642-4624. At the 2004 meeting of EM Retired, Henderson from Detroit Lakes made a resolution that EM Retired support our legislation; the resolution passed with a vote of 20 to 8 or 22 to 8. As of March 10, nine Senators have signed our legislation and 23 Representatives. If you have not yet thanked your legislators for signing or asked those who have not yet signed to do so, please contact them now. To see if your legislators have signed S.F. 543, S.F. 838, or H.F. 914, go to: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legis.asp As of March 10, the Senators on the Pension Commission had not yet been named. You can get an update at: http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/lcpr/members.htm House members of the Pension Commission have been named, and we ask that you NOT contact them unless you are a constituent. Next meeting of the Coordinating Committee: Monday, March 21, St. Paul. |
| Summary of February 28th Coordinating Committee Meeting |
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