Post date: Feb 09, 2014 6:33:29 PM
January 31, 2014
Dear Fellow Retiree,
We hope that everyone is well as we begin the new year. Thanks to Jim Hughes for his outstanding leadership as President of the Retiree Club in 2013. Jim will serve as Vice President & Secretary this year. I would like to acknowledge the other members of the Club's Steering Council who actively volunteer to serve our IBM retiree community:
Donna Fryza - IBM liaison, IBM Club, Golf Outings
Dianne Hartt - Golf Outings
Harry Schaffhauser - Webmaster
Judy Manowitz - Day at the Races, Picnic
Mary Ann McCoy – Database, Treasurer
Ron Rosenblatt - Seminars
Susan Gryzbowski – Seminars
I would also like to welcome Nancy Schramm as our newest member of the Steering Council.
The Club sponsored several successful events during the Fall:
Financial Seminar on October 15th had forty attendees and was very well received.
Medicare Benefits Seminars - because of an overwhelming interest, we held four sessions, which were attended by nearly 300 retirees. We handled numerous telephone calls and e-mails. We also participated in conference calls with the Orlando Retiree Club and assisted other Clubs and non-local retirees as requested. We appreciate the highly positive feedback you provided.
We were disappointed that we had to cancel our planned Picnic because of lack of sufficient interest.
Flyers are attached for the following upcoming Spring events:
Annual Tax Update Seminar – Tuesday, March 4
Day at the Races at Tampa Bay Downs – Saturday, April 5
Spring Golf Outing at Club Renaissance in Sun City, Monday, May 5
The IBM Club website has been discontinued and all communications and event notifications have been migrated to IBM Connections. Donna Fryza has participated in discussions with the project team to ensure retirees are included in the implementation. See the attached flyer for details.
Please keep in mind that all of our communications to you are through mass e-mails and our retiree website(www.itbrc.org). If you have changed your email, address, or phone number or want to verify your registration, please make sure you enter changes using the website Registration feature or send changes to itbrc.reg@gmail.com.
We appreciate everyone’s support and participation. Feedback and suggestions are always welcomed. You
can contact the Club's Steering Council by email 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,
Hari Arora