Who we are, what we do...
We are retired employees from Delaware's public school system. Most of us
are former active DSEA members who have continued our connections with DSEA by joining
DSEA-Retired and NEA-Retired.
For information about membership
and dues, including life memberships, contact
Debbie
Weaver by e-mail or by phone at 1-866-734-5834.
Members receive monthly newsletters
with information and news about upcoming activities.
Committees meet monthly or as needed at the DSEA office in Dover. We're always looking
for more committee members. Would you like to help?
Click here to see a list of our committees. If you'd like
to volunteer, contact Debbie Weaver by e-mail or toll-free at 1-866-734-5834. !
We also hold an Annual Meeting, an annual Fellowship Breakfast, and an Annual Picnic.
Our picnic was held September 12 at the Pizzadilli Winery in Camden.
Our next Annual Meeting is
set for April 2 at 9:30am at the Dover Downs Conference Center.
And our Fellowship Breakfast
will be June 5, 2008, also at the Dover Downs Conference Center.
Officers:
Norman Poole, president
Carla Pyle , vice-president
Jeannie Beldyk-Byers, secretary
Sonja Brown, treasurer
County Representatives:
Richard Phillips - New Castle
Jim Byers - New Castle
Jim Testerman - Kent
Dorothy Mack - Kent
Delores Price - Sussex
Linda Stigle - Sussex
Committees:
Legislative:
Jim Testerman
(chair), Marie Allen, Jo Callison, Earlene Gillan-Smith, Anne Murphy, John Persinger,
Viva Poore
Communications: Jacqueline Faulcon
and Dorothy Overmiller (co-chairs) , Joan Bestpitch, Ernestine Collins,
Richard Phillips
(newsletter editor)
Activities: Dorothy Mack (chair), Annette Hubbard, Rose Poole, Edith Vincent
Membership : Barbara Bordley (chair),
Sonja Brown, Ernestine Collins, Carla Pyle , Linda Stigile, Retha Whitley Organ
Pension Board representative for DSEA and DSEA-Retired
- Jim Testerman , member of the State Pension Advisory Council
Elections Committee
As DSEA-Retired President, Norman Poole is an ex-officio member of all committees.
Howard Weinberg, staff liaison to DSEA-Retired and executive director of DSEA
Debbie Weaver , program assistant to DSEA-Retired
Our Legislative Goals for 2007-08
Tier I
- Annual pension increase at least
equal to the percentage increase given to current experienced teachers, to become
effective on July 1, 2008.
- A larger pension increase should
be given to those who retired in the 1970's and 1980's -- effective July 1, 2008.
- Support yearly pre-funding for
medical benefits for current and future retirees until fully pre-funded.
Tier II
- Increase the amount going to the Post Retirement Increase Fund from 2.33% of payroll to 2.45% of payroll.
- Support raising the exemption of pension benefits from $12,500 to $ 35,000 for State Income Tax purposes.
- Support the removal of the tax on prescription medications.
- Increase the life insurance benefit for retirees from $7,000 to $8,000.
- Support the DSEA Legislative Program as developed for the 144th General Assembly.*
- A retroactive recalculation of pensions based on 2.0 multiplier for current pensioners as was done in the decoupling from Social Security, or 4% for 4 years.
- Eliminate the earnings ceiling for long-term health care.
*Rational: As part of the DSEA family we participated in the development of and passage of their legislative agenda and thus support their program.
DSEA-Retired...the commitment continues