Pensioners' Chapter
Welcome to our Pensioners' Chapter Website Need Larger Text? Chapter Update April 2010 Governments ease pension rules (June 25/09). Click here for full story. We welcome You to join. Click here for Application Flyer. The Chapter Executive is pleased to announce that all of the executive (i.e. Dave Jefford as President, David Young as secretary, George King as Treasurer and Peter Mathews and Mark Ammar as Directors – Members at Large) will be staying on for the second year of their term. Bill Jones was appointed to the V-P position until next year's Executive elections. Thanks very much to Fred Hodgson for volunteering to be the Interim V-P until the vacancy has been filled. At the AGM on the 6 May 2010 the bylaws were changed to increase the number of Directors-Members at Large from 2 to 4 to help with our growing Pensioners’ Chapter which is now over 1000 members. Following approval of our bylaw change at June's Society Board meeting, Diane Zavitz and Sandra Edwards were appointed to fill these new positions until the regular Executive elections in May 2011. We really appreciated the work they did last year on the Benefits Subcommittee. Jim Service has volunteered and is doing an excellent job updating our web site. The Chapter Executive needs volunteers to assist with their subcommittee programs on pensions, benefits, membership and communications. If you or anyone you know would be willing to serve as a member of one of our subcommittees please contact the Pensioners’ Chapter at your earliest convenience. 
Society Pensioners' Chapter Executive
SOCIETY PENSIONERS' CHAPTER Introduction We want to ensure you know about the Society’s new Pensioners’ Chapter and how we are here to help you. Membership of the Chapter is available to any retired member of a bargaining unit, which is represented by the Society of Energy Professionals. As a pensioner, wouldn’t it be wise to keep updated on the status of your pension fund and company-provided benefits and have a means of raising your concerns? Governance The prime objective of the Chapter is to further the interests of the Society of Energy Professionals’ pensioners and of the Society itself. Our two primary governance documents are: We have a Voice The President of this chapter (or his designate) has a seat on the Executive Board of the Society and the Chapter has two seats on the Society Council. This gives pensioners a voice on issues of concern, such as your health and dental plans, which are at the mercy of negotiations between currently active workers and their employer companies. Dave Jefford (right) and Peter Matthews (2nd last row, 2nd from left) attended the November 2, 2008 Society Council Meeting. Committees We are establishing the following committees to help us with the work of the Chapter. These are for Membership, Communications, Pensions and Benefits. The Membership Committee’s job is build up membership and recruit new members so that our Chapter grows and becomes a body representing a significant number of pensioners. The Communications Committee will focus on how to keep members in the loop by issuing regular updates from the Chapter on issues of concern to members. The Pensions Committee will look into pension issues and keep members informed on these issues, and make representations, through the Chapter executive, to the Society to protect the members’ interests. The Benefits Committee will focus on representing the interests on pensioners on maintaining and keeping informed of their benefits. At the Chapter Executive Committee Meeting on October 17, 2007 the Communications Committee 2007 - 2009 document was approved. The other Executives continue to develop their Committee work programs. Members who indicated an interested in participating one of the Committees have been contacted. Membership The annual dues for membership in the Pensioners’ Chapter are currently $24.00. Chapter Dues will be $24.00 for the first year (January to December). The second year will be prorated based on the month joined in the previous year. If a member joins part way through a month, their membership will be effective the start of the next month to the end of December. Third year and onwards are full dues. Payment of dues are effective as of January 1st of the second and succeeding years.
If you would like to become a member of the Chapter, please complete the application section in the application flyer providing your name, old company, mailing address, home phone and e-mail address if you have one, along with a cheque for $24.00 payable to the Society Pensioners’ Chapter and mail it to the address below. You will be advised of all future general meetings of the Chapter and of other matters of interest. Chapter Executive
David Jefford, President; Bill Jones, Vice-President; George King, Treasurer; David Young, Secretary; Mark Ammar, Peter
Matthews, Diane Zavitz, Sandra Edwards Directors, Members-at-Large The Society of Energy Professionals - Pensioners' Chapter
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