{"id":518,"date":"2020-06-26T11:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T17:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artabranches.net\/carta\/?p=518"},"modified":"2020-06-26T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:16:27","slug":"carta-memo-for-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artabranches.net\/carta\/carta-memo-for-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"CARTA Memo for June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How COVID-19 has changed our day to day activities. So many events have been put on hold. Perhaps it may even seem like our lives are on hold. Hopefully the relationships you value have been strengthened and that we all learn the real meaning of what we value in our lives. If you would like to share any of your lessons or experiences from the last few months, we would love to hear from you. Everyone needs a good time story!\u00a0 Stay safe!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>At this time the following activities will go ahead as planned.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>August 25 To Hell With the Bell Breakfast @ The Golden Circle at 9:00.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Doors will open at 8:30. Cost will be $15.00 per person.\u00a0 <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>It will be an opportunity to welcome our new retiring teachers.\u00a0 You will need to pre-register for this event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, December 4 Christmas Dinner @ the Black Knight Inn @ 12:00.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Doors will open at 11:30. Cost will be $25 \/ person.<br \/>\nTurkey Dinner with all the fixings as well as dessert.\u00a0 You must preregister for this event as the time nears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Inkblots<\/strong> are still very active, using Zoom for their meeting sites.\u00a0 They have displays up in a few of the Retirement Homes in Red Deer.\u00a0 If you have an interest in writing, please let us know.<\/p>\n<p>It was unfortunate that the<strong> Calder School<\/strong> was just too small for our events.\u00a0 The meals were great and the Ladies of Sunnybrook were exceptionally helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <strong>Marie Mann<\/strong> for all her hard work on the<strong> April, May, June Wellness Challenge<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Challenge ends on June 30.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Calling all CARTA artists:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please be aware that this year Alberta Cultural Days at the end of September may be quite different than what normally takes place. There <strong>may or may not<\/strong> be a pop-up art gallery. However, the committee is looking for artists who would like to <strong>display<\/strong> their work <strong>for 30 days<\/strong> in a store window in the downtown Red Deer area. The 30 days will be in September and\/or October. Please let me know by <strong>July 3,<\/strong> 2020, if you are interested in displaying your artwork for 30 days in a window downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<br \/>\nMargaret Roome (403.347.5500)\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:mroome@shaw.ca\">mroome@shaw.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Membership<\/strong> in CARTA is still $10 \/ year or $50 for six years.\u00a0 Contact our membership lady,\u00a0 Margaret at <a href=\"mailto:mroome@shaw.ca\">mroome@shaw.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget if you have been a member of CARTA and you are now 85 you have earned a free lifetime membership in CARTA.\u00a0\u00a0 We have no way of knowing your age so if you are at the magic age of 85 please contact <a href=\"mailto:mrooome@shaw.ca\">Margaret<\/a>\u00a0and let her know.<\/p>\n<p>At our last executive meeting, we discussed our CARTA Constitution in detail.\u00a0 CARTA began in 1972 and most of our constitution has endured with a few changes in 2011.\u00a0 Please find attached the modifications we are suggesting for the Annual Meeting\u2026\u2026..which is now postponed.\u00a0 So you wordsmiths, we need your help. \u00a0When we have our Annual Meeting we can discuss and vote on this revised Constitution.\u00a0 It is in PDF format.\u00a0 Black is the original.\u00a0 Cross outs are the proposed deletions.\u00a0 The additions are in red.\u00a0\u00a0 If you can not open the file let me know.<\/p>\n<p>We still plan to have our Annual Meeting for CARTA but right now it has been put on hold.\u00a0 But we always need members to serve on our Executive and our Committees.\u00a0 Some of our current Executive would like to step down and we need you to consider offering your service to CARTA.\u00a0 I have listed the current executive below.\u00a0 One new committee will be our Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration which is coming up in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>ARTA AGM<\/strong> is coming in October.\u00a0 It will likely be an electronic meeting.\u00a0 If you are a member of CARTA and ARTA and you are interested more about the work of ARTA, CARTA need three delegates.\u00a0 I need to send in the names of our delegates very soon.\u00a0 Also most committees of ARTA will need at least one new member.\u00a0 Committees of ARTA are on their website.\u00a0 If you have an interest please let me know.\u00a0 If you wish to run for a committee, you could be a delegate.<\/p>\n<p>I received this email from the ATA.\u00a0 I am sure many have also received it.\u00a0 I am sending this for the ones who did not receive it.\u00a0 I know you are great readers but please consider sending in a response to this so we have our say about our pension.\u00a0 It is a timely item and I think a short response is better than no response.\u00a0\u00a0 The email address is near the end of this page.\u00a0 If you have any questions please call or email.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Congratulations. Your advocacy has paid off.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earlier this week, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibelieveinpubliced.ca\/r?u=XN0TflzDIbd-az40BwKkf8nfIRlng_7HTq70FvtcdMRrUEmJwMXWaml3wP2-bf-569fuKETNFn9bU7OAvJw1Ag&amp;e=11765fc0dbdb06e17a352ed362f0be6f&amp;utm_source=albertateachers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=bill_203_advocacy_ii&amp;n=1\">MLA committee<\/a> tasked with reviewing private members bills began consideration of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibelieveinpubliced.ca\/r?u=k7AgYIhVO6WgcKKNN0Ytq51pRH0DqVqfSuJkUB1mOZsrM3ECNJOKb07d9l6hyrYV7uDZMHk3qpNC1C9lgYI8BGFR-OY_CV25FSXwKKc_QmBDcaCtYm7hN6xH-Wm7N3DH&amp;e=11765fc0dbdb06e17a352ed362f0be6f&amp;utm_source=albertateachers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=bill_203_advocacy_ii&amp;n=2\">Bill 203, the Pension Protection Act.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This bill would reverse the changes made by Bill 22 which would require teacher pension investment management to be transferred from ATRF to AIMCo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because teachers spoke out, the committee did not kill Bill 203 and instead has agreed to consider stakeholder submissions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We now have one more week to convince the committee that the bill should enter the legislature for full debate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to hearing oral presentations from a small number of stakeholders, the committee will consider written submissions. After discussing these submissions, the committee will recommend whether or not Bill 203 should proceed to the legislature for full debate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is best if submissions are individualized and do not contain copied and pasted text. Here are some guiding questions that you may want to use to develop your submission:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Why should teacher pension investments continue to be managed by ATRF?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why were you concerned about Bill 22 and the transfer of investment management to AIMCo?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why should teachers be consulted on decisions related to their pension?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What response did you get from MLAs when you expressed your concerns?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do you feel about how this decision was made and implemented?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What remedy should the legislative assembly consider to fix this situation?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why should Bill 203 be debated in the legislature?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>As always be professional and respectful. You can send your written submission by e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:BillsCommittee.Admin@assembly.ab.ca\">BillsCommittee.Admin@assembly.ab.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Submissions must be made by July 3, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Alberta Teachers&#8217; Association<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Current Executive of CARTA (2019-2020)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Past President: <\/strong>Ed Olsen<strong><br \/>\nPresident: <\/strong>Edna Warriner<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Vice Presidents: <\/strong>Shirley Brault and Leo Richer<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Treasurer: <\/strong>Darlene Shuya<strong><br \/>\nSecretary: <\/strong>Wayne Nylin<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Committees:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Membership: <\/strong>Margaret Roome<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Wellness: <\/strong>Marie Mann and Jeanette Van Hyfte<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>CATCA: <\/strong>Shirley Brault<strong><br \/>\nPhotographer: <\/strong>Wayne Gauthier<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Inklots: <\/strong>Kaye Rechner and Lyle Meeres<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Phoning: <\/strong>Leona Teed and Roberta Peters<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Pension and Benefits: <\/strong>Allan Koole and Leo Richer<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Art Show and Sale:<\/strong> Margaret Roome<strong><br \/>\nCheer: <\/strong>Estelle Froese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How COVID-19 has changed our day to day activities. 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