On to 2025

 Update:

The 2025 part of the 2024-2025 school year is in progress. Our weather has been bouncing between very cold and in the fifties. It measurably snowed once and there's more to come. Donald Trump's first weeks in office with all branches of govt Republican-led and with Elon Musk at his side has offered shocking moves daily. 

Association-wise, today is a Membership Benefits webinar and I am looking forward to the March 8 BCEA Broadway bus trip.

BCEA has announced their move of office location. I am not certain yet how complete the move is. The January Rep Council was via zoom. A member reported no answer when calling the BCEA phone. 

NJREA Convention and beyond

 The convention started out with mourning following the election results from the night before.

But we carried on...

Photos

We are in the process of "hustling" non-renewed members and newly retired members after being trained in the process. We'll be reporting the results.

Membership Chair report Oct.26, 2024

 The latest BCREA paid members with active NJREA membership is 1239 according to a MARS report. The number of those with email addresses are 1124. The number on the sendy master list is 1040. We've gotten $10 from 15 multi county and 6 Lifetime NJREA/annual BCREA.

My committee made reminder phone calls to non-renewals before the rollover to 2024-2025 from the Uniserv office. (Many thanks to Sally, Patti, Toni, and Gracie!)

Since September the sign ups have been disappointing.

I have a hustle training for membership contact set in Trenton for me with Eloy and Eda. I hope that brings in more. (So many newly retired looking names are not signed up...I hope I will be hustling them too...otherwise it is back to the phone calls).

Activities I have attended since the new school year started were the first BCEA meeting, the first BCEA political workshop at Prospectors, the NJREA Fall luncheon, the BCREA fall luncheon, and the BCEA Retirement workshop.

I look forward to the upcoming NJREA Convention (next week already!)

The election is a week from Tuesday. I am so anxious. My vote is in. I pray the Harris/Walz ticket emerges triumphant along with education sympathetic legislators.

Never mind...!

 It turns out the blog within a blog idea was a bust. I thought it could be a draw to the website as well as get the eblast item content out to members without email but...alas!...I have been informed that my thinking had a few holes.

Still this blog (easily managed from my regular gmail account) and the one I'd planned to post as a feature on the member side of our BCREA website are still active so maybe I'll just keep it (them?) up for my own edification and amusement.

The start of something new

 Thanks for being a BCREA member! In an effort to keep you informed and up to date on current issues, upcoming activities, and other information relevent to retirees - pension and health benefits, for example, this blog has been created.

It is located on the website as a members only benefit intentionally.

We hope to keep you visiting the website regularly to see what's new as well as be incentive for non-member retirees to join us!