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DELEGATES FRUSTRATED WITH DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
CSEA Retirees held Delegate Assembly at the Doubletree Hotel in Orange
County beginning Wednesday August 17
th
. There was much discussion during
the event, as well as after, about the lack of organization and opportunities to
discuss the business they were there for. Discussion is continuing up and down
the state with letters being written and opportunities to express concerns being
taken. Members truly discovered they we r e not given the right to speak. Some
Chapter 17 delegates have chosen to speak through this newsletter.
To start things off: as in the past, and brought up by many people, shirts and
bags were NOT made in the USA, they were made in India. Just because a tag
is included saying “Made exclusively for CSEA Retirees, Inc” does not excuse
the fact that they were made out of the USA. We need to support our own
country and people who need our help at home!
ALL materials received at registration already had the name change on them as
well as all communication received by the delegates prior to the event. The
name change was coming up in Resolution 01/11. See results of that vote
below.
Some Concerns:
1. Money Wasted
a. Staff - There seemed to be an over-abundance of staff present.
b. There has been much discussion of “wasted money” to fund
delegates but this did not seem to be a problem with the amount of
staff in attendance
c. Staff typically comes in for an event several days early to “set-up” –
more than what delegates are funded for
d. Was it really necessary??
2. Receptions – were held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
a. Paid for reception food and still paid for dinner
b. Wednesday dessert reception. This was a check in day – what was
the purpose?
c. Thursday Luau reception. Passed food trays instead of having a sitdown dinner with buffet or planned meal
d. People “attacked” the servers on the floor preventing food from
making to where the rest of the people were sitting.
e. People did not stay because there was not enough seating, did not
get food and could not enjoy the event.
f. If the idea was to have a luau then there should have been a sit down
dinner so everyone could have enjoyed.
g. Cost of a luau dinner would have probably been the same as the cost
of the 2 receptions and meals would not have been expensed f o r two
nights.
3. Wasted Days
a. The way the days were scheduled we accomplished no business or
appropriate training towards improvement of membership or defense
of retirees in the public.
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