At the April
meeting of the CSU-ERFA State Council I said I was in the
happy position of joining President Bush in announcing that
we are not in a state of recession. I boasted that I had
the advantage over that other President because members
would believe me after hearing and reading the
reports of the Treasurer and Acting Executive Director,
until July still in the single person of Don Cameron, and
the useful committee reports from your colleagues who devote
their time and energy to protecting the interests of retired
CSU faculty and staff. These reports are presented
throughout The Reporter
With people
like this around me I know we're in good hands however
"senior" the re-elected President feels after Council
meetings. Not to worry: I'll be fully renewed at least by
the beginning of the October meeting.
The Council
improved procedures for the election of a Retiree Faculty
Senator on the CSU Academic Senate to follow in the all-star
footsteps of the two first Senators, Leonard Mathy and
Harold Goldwhite. Decades ago Len was also the first Chair
of the first Academic Senate and Harold chaired the Senate
much more recently before being elected Faculty Trustee. We
have delayed distribution of The Reporter so that the
announcement of this opportunity can be distributed as
widely as possible. Selection details appear elsewhere.
You are alerted to heed deadlines as you consider
nominations and possible applications because we were not
able to allow as much time for reflection and decisions as
we would have wanted.
Thanks to the
many of you who responded to the survey of member views
regarding CSU-ERFA. It was generously funded by one of our
first Presidents, Milt Dobkin, and administered and the
results recorded and reported by Reporter Editor Ted
Anagnoson. We know a good deal more about you now and will
be better able to meet your needs and maybe sometimes even
your desires.
The most
useful, even though distressing, information was how many of
you who have computers and use them were still unacquainted
with our valuable website. So even though I have described
its merits in nearly every presidential column, it’s good
for at least one more time. It provides an extraordinary
wealth of material, and there is a rare week when additions
are not made. Almost always when I plan to inform Webmaster
Mark Shapiro regarding something that should be added, I’ll
look at my screen and find a message from him informing
members of that very addition.
Donald O.
Dewey (Los Angeles)
CSU-ERFA President
April 2008.
(Webmaster's
note: This is a slightly edited version of the "From
the president" column that will appear in the May 2008 issue of the
Reporter.)
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