MARCH 2003 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on March 5th at LaVerna's Restaurant. Approximately 11 people attended. Janice McGrath reported on the meeting she attended for the AFL-CIO Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans. Carol Lloyd will continue to pursue information about the lump sum discrepancy. We would like to network with each other on any businesses or any type of work that retirees are doing. Please e-mail this information to Ron Haaksma at ronandi@msn.com. We will be starting a "Retiree Networking" area on this website.
The club will to continue to meet for breakfast. Club officers will be determined at a later date. Note: no dues are being collected at this time.

FEBRUARY 2003 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on February 5th at Mimi's Cafe on Oracle. Approximately 20 people attended. We had a nice breakfast and talked about our role as a CWA retiree club. The continuation of the club is in question. We need someone to take a leadership role to keep it going. We hope to get more direction at the AFL-CIO meeting to be held in Phoenix on February 18th at 1 pm. This meeting is the first to establish the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans. The meeting will be held at the AFL-CIO state office at 5818 N. 7th (Phoenix). If you are interested in attending, please contact the club Secretary, Janice McGrath, at janmcgrath@aol.com.

JANUARY 2003 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on January 8th at the Carpenters Union Hall. Guest Speaker Michael McGrath, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, gave a talk about the efforts being put forth by the AFL-CIO to establish the Alliance for Retired Americans. All retirees are invited to attend the initial meeting on Feb. 18th, to be held in Phoenix. If you are interested, contact the hall at 623-9231. Copies of the Joseph Bierne scholarships are available for retired members and their families. We decided to send out a notice to all retirees and invite them to the February meeting to be held at a Restaurant.... To be announced.

DECEMBER 2002 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on December 4th. The January meeting will be the second Wednesday since the first Wednesday falls on New Years Day. We hope to have a guest speaker at this meeting. Nominations will be taken to elect the Vice President for the club.

NOVEMBER 2002 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on November 6th. Don Tepper resigned as President for personal reasons. The Executive Vice President, Laddie Beca has taken over the position as president. We had a guest speaker, Alan Schumacher from Farmers Insurance, who gave us information regarding investments. Bruce Dock gave us information regarding the medical benefits package. Ron Haaksma has given us a list of discounts for seniors that is posted below. He will inform us of any new additions.

OCTOBER 2002 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on October 2nd. We had an open forum where we discussed issues facing retirees and their families. Janice will send out reminders for the November meeting. Laddie will arrange for a speaker and Bruce will look over the medical benefits package and tell us about any changes affecting retirees at the November meeting

SEPTEMBER 2002 MEETING
The second meeting of the CWA Retired Members Club was held on September 4th, at 10 a.m. at the Carpenters Union Hall. The meeting was called to order by President Don Tepper. A motion was made to split the position of Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary position will be held by Janice McGrath (previous Secretary-Treasurer). A motion was made to elect Bruce Dock as the Treasurer. (second and passed). The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 am

Club Dues
We had a good discussion regarding the dues structure of the club. A motion was made to set the dues at $12 per year beginning in January 2003. (second & passed). The goal is to increase the club membership between now and January 2003.

By-Laws
President Don Tepper read the recommended bylaws and we discussed the changes that we wanted to make. A motion was made to accept the bylaws with the recommended changes. (second & passed). Most of the changes are minor. Here are a few of the changes:
*The officers of the club will by nominated and elected each year in the month of September.
*The term of office will be for 1 year.
*Regular meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month.
*The number constituting a quorum for club meetings shall be 10.

Issues & Speakers
We compiled the following list of issues and speakers we would like for future club meetings:

*Pima Council on Aging
*Real Estate Exemptions for Elderly & Widowed
*Property Tax Exemptions
*Medicare
*Social Security
*Income Tax
*Health Issues
*Discounts for Seniors
*Networking
*Health Benefits
*Living Wills, Trusts, etc.

PATHWAYS
If you received PATHWAYS as part of your retirement benefit, don't forget to use your $10,500 over the next 2 years.

These are classes that PATHWAYS may cover:
FINANCE AND INVESTMENTS (Living Trust Portfolios Done Right)
LANGUAGES (Spanish:Basics)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (Discovering Your Lifes Passion)
BUSINESS & PROFRSSIONAL SKILLS (How to Remember Almost Anything)
INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY (Computers for Beginners)
This is just a small list of the classes

Most of these are just half day or one day classes available through the Community Campus.
See a Pathways Consultant to get the ball rolling:
Mert Ingvolstad 321-0157
Bob Beitz 743-9429
Carol Diagle Ptacek 575-8585

AUGUST 2002 MEETING
The CWA Retirees met on August 7, 2002.at the Carpenters Union Hall. We elected officers and decided on a name for the club.
The elected officers are as follows:
President-Don Tepper
VP-Laddie Beca
S-T- Janice McGrath

The Club name is CWA Retired Members of Southern Arizona.

RETIREE NETWORKING

SENIOR DISCOUNTS

ESTABLISHMENT                       AGE                       DISCOUNT

AAA Membership                        all                      Discount at Joes Crab Shack, TGI Fridays, Macayo’s
Arbys                                           62                     10% all items except capons
Burger King                                  55                     Free small drink
Churches Chicken                         55                    10% all food and drink
COCOs                                       55                     Senior menu items all day
Dennys                                         55                     All menu items
EGEES                                         60                    10% all items after fill out form
El Paso BBQ                                all                      Birthday and lunch cards-buy 5 get 6th free
Entertainment Book                      all                      $35 various discounts and capons
Five & Diner                                55                     Senior menu items all meals
Hometown Buffet                         60                     10% with senior card 5% without
Jack in the Box                             55                     10% off all items
KFC                                            --                       none
Long John Silvers                         55                      10% all reg priced meals
Loews Ventana Canyon               all                       Free membership sign up for 10%
McDonalds                                  55                      45 cent soft drinks and coffee
Phillys Finest                                55                      15% all reg priced items
Pizza Hut                                      --                       Individual stores may give 10%
Quick Saver Card                        all                       From Tucson Telco (Arbys,Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers)
Tony Roma's                               55                       Lunch menu at dinner hour & birthday cards
Wendys                                       55                      10% All food & drink
Wienerschnitzel                            all                       Birthday cards
Whataburger                                                          Coffee and soda
www.idine.com                            all                      10-20% with registered membership