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BY BOBBIE MARGO


This year’s 3rd Annual Joint Conference with ED MN-R and WEAC-R was held FACE-TO-FACE on November 16, 2021 at the Holiday Inn Lake Elmo, MN.

Approx 70 individuals attended.

A silent auction was held, $2,345.00 was raised for the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education; way to go RETIREES!!!

Special guest-Ronald Duff-from Wisconsin and newly elected to the NEA Executive Committee brought greetings.

Ronald (Duff) Martin, NEA  Executive Committee

Special guest NEA-R President Sarah Borgman brought greetings from the 327,000+ members of NEA-Retired.  This past year NEA-R

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NEA-RETIRED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REPORT

BY BOBBIE MARGO

The NEA-Retired Executive Council met face-to-face in the NEA Building May 3-5, 2022.  During these days-as the schedule permitted-there were greetings from the 3 NEA Executive Officers along with presentations dealing with legislation, upcoming elections, information detailing items in the upcoming Retired Annual Meeting, information from the NEA Center For Governance, etc.

Committee reports were presented by Council members:  Communications Newsletter Awards, the new Spirit of Membership Award, the Distinguished Service Award.  These Awards

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                                                         BY BOBBIE MARGO (See Summer Newsletter)

This year’s 38th NEA Retired Annual Meeting was held virtually on June 23-24, 2021. Virtually means that each and every one of the aHendees could attend in their own homes, offices, etc. For myself, I aHended in my rumpled, but clean, house clothes . Virtually also means that access to a bathroom was steps away as opposed to sometmes being literally in the next building of a Convention Center.


President Sarah Borgman called the meeting to order. The Star Bangled Banner, dedication to Veterans, along

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                                           NEA-RETIRED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REPORT

                                                             By Bobbie Margo

The council met by Zoom for several days this past June to finalize the NEA-R Annual Meeting. (June 23-24, 2021). At the Annual Meeting Zoom was NOT used-there were snafus, but we managed.  And in the midst of it all, our own ED MN-R Walt Munsterman received the NEA.R DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.  Way to go Walt!!  We are proud, proud, proud!!!

Elections for 3 Executive Council vacancies were conducted by secret mail-in ballot-after the

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