Post date: Jan 15, 2015 8:20:8 PM
January 15, 2015
Dear Fellow Retiree:
We hope everyone is well as we begin 2015. Thanks to Hari Arora for once again providing his outstanding leadership as President of the Retiree Club Steering Council in 2014. Hari will serve as Vice President this year and will continue to present our annual Medical Benefits Seminars in the Fall.
Following are the other members of the Steering Council who volunteer to serve the Tampa Bay IBM retiree community:
Donna Fryza – IBM Club, IBM liaison, golf outings
Susan Gryzbowski – seminars
Dianne Hartt – golf outings
Jim Hughes – Secretary, emails
Judy Manowitz – social events
Mary Ann McCoy – Treasurer, retiree data base
Ron Rosenblatt – seminars
Harry Schaffhauser – Webmaster
Nancy Schramm – seminars
In the Fall, we presented the Navigating Today's Financial Landscape Seminar on September 30 and the annual Medical Benefits Seminars on November 11 and 12. The Medical Benefits Seminar materials were also used by IBM retiree groups in The Villages, Orlando, and Boca Raton. The Fall Golf Outing was held at Club Renaissance on October 6.
Flyers are included for the following upcoming Spring events:
Security Awareness Seminar – Thursday, March 5, 11:00 AM
We are excited about being able to offer this new seminar and expect a lot of interest from our members so register early. The seminar will be presented by Tampa Police Department community affairs personnel covering what seniors and others need to know to protect themselves and their assets.
Income Tax Roundtable – Thursday, March 5, 1:00 PM
Doug House is returning this year and we decided on a roundtable format to facilitate discussion, information sharing, and focus on topics of interest to the participants. The roundtable will follow the Security Awareness Seminar on March 5.
Day at the Races – Saturday, April 11
This popular annual event will again be held in the Party Suite at Tampa Bay Downs.
Hold the date for the Spring Golf Outing which will be held at Heritage Isles in New Tampa on Monday, May 11.
To receive notification on discounts, events, etc. from the Florida IBM Club, access the following link and click "Follow" in the upper right hand corner
https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/communities/community/Florida_IBM_Club.
New users will need to create a unique IBM ID (can use your current personal email address ) and a password that you never need to change. Whenever the site is updated, you will receive an email with links to the material. To maneuver through the site, click on the "IBM Club" logo or any of the header icons. If you have any difficulties or questions, please contact Donna Fryza at dmfryza@us.ibm.com.
If you change your email address you will need to enter the change at the www.itbrc.org Club Registration feature to continue to receive future communications from the Retiree Club.
We appreciate everyone's support and participation. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome. You can contact the Club's Steering Council at:
President itbrc.pres@gmail.com Membership itbrc.reg@gmail.com
Webmaster itbrc/web@gmail.com Seminars itbrc.sem@gmail.com
Events itbrc.event@gmail.com Volunteering itbrc.vol@gmail.com
You can also call Hari Arora at 813-962-8395 or Jim Hughes at 727-937-2429.
Yours Truly,
Jim Hughes
IBM Tampa Bay Retiree Club Steering Council President